Dapo Akande comments further on the legality of an invasion of Syria

Dapo Akande has been making various appearances in the media recently, discussing the legality of invading Syria.

He was interviewed twice on BBC radio: BBC Radio 5 Live (27 August) and BBC World Service (29 August). He was also quoted in a letter to the Independent.

Dapo has also published an article on Politics In Spires entitled The Legality of Military Action in Syria: Humanitarian Intervention and Responsibility to Protect. Written before the Parliamentary vote against British military action, Dapo writes, The UK is of course one of the few States that does accept that international law provides a right of humanitarian intervention. However, thisview has been rejected by the vast majority of States. See for example the2000 Declaration of the South Summit by the G77 composed ofabout 130 member States[We reject the so-called right of humanitarian intervention, which has no legal basis in the United Nations Charter or in the general principles of international law. para.54]. You can read the full article here: http://politicsinspires.org/legality-military-action-syria-humanitarian-intervention-responsibility-protect/

Dapo Akande is co-director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC), University Lecturer in Public International Law, University of Oxford & Yamani Fellow, St Peters College.