In the last three years, close to 2,000 U.S. aircrafts carrying weapons or other military equipment landed in Ireland. Mary Ellen O’Connell, member of CERL’s Advisory Council, told RTÉ News Ireland has an opportunity to defend international law by prohibiting the United States from using Irish airports for the transport of weapons that are headed for unlawful military operations.

Mary Ellen O’Connell is the Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution—Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame. Read her bio here.  

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