US, UK strikes against Houthis are a violation of international law: Report

One of Germany's most renowned lawyers dealing with internal law, Stefan Talmon, has come out against the country's support for the US and UK attacks on the Houthis in Yemen. 

"The US and UK strikes against Houthi positions across Yemen are not covered by the right to self-defence and constitute a violation of international law," said Talmon in an article. 

"The attacks on the Houthis were neither necessary nor proportional to the stated armed attacks on the warships of the two countries," he said, adding that the "use of force by the United States and the United Kingdom was also disproportionate.

"The use of force by the United States and the United Kingdom must therefore be regarded more as an act of deterrence, as a warning to the Houthis not to continue their attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea or as retaliation and punishment, but not as self-defence," he added.

"The attacks on the Houthi positions in Yemen also were not proportionate to the stated attacks on the warships," he concluded.