Using the "mother of all bombs" against Iran; So where are the European governments defending human rights?
Using the "mother of all bombs" against Iran's nuclear facilities and power plants from Reza Nasri's point of view | So where are the European governments defending human rights?
Where do the European governments, which introduce themselves as defenders of humanitarian rights with such enthusiasm, stand when it is announced that the entire civilian population of a country will be denied access to electricity, international law researcher Marza Nasri wrote in a note:
Reports that the United States plans to use the "mother of all bombs" against Iran's nuclear facilities and power plants amount to a prior declaration of war crimes.
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According to the laws of armed conflict, the use of a weapon with such destructive power is only allowed if a specific military necessity on the battlefield requires its use. Whether a target is considered a military target, whether the attack is proportionate, and whether the same result can be achieved by using a weapon with less destructive power, are questions that must be evaluated and determined at the time of the attack and according to the prevailing circumstances at the time (Additional Protocol I, Articles 52(2), 51(5)(b) and 57). The answers to these questions cannot be determined in advance through the disclosure of information in the media a few weeks before the attack. The previous announcement of the type of weapon used shows that basically such questions have not been raised.
Both targets in question are civilian infrastructure. Power plants make it possible to supply electricity to hospitals, water supply systems and homes of 90 million people (Article 54). Nuclear facilities contain dangerous material forces, and precisely for this reason they have special protection in international law (Article 56). The General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency has also declared that even threatening to attack peaceful nuclear facilities is illegal.
All member states of the Geneva Conventions are obliged to "observe and ensure their observance" (Common Article 1). This commitment has a preventive nature. As soon as the possibility of violation of humanitarian rights is foreseeable, this obligation is applied. A breach that has already been publicly announced is more predictable than any other.
So where are these governments now? Where do the European governments, who so fervently identify themselves as defenders of humanitarian rights, stand when it is announced that the entire civilian population of a country is going to be deprived of access to electricity?