Hawzah News Agency- International law is not a decorative language to be summoned when convenient and shelved when inconvenient. It is a system of obligations that binds most tightly those who claim to speak in its name.
The difficulty here is not subtle. The UAE cannot plausibly present itself as a custodian of lawful order while permitting its territory to function as part of the infrastructure of an unlawful use of force, including through the hosting of US military assets used in the war on Iran and its own strikes on Iranian territory - or, in different theatres, in Sudan and Yemen.
In Yemen, the UAE's role within the Saudi-led coalition has been widely documented, including allegations of indiscriminate attacks, support for proxy militias, and the operation of detention facilities associated with torture and enforced disappearances.
In Sudan, reporting has similarly traced UAE-linked support to armed actors implicated in atrocities, underscoring the regional entanglements that have deepened the conflict. Reuters reported that cargo flights connected to the UAE were suspected by UN experts and diplomats of supplying arms to the RSF.
The UAE's alignment with Israel - which has included the deployment of Israeli Iron Dome batteries and troops on Emirati soil, direct military coordination throughout the war on Iran, and a secret visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Abu Dhabi .
The deeper problem is one of credibility. When states entangled in multiple theatres of conflict and gross human rights violations suddenly discover a reverence for legal order, they expose their crass hypocrisy.
A state that persistently enables unlawful force, underwrites proxy violence, and aligns itself with sustained violations of international humanitarian law cannot credibly cloak itself in legality.
Source: MIDDLE EAST EYE
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