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The Targeted Killing of General Soleimani: Its Lawfulness and Why It Matters

Just SecurityAgnes Callamard

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    The U.N. Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings concluded that the United States had not shown a sufficiently imminent threat and characterized the Soleimani strike as an arbitrary killing and an Article 2(4) violation; independent Just Security analysis separately questioned imminence, Iraqi sovereignty, and compliance with human-rights law.

    A/HRC/44/38 conclusions and Just Security legal-framework sections

    UN mandate-holder and independent legal analysis dispute the Soleimani strike's legal basis · Non-adjudicative legal analysis