International Law Review

International Law Review

The Legitimacy of the International Coalition Intervention against ISIS in Iraq and Syria in Light of International Law

Document Type : academic

Authors
Mohammad-Hossein Ramazani Ghavamabadi 1
Heidar Piri 2
1 Assistant Professor in International Law at Shahid Beheshti University
2 Corresponding Author, Ph.D. in Public International Law at Shahid Beheshti University
10.22066/cilamag.2018.31688
Abstract
Internal armed conflict in Syria has been the basis for the widespread violations of international law as well as the growth and formation of terrorist groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). In this regard, the Security Council despite adopting resolutions condemning radicalization to terrorism, could not take any appropriate and binding decision to end this crisis because of the existence of the opposing viewpoints of the great powers and the intervention of some Arabic and regional countries. This factors led the US to establish theGlobal Coalition along with some other countries to combat ISIS. Although this was a positive move and showed the international community’s concerns to inhumane acts, it has given rise to questions as to whether its formation and activities are legitimate in the light of international law or not? These countries have attempted to interpret different categories of international law in the form of coalition partners. They also challenged the fundamental principles of the UN Charter by using force in the territory of the host State, because the use of force without three preconditions (the authorization of the Security Council,valid consent of the government and recoursing to article 51 of the charter regardless of its legal status) has no legal effect in contemporary international law and brings the international order back to the legal order prior to the adoption of the UN Charter.
Keywords
Keywords: International Coalition against ISIS
International Law
Self- Defense
Legitimacy
ISIS
Use of Force
Syria
Iraq

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  • Receive Date 27 January 2016
  • Revise Date 29 July 2016
  • Accept Date 29 October 2016