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Hurst Hannum, Professor of International Law, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University

International law says Putin's war against Ukraine is illegal. Does that matter?

People protest in front of Ukraine's embassy to Romania in Bucharest on Feb. 24, 2022. Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images

Both international law and the United Nations Charter say that countries should not invade each other. But who has the ability to enforce those rules?

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres put them to the test on Feb. 24, 2022, when he called on Russia to stop its fast-moving ground invasion of Ukraine.

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