Dr. Zaker Hossein, Professor of International Criminal Law at University of Tehran

The Necessity of Rewriting International Law in Light of the Ramadan War and Developments in the Strait of Hormuz

Abstract The Ramadan War, as an international armed conflict between a coalition of the United States and the Israeli regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran, constitutes an unprecedented test for the post–World War II international legal order. This war is not only a clear violation of the peremptory norm prohibiting the use of force,…