LEGITIMACY AND ILLEGITIMACY OF THE USE FORCE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: RUSSIAN-UKRAINE AND PALESTINE-ISRAELI CONFLICTS IN FOCUS
Journal: African and global issues quarterly.
Year: 2025

The Russo-Ukraine and Palestine-Israeli conflicts are one of the most devastating geo-political conflicts in the 21st century. From human rights perspective, the alleged violations of international law in the ongoing war in Ukraine and Palestine respectively are not only considered as abhorrent, but also raises significant concerns about the legitimacy of Russia and Israel’s aggression against Ukraine and Palestine respectively. The laws of war are means to an end to achieve legitimacy by showin