Mary Ellen O'Connell
Notre Dame Law 91视频
Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law, Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution, Kroc Institute for International Peace 91视频
- International law
- International legal regulation of the use of force
- Conflict and dispute resolution
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December 05, 2025
University of Notre Dame Robert & Marion Short Professor of Law Mary Ellen O’Connell provides her legal perspective on whether Pete Hegseth committed a war crime in the Caribbean.
The Economist
November 19, 2025
“The designation means nothing under international law,” says Mary Ellen O'Connell of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
OSV News
October 30, 2025
Mary Ellen O'Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频 who specializes in international law and conflict resolution, said in comments shared with OSV News, "Israel's decision to bomb is an unjustified breach of its commitment to the ceasefire. There have been issues but nothing serious enough to justify this violation."
Arise News
October 30, 2025
Notre Dame law professor Mary Ellen O’Connell said, “It is a greater crime to summarily execute people suspected of drug trafficking than drug trafficking itself.”
BBC News
October 29, 2025
Mary Ellen O'Connell, an international law expert at Notre Dame University and former military educator with the defence department, said the "criminal suspects are entitled to due process. It is a greater crime to summarily execute people suspected of drug trafficking than drug trafficking is," she added.
The Sun
October 27, 2025
Mary Ellen O’Connell, an expert on international law and the use of force with the University of Notre Dame, said Tuesday’s operation “violated fundamental principles of international law. The alleged fact that the attack was on the high seas is irrelevant. What is relevant is that the U.S. had no right to intentionally kill these suspects,“ she said.
Financial Times
October 27, 2025
“You cannot use intentional military force outside an armed conflict zone,” said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a law professor at the University of Notre-Dame.
OSV News
October 21, 2025
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频 who specializes in international law and conflict resolution, told OSV News, “From the first reports of the United States Navy destroying small boats in the Caribbean, I have had the gravest of concerns. The use of military force in such circumstances simply cannot be justified under international human rights law or the law of armed conflict,” she said. “Among the many reasons why the attacks are unlawful, the U.S. does not have sufficient facts about who is on the boats. Reports that a fisherman from Colombia has been killed underscores that major issue.” As his country’s president, O’Connell said, Petro “has a duty to protect his citizens by protesting their unlawful killing.”
DW (Deutsche Welle) TV
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October 16, 2025
7:17... Mary Ellen O’Connell, International Law Professor, University of Notre Dame, on US actions in Latin America raising questions of international law violations.
Newsweek
October 15, 2025
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频 and an expert on international law, warned that the administration’s actions appear to violate international legal norms. "Now it appears he has ordered the CIA to violate international law with covert actions in Venezuela,” O’Connell said in a statement to Newsweek. “Lawful law enforcement or military action on the territory of a foreign sovereign state must have the consent of that state,” she added.
OSV News
October 08, 2025
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频 who specializes in international law and conflict resolution, told OSV News, “Any movement toward peace, release of the Israeli hostages, and emergency aid for Gazans is welcome.”
USA Today
October 06, 2025
University of Notre Dame Law 91视频 professor Mary Ellen O'Connell, an expert on international law, described a Sept. 15 strike by the U.S. military on an alleged drug boat near Venezuela as "unlawful killing." "It only sends the message that compliance with law doesn’t matter to the U.S.," O'Connell said.
Verfassungsblog
September 18, 2025
Mary Ellen O'Connell is the Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Concurrent Professor of International Peace 91视频 in the Keough 91视频 of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame.
The Week
September 16, 2025
“International lawyers uniformly found his first such attack on Sept. 2 unlawful,” Notre Dame international law professor Mary Ellen O’Connell told the Times. “All of the criticism and warning of blowback has had no impact. People are dead again in killings that violate the law.”
WBUR
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September 16, 2025
Mary Ellen O’Connell, law professor at the University of Notre Dame. Author of The Conversation article "US obliteration of Caribbean boat was a clear violation of international ‘right to life’ laws – no matter who was on board."
USA Today
September 16, 2025
University of Notre Dame Law 91视频 professor Mary Ellen O'Connell, an expert on international law, described the latest strike as "unlawful killing" and said it "only sends the message that compliance with law doesn’t matter to the U.S.."
Time
September 16, 2025
“Intentional killing outside armed conflict hostilities is unlawful unless it is to save a life immediately,” said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at the Notre Dame Law 91视频.
The New York Times
September 16, 2025
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a University of Notre Dame professor of international law, said the new strike “appears as problematic as the first” and questioned whether Mr. Trump really knew who and what were on the boat, and where it was going. “International lawyers uniformly found his first such attack on Sept. 2 unlawful,” she said. “All of the criticism and warning of blowback has had no impact. People are dead again in killings that violate the law.”
The Global Herald
September 15, 2025
Prof Mary Ellen O’Connell of the University of Notre Dame summarised the legal limit on such conduct: “You can never use starvation of either enemy fighters or the civilian population,” she said. “You must permit the entry of humanitarian assistance to the civilian population. That is a principle of customary international law. You cannot use starvation. There are certain weapons you can never use.”
America
September 15, 2025
The “targeted killing” of alleged drug smugglers in a speedboat in the south Caribbean shows a disregard for international law but one that did not start with the Trump administration, said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of law and International Peace 91视频 at the Kroc Institute at the University of Notre Dame.
BBC News
September 12, 2025
"You can never use starvation of either enemy fighters or the civilian population," says Prof Mary Ellen O'Connell, of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. "You must permit the entry of humanitarian assistance to the civilian population. That is a principle of customary international law. You cannot use starvation. There are certain weapons you can never use."
The Conversation
September 05, 2025
Mary Ellen O'Connell, Professor of Law and International Peace 91视频, University of Notre Dame
Reuters
September 03, 2025
Mary Ellen O’Connell, an expert on international law and the use of force with the University of Notre Dame, said Tuesday's operation "violated fundamental principles of international law. The alleged fact that the attack was on the high seas is irrelevant. What is relevant is that the U.S. had no right to intentionally kill these suspects," she said.
Associated Press
September 03, 2025
“Intentional killing outside armed conflict hostilities is unlawful unless it is to save a life immediately,” said Mary Ellen O’Connell, an expert on international law and the use of force at the University of Notre Dame Law 91视频. “No hostilities were occurring in the Caribbean.”
The Washington Post
September 03, 2025
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of law at Notre Dame, said intentionally killing suspects outside of armed conflict violated “fundamental principles of international law.”
BBC News
September 03, 2025
Notre Dame Law 91视频 Professor Mary Ellen O'Connell told BBC Verify that the strike "violated fundamental principles of international law", adding: "Intentional killing outside armed conflict hostilities is unlawful unless it is to save a life immediately. Sometimes armed groups waging war against governments deal in drugs to pay for their participation in conflict. There is no evidence the gang President Trump targeted is such a group."
OSV News
August 19, 2025
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频 who specializes in international law and conflict resolution, said, “Europe understands both the moral importance of upholding law as fundamental as the prohibition on the use of force, and the danger of emboldening someone like Putin.”
August 07, 2025
Mary Ellen O'Connell , JD, PhD is the Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and is Professor of International Peace 91视频, University of Notre Dame.
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August 05, 2025
From May to March 2025, no food aid entered the region, according to international observers. Notre Dame Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell says this blockade, combined with ongoing military strikes, has decimated Gaza’s limited farming capabilities.
OSV News
July 23, 2025
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频 who specializes in international law and conflict resolution, expressed concern about the decision. “Leaving UNESCO will deal another blow to the reputation of the United States as a world leader in what matters–peace, human rights, health, the environment, and now culture,” she told OSV News.
OSV News
June 23, 2025
“If diplomacy is possible, war is unlawful,” Mary Ellen O’Connell, professor of law and international peace studies at the University of Notre Dame, told OSV News. “Diplomacy is needed now more than ever to end the senseless bloodshed throughout the Middle East. While Iran is correct that it is the victim of a grave breach of international law, it has no right to retaliate merely for the sake of revenge.”
The New York Times
June 18, 2025
“The founders expected the United States to comply with international law and for Congress to check a president’s lawless rush to war,” said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a University of Notre Dame law professor and an expert on international law. “Without a discussion and vote in Congress, this restraining mechanism is lost.”
WNDU
June 16, 2025
Mary Ellen O’Connell’s specialty is international law as it pertains to the use of force.
OSV News
June 16, 2025
Mary Ellen O'Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频 who specializes in international law and conflict resolution, told OSV News that "times of transition such as this -- for the church, for states, for technology -- offer both risk and opportunity."
RTE
May 30, 2025
Professor of International Law at the University of Notre Dame Mary Ellen O’Connell said Irish authorities should be "very clear" that it will not permit the United States to transport weapons bound for unlawful armed conflict through Ireland.
Politifact
April 28, 2025
The executive branch has broad discretion over foreign policy matters, but that doesn’t mean that cases that deal with foreign policy, including immigration cases, are off limits for the courts, Mary Ellen O’Connell, University of Notre Dame law professor, said.
NewsLooks
April 28, 2025
“If every refugee agency, food aid program, or health mission can be sued into bankruptcy, humanitarian aid as we know it could collapse,” warned Mary Ellen O’Connell, an international law professor at Notre Dame.
OSV News
April 25, 2025
“I have had concerns over the years about State Department activities that promoted idiosyncratic American policies on democracy, human rights — including religious liberty and war — policies not in line with international law,” Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频 who specializes in international law and conflict resolution, told OSV News.
America
April 25, 2025
“Pope Francis said the dramatic things that had to be said about nuclear weapons,” Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of law and international peace studies at the Kroc Institute at the University of Notre Dame, recalled. The church has, since “Pacem in Terris” in 1963, condemned the use of nuclear weapons as inherently immoral owing to their indiscriminate and potentially earth-ending destructive power.
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April 22, 2025
Imagine staying at the Pope’s guesthouse at the Vatican, only to have the host return between peace missions. That’s basically what Notre Dame Law Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell says happened to her.
Politifact
March 20, 2025
"It is simply wrong as a matter of law, fact, and common decency to treat migrants as an ‘invasion,’" Mary Ellen O’Connell, University of Notre Dame law professor, said. "The United States is not in a war with Venezuela; Venezuela is not threatening or undertaking to invade the U.S."
DW News
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February 07, 2025
Mary Ellen O'Connell, Professor of Law and of International Peace 91视频 at the University of Notre Dame
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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December 12, 2024
Professor Mary Ellen O'Connell, University of Notre Dame...
Associated Press
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December 11, 2024
The bombing “is only adding to the chaos,” Prof. Mary Ellen O’Connell said.
ABC News
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September 23, 2024
Mary Ellen O'Connell: These are harmless, portable objects. When they have explosive devices inserted in them and they are set off remotely, they have been turned into a booby trap and those are unlawful in war and peace.
The Conversation
September 19, 2024
Mary Ellen O'Connell, Professor of Law and International Peace 91视频, University of Notre Dame
Associated Press
September 18, 2024
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of law and international peace studies at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, said booby-traps are banned under international law.
The Conversation
August 06, 2024
Mary Ellen O'Connell, Professor of Law and International Peace 91视频, University of Notre Dame
OSV News
July 29, 2024
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频 who specializes in international law and conflict resolution, told OSV News that in navigating foreign policy, “we are fortunate as Catholics to have the wisdom and insights of Pope Francis on major issues of the day.” Daniel Philpott, professor of political science at Notre Dame, told OSV News Harris would likely “continue the foreign policy of the Biden administration and would prompt the same combination of convergence and contradiction with the social teachings of the Catholic Church that Biden’s policy created.”
America
June 11, 2024
That document itself added a modern codification to what Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of law and international peace studies at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace 91视频, called the church’s “ancient prohibition” on war—its various attempts through just war teaching to throw moral and legalistic obstacles before a preferential option for war.
Politico
May 24, 2024
But according to Mary Ellen O’Connell, professor of international law at the University of Notre Dame, what Khan’s arguably done is to expose the court’s possibly fatal flaws — those with its founding, the West’s double standards, and the practical real-time repercussions of any judicial involvement in ongoing conflicts.
The Washington Post
May 24, 2024
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of law and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame, described the ICJ’s ruling Friday as the clearest indication yet that the operation in Rafah might be unfolding in contravention of international humanitarian law.
The Wall Street Journal
May 21, 2024
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of international-law at the University of Notre Dame, said that Khan’s move both damaged the ICC’s prospects with the U.S. and set back the odds of ending the conflict more quickly, all with almost no chance of actually putting Netanyahu or the Hamas leaders in the dock.
OSV News
April 17, 2024
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频 who specializes in international law and conflict resolution, told OSV News that “the clear success in countering Iran’s missile and drone strikes on Israel is a dramatic demonstration of the true legal and moral meaning of ‘self-defense.'”
Financial Times
April 11, 2024
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame who supports a ban on LAWS, says that realists tend to favour the projection of power over the protection of the rule of law.
Associated Press
April 08, 2024
“The case next week in The Hague will likely further galvanize opposition to any support for Israel,” said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of law and international peace studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Associated Press
January 29, 2024
Now we find you are in the midst of committing genocide,’” said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of law and international peace studies at Notre Dame University’s Kroc Institute.
Associated Press
January 26, 2024
The reason the genocide convention exists “is related directly to what the (Nazi) Third Reich attempted to do in eliminating a people, the Jewish people, not only of Germany, but of Eastern Europe, of Russia,” said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of law and international peace studies at Notre Dame University’s Kroc Institute.
OSV News
January 04, 2024
The question is being asked: Can Israel’s conflict conduct be considered a “just war” under the Catholic understanding of the concept? Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of law and international peace studies at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, told OSV News that’s the wrong question.
America
November 20, 2023
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of law at the University of Notre Dame and of international peace studies at the university’s Kroc Institute, believes this tit-for-tat strategy is precisely the wrong response if regional de-escalation is indeed the desire of the Biden administration.
CNN
November 15, 2023
“Hamas’ massive, brutal attacks and kidnappings perpetrated against Israelis on October 7 violated humanity’s most fundamental international legal principles,” wrote Mary Ellen O’Connell, an international law expert at the University of Notre Dame.
OSV News
November 15, 2023
“We need to beef up our State Department. We need skills for diplomacy,” said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a law professor and professor of international peace studies at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute. “
CNN
November 07, 2023
Mary Ellen O’Connell is the Robert and Marion Short professor of law and professor of international peace studies-Kroc Institute at the University of Notre Dame.
Bloomberg
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October 12, 2023
International law expert Mary Ellen O'Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频, discusses the law governing international conflicts like the Israel-Hamas war. June Grasso hosts.
WNDU
October 10, 2023
A statement from Notre Dame law professor Mary Ellen O’Connell argues that Israel has the right to use military force defensively, but not offensively, and that it should restrict its defense to shielding communities where nationals live.
The Economist
September 27, 2023
Mary Ellen O’Connell of the University of Notre Dame in America argues “there is no grey zone”.
OSV News
September 13, 2023
Mary Ellen O'Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频 who specializes in international law and conflict resolution, told OSV News that "the Catholic Church is in full support of the total ban on cluster munitions" due to its effects on civilians, including long after the conflict.
Our Sunday Visitor
July 12, 2023
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频 who specializes in international law and conflict resolution, told OSV News Ukraine “has the legal and moral right to defend itself.”
Correio Braziliense
March 15, 2023
Em entrevista ao Correio, Mary Ellen O'Connell — professora de direito e especialista em resolução de disputas internacionais pela Universidade de Notre Dame (em Indiana) — admitiu que qualquer engajamento militar entre EUA e Rússia é "muito grave".
USA Today
March 14, 2023
The U.S. should not respond with direct force against Russia, said Notre Dame Law 91视频 professor Mary Ellen O’Connell, an expert on international law and the use of force. While the drone was probably conducting surveillance for Ukraine, Russia’s disruption of the Reaper was within the laws of armed conflict, even if Russia had better ways of doing so, she said.
The Guardian
March 14, 2023
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a Notre Dame Law 91视频 professor and expert on the international law and the use of force, noted that by dumping fuel and downing the drone, the Russian pilot was “further polluting the fragile Black Sea”, but she noted the US had not called the interception “unlawful”.
National Catholic Reporter
March 03, 2023
Drawing on six decades of papal teaching on peace, the cardinal told an audience at the University of Notre Dame on March 1 that Catholics are facing a "new moment" in history, one that requires finding nonviolent alternatives to prevent war.
Southern California Public Radio
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February 24, 2023
Joining to discuss is Kateryna Malofieieva, freelance journalist based in Ukraine, Daniel Treisman, professor of political science at UCLA, Ambassador Oleh Shamskur, nonresident senior fellow at Atlantic Council and former ambassador of Ukraine to the United States from 2006 to 2010, and Mary Ellen O'Connell professor of international law at the University of Notre Dame.
Our Sunday Visitor
February 22, 2023
Mary Ellen O'Connell, a professor of law and a research professor of international dispute resolution at the Kroc Institute for International Peace 91视频 at the University of Notre Dame, told OSV News that the suspension is different in substance than a withdrawal. Gerard Powers, director of Catholic peacebuilding studies at Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace 91视频 and coordinator of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network, told OSV News that "during the Cold War, arms control was often possible when there were thaws in U.S.-Soviet relations."
Indiana Landmarks
February 15, 2023
After living in Germany and historic Midwestern communities, Mary Ellen O’Connell and Pete Bauer appreciate quality craftsmanship and walkable cities. So, in 2005, when Mary Ellen accepted a teaching position at the University of Notre Dame’s law school in South Bend, the couple made finding a historic home within biking distance of the university a top priority.
WSBT TV
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February 06, 2023
Mary Ellen O'Connell says spying is nothing new, but anyone trying to carry out intelligence must stay outside the 12-mile territorial sea boundary.
Associated Press
December 29, 2022
“It is absolutely the case that terrorizing the civilian population, to break their morale, to get them to demand of their leaders that they surrender, is not a form of military necessity,” said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a University of Notre Dame law professor and expert on international law.
The Intercept
November 30, 2022
Mary Ellen O’Connell, an international law professor at the University of Notre Dame, said the Pentagon’s stance on the risks to its technology is “yet another indication of U.S. foreign and security policy stuck in Cold War thinking. It’s also another example of post-Cold War disinterest in international law.”
Time
June 21, 2022
Every fighter claiming to be a legal combatant is entitled to a hearing to learn if their conduct in any way violated the law of war, such as failing to wear a uniform or some form of insignia while engaging in military operations, said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor of international law at the University of Notre Dame.
Associated Press
May 23, 2022
Mary Ellen O’Connell, an expert on international law at the University of Notre Dame, said that putting Shishimarin on trial could prove “extremely detrimental to Ukrainian soldiers in the hands of Russia.”
Catholic News Service
April 22, 2022
Although inquiries are underway, Mary Ellen O’Connell, professor of law at the University of Notre Dame, called for a negotiated end to the war — the sooner the better.
CNBC
April 08, 2022
“International condemnation or war crimes threats will have little effect on Russian behavior. This is nothing new for them,” said Bob Latiff, adjunct professor at the University of Notre Dame, citing previous offenses in Syria and Chechnya...“The crimes are increasing resolve among Ukraine’s existing supporters to continue and even step-up military assistance and economic pressure. But ending the war will require a bigger coalition of support — reaching China, India, and others,” Mary Ellen O’Connell, professor of law at the University of Notre Dame, said.
Reuters
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March 17, 2022
Mary Ellen O’Connell, Professor of International Dispute Resolution at the University of Notre Dame, said that the conflict is at a critical juncture, and that Russia’s failure to attain its military objectives provides an opportunity.
USA Today
March 14, 2022
“Russia would like China to step in to mitigate sanctions,” said Notre Dame Law 91视频 professor Mary Ellen O’Connell, author of "The Crisis in Ukraine.”
WGN
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February 26, 2022
Mary Ellen O’Connell, International Law specialist and Law and research professor at Notre Dame talks about previous conflicts with NATO countries. The two discuss Russia’s position in the United Nations and putting pressure on Putin.
CNN
February 24, 2022
Mary Ellen O’Connell is the Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and research professor of international dispute resolution at the University of Notre Dame.
WSBT TV
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February 24, 2022
Professor Mary O'Connell says Ukraine became a fully independent member of the United Nations under a treaty with the Soviet Union in 1991.
NPR
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February 23, 2022
We asked Mary Ellen O'Connell, professor of international dispute studies at Notre Dame Law 91视频 and the Kroc Institute for International Peace 91视频, how do we know when we've passed the red line?
Associated Press
February 22, 2022
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a Notre Dame law professor and an expert on international law and the use of force, says any crossing of a national border with military forces is unlawful, even if it’s called something other than an invasion.
The Guardian
January 21, 2022
“News of the Saudi air strike on a prison – a protected civilian site – and knocking out Yemen’s internet is both tragic and no surprise,” said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at Notre Dame law school in the US.
Associated Press
January 19, 2022
Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at the Notre Dame Law 91视频, said it may be challenging for a case to be brought against Lebanon, which is not designated a “state sponsor of terrorism.”
CNBC
December 08, 2021
“Putin has said again and again that Ukraine is culturally and historically part of Russia. Ukraine’s history is complicated, but for Putin and other Russians, Russia should by rights include Ukraine,” said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at the University of Notre Dame, when asked why Russia opposed NATO’s expansion.
Business Insider
September 21, 2021
"Not only do remote pilots have only a vague idea in most cases who they are killing, now that the war is over in Afghanistan, it will be virtually impossible to use drone strikes legally," Mary Ellen O'Connell, Notre Dame Law 91视频 professor and expert on international law in relation to the use of force, told Insider.
Politifact
August 20, 2021
The聽Nuremberg principles聽that Key alludes to are not part of U.S. law; they refer to a treaty agreed to after World War II to prosecute individuals for war crimes, and crimes against humanity, said Mary Ellen O鈥機onnell, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame 91视频 of Law.
ABC 57
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August 16, 2021
Despite the poorly planned exit, Mary Ellen O鈥機onnell says this was a multi-administration failure three presidents in the making.
Xinhua
June 28, 2021
Mary Ellen O'Connell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频, has criticized the U.S. attacks as a violation of international law.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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March 09, 2021
Mary Ellen O'Connell, law, speaks with Australian Broadcasting Corporation. (starting at 15:00)
USA Today
March 03, 2021
Mary Ellen O鈥機onnell, a professor of law at the University of Notre Dame and an expert on the use of military force, said in emailed comments that the attacks in Iraq "demonstrate the danger and illegality of deploying force for deterrence."
Al Jazeera
February 26, 2021
Mary Ellen O鈥機onnell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频, criticised the US attack as a violation of international law.
National Catholic Reporter
February 26, 2021
I spoke about Biden's announcement on Yemen with Mary Ellen O'Connell, a professor at the University of Notre Dame Law 91视频 and a research professor of international dispute resolution at Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace 91视频.
Associated Press
February 26, 2021
Mary Ellen O鈥機onnell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频, criticized the U.S. attack as a violation of international law.
Financial Times
February 26, 2021
Mary Ellen O鈥機onnell, an expert in the lawful use of force at the University of Notre Dame, described the act as a 鈥済rave violation of international law鈥�, saying the US had no right to target Syrian soil in reprisal for an act committed in Iraq.
Associated Press
February 26, 2021
Mary Ellen O鈥機onnell, a professor at Notre Dame Law 91视频, criticized the U.S. attack as a violation of international law.
Vox
February 26, 2021
Mary Ellen O鈥機onnell, a professor at Notre Dame and co-author of Self-Defense Against Non-State Actors, told me she agrees that the president should come to Congress when there is time to seek authorization.