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2023-07-08 10:38:48 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 49BE44181526B37444E62A13F9DCFC10C2AD269CF5B7986A9752AD0A822DAC14
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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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