Article Title
Responding to Chemical Weapons Use in Syria
Recommended Citation
Michael P. Scharf,
Responding to Chemical Weapons Use in Syria,
51 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L.
189
(2019)
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/jil/vol51/iss1/13
Abstract
The article examines whether the April 2018 airstrikes against Syria may have constituted a tipping point in the evolving customary international law of humanitarian intervention in order to prevent the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Specifically, the back-and-forth movement of international law towards recognizing a limited right of humanitarian intervention, as well as the connection between customary international law and unilateral humanitarian intervention.