Does IHL apply to the US invasion of Venezuela?

A critique of the projection of the relevance of international humanitarian law in situations where it does not belong.

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In their recent post on Just Security, Tracey Begley, Benjamin R. Farley and Michael Schmitt seem to suggest that President of Venezuela Nicholas Maduro is a prisoner of war and that, on that basis, he can be tried in the United States for crimes that he may have committed before his capture. This rather bold suggestion depends...Read full article