Bin Laden raid: Did the US violate Pakistan’s sovereignty?

Barack Obama had said he would conduct military operations in Pakistan to get Osama Bin Laden. In doing so, did the United States overstep its legal bounds?

Photo of a protest in Pakistan

Tensions are high between the United States and Pakistan right now, after the death of Osama Bin Laden. Noam Lubell, Professor of International Law at the National University of Ireland, Galway, talks about the legal issues at play in the raid.

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