Leonie Brassat

@LeonieBrassat

About/Bio

Leonie Brassat, Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg in the Research Group SHADES (Shades of Illegality in International Peace and Security Law)

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The Lawfulness of military strikes against the Houthis in Yemen and the Red Sea

For almost two months, since January 11, 2024, the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK), with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands, have been conducting airstrikes against Houthi facilities in Yemen and the Red Sea in response to Houthi attacks on commercial and merchant vessels in the Red Sea. With their strikes, they aim…

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