#un-charter

#un-charter

In a 22-page memo, T Elliot Gaiser, the top lawyer at the office of legal counsel (OLC) briefly discussed international law and the UN charter, which says a nation cannot use force inside another country without its consent, a self-defense rationale or the permission from the UN security council. But Gaiser stopped short of deciding whether the operation violated international law, arguing it did not matter as long as Donald Trump had the authority under domestic law to authorize the operation.

There are a lot of angles where you can come at this to say why it's a clear-cut case, Janovsky told Al Jazeera. He pointed out that, under the US Constitution, Congress alone wields the authority to allow military action. He also noted that the Venezuela attack is in direct contravention of the UN Charter, which is, as a treaty, law in the United States.