Ryan Goodman
Role at the time: Law professor and co-editor-in-chief of Just Security, posting on Bluesky
Statement summary
In a Bluesky post on the evening of September 20, Goodman wrote "He is not wrong" above a passage from U.N. Special Rapporteur Ben Saul's briefing note saying there are reasonable grounds to believe the 68 attacks it counts "constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law".
“He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law"”
Bluesky thread by Ryan Goodman quoting passages from the U.N. Special Rapporteur's briefing note on U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats. The first post quotes the note's conclusion that there are reasonable grounds to believe 68 attacks constituted crimes against humanity of murder.
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Relative to the strike campaign that includes the September 19 strike and its legal basis, Goodman endorses Saul's conclusion that the attacks constituted crimes against humanity of murder, which is an express condemnation of the conduct.