Multi-layered Criminality in the 2026 Iran-U.S./Israel War
Insight Turkey, cilt.28, sa.2, ss.99-113, 2026 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 28 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.25253/99.2026282.8
- Dergi Adı: Insight Turkey
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, ABI/INFORM, Index Islamicus, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Political Science Complete, vLex, MLA International Bibliography, Political Science Abstract (IPSA), Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO), Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest), Political Science Database (ProQuest)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.99-113
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Aggression, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Self-Defense, Multi-layered Criminality
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Contemporary armed conflicts increasingly defy analysis within a single legal framework. This article advances the concept of multi-layered criminality to explain how one factual matrix may simultaneously engage the law on the use of force, international humanitarian law, and international criminal law. Focusing on the 2026 U.S.-Israeli operations against Iran, it demonstrates how allegations of aggression, war crimes, and crimes against humanity can arise concurrently without collapsing their distinct legal thresholds. Drawing on treaty law, jurisprudence, official statements, United Nations materials, and open-source investigations, the commentary offers a calibrated appraisal of an evolving evidentiary record. It argues that the available material raises a serious question regarding the legality of the resort to force, substantiates grave war-crime concerns, and justifies a structured –yet not definitive– Article 7 inquiry. By integrating doctrinal rigor with cumulative analysis, the article challenges both fragmentation and overextension in contemporary international criminal law.