“Not only is it absurd politically, but it’s a grotesque, vulgar display of power that violates every single basic principle of international law that we have. It’s wholly unlawful,” said Nathan Derejko, an assistant law professor at the University of Manitoba and the Mauro Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice.

“It breaches some of the most basic and fundamental provisions of the United Nations Charter.”

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