Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-07-09 04:30:22 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 22FE524D2C2393C30EEA72520C0C67CF69C3B92FD2A25E9462F460133648C6B6
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Original Note:
The US is not a signatory to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, so by the long-held principle of state consent the president is not bound by its restrictions. Russia has been using cluster munitions routinely war, and they will aid Ukraine in its counteroffensive. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/04x8x174#:~:text=International%20law%20is%20built%20on,maximal%20protection%20to%20individual%20states. https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1655&context=cjil https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/05/29/cluster-munition-use-russia-ukraine-war https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-cluster-bombs-munitions-us-military-counteroffensive-1811250?amp=1
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