UN rights chief condemns US airstrikes on boats as illegal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk issued a strong statement on Friday, referencing a series of attacks since early September that have reportedly killed more than 60 people under circumstances he described as legally unjustifiable.
44% : The UN official countered that combating cross-border drug trafficking is fundamentally "a law-enforcement matter, governed by the careful limits on lethal force set out in international human rights law."
43% : UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk has declared that recent US airstrikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific violate international law, with over 60 reported fatalities.
28% : The United Nations human rights chief has condemned recent US airstrikes targeting boats in the Caribbean and Pacific regions, stating they constitute violations of international human rights law.

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