nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/b9159b3b52b11af3 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260312s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/b9159b3b52b11af3 doi eng 342 23 Schmidl, Anna-Christina Author aut An Abdication of Legal and Historical Responsibility - Germany’s Selective Approach to International Law Schmidl, Anna-Christina Verfassungsblog 2026-03-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier There can be little doubt that the US and Israeli attacks on Iran contravene the prohibition on the use of force while Iran’s retaliation goes beyond what would be permissible under the right to self-defence. While the German government has criticised Iran’s violent crackdown on the demonstrations and was quick to denounce its retaliatory attacks across the region, no such condemnation has been forthcoming with respect to the US and Israel. This approach to international law is both hypocritical and an abdication of historical responsibility. It is also strategically short-sighted and dangerous. CC BY-SA 4.0 Deutschland International Law Merz US–Israeli War on Iran Use of Force jus ad bellum selectivity (DE-588)4011882-4 gnd Deutschland Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/an-abdication-of-responsibility/ raw object