At least 68 US strikes on boats allegedly involved in drug trafficking were not acts of self-defence and could constitute crimes against humanity, according to a United Nations report.
The report concerns attacks carried out against alleged drug boats. It does not describe the strikes as justified by self-defence and raises the possibility that their scale and nature could meet the threshold for crimes against humanity.
The material available does not provide further details about when or where the attacks took place, the number of people affected, or the evidence used to identify the boats as being linked to drug trafficking.
No response from the US is included in the supplied material. The latest position described is the UN report’s assessment that the strikes warrant serious legal scrutiny, while the available information does not indicate what action may follow.
