The Netherlands’ government has been adviced that any intervention in Syria under current circumstances is prohibited under international law without a mandate from the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n
Andre Nollkaemper, adviser to the Dutch government and a professor with the University of Amsterdam, was requested for advice by the Dutch cabinet given the humanitarian emergency situation in Syria, Xinhua reported Thursday.<\/p>\n
The US, France, and Britain have claimed there is enough proof of a chemical strike last week near Damascus by President Bashar al- Assad’s regime. A team of UN researchers is currently investigating the possible use of chemical weapons.<\/p>\n
“The breach of a customary prohibition on the use of chemical weapons by Syria, although it is very serious, provides no legal basis for the use of force,” Nollkaemper said in a letter revealed by Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs Frans Timmermans.<\/p>\n
“An attack which is only classified as a punitive response does not fit in and does not support the right of humanitarian intervention. Such an attack can only be regarded as unlawful,” he said.<\/p>\n
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