HOW THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL’S FAILURE TO UPHOLD INTERNATIONAL LAW HAS CONTRIBUTED TO VIOLENCE AND CHAOS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD: THE WARS OF AGGRESSION AGAINST YEMEN (2015- ) AND GAZA (2023- )

Year 2024, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 130 - 153, 24.01.2025

Berdal Aral

Abstract

This paper draws on the perverse use of international law by hegemonic powers on the subject of the use of force in international relations. In order to expose the distortive interpretation and implementation, by major powers, of the UN Charter and other instruments and sources of international law, this study draws on two cases of the wars of aggression targeting Yemen and Gaza respectively. The failure of the UN Security Council to take punitive action against the Saudi-led coalition forces and Israel, as the two perpetrators of crimes of aggression against the victimises peoples, in order to end hostilities, has been a tragic testimony to the endurance of the colonial and asymmetrical roots of existing rules and principles of international law. The two cases and the dominant narrative surrounding them which has tended towards blaming the victims also point to the complicity between the centres of political power and the predominant media.

Keywords

hegemonic international order, wars of aggression against Yemen and Gaza, genocide in Gaza, UN Security Council resolutions

BİRLEŞMİŞ MİLLETLER GÜVENLİK KONSEYİNİN ULUSLARARASI HUKUKU UYGULAMADAKİ BAŞARISIZLIĞININ MÜSLÜMAN DÜNYASINDA ŞİDDET VE KAOSA KATKISI: YEMEN'E (2015- ) VE GAZZE'YE (2023- ) YÖNELİK SALDIRI SAVAŞLARI

Abstract

Bu makale, öncelikle, içinde bulunduğumuz yüzyılda hegemonik Batı güçleri tarafından uluslararası hukukun çarpık kullanımlarını ve Birleşmiş Milletler Güvenlik Konseyinin güç kullanımına dair suiistimal niteliğindeki yönlendirmelerini genel anlamda eleştirmektedir. Ardından, Müslüman dünyasındaki mevcut sorunları körükleyen iki olay ele alınmaktadır: Yemen (2015- ) ve Gazze'deki (2023- ) savaşlar. Makale, Birleşmiş Milletler Güvenlik Konseyi’nin bu iki krizdeki tutumunun ardındaki ikiyüzlülüğün ve çifte standardın mevcut uluslararası düzenin güvenilirliğini azalttığını savunmaktadır. Bu makale, başta ABD olmak üzere, hegemonik uluslararası aktörler tarafından kullanılan stratejileri ve hala büyük ölçüde Batı'nın kontrolünde olan uluslararası ana akım medyanın, Yemen ve Gazze'deki saldırı savaşlarının faillerini aklamak üzere ne şekilde kullanıldığını ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Burada, aynı zamanda, görünüşte Husileri iktidardan uzaklaştırmak amacıyla gerçekleştirilen, Suudi Arabistan liderliğindeki çok uluslu askeri müdahaleye bir yasal çerçeve kazandırmak amacıyla, Yemen krizine ilişkin olarak alınmış olan Birleşmiş Milletler Güvenlik Konseyi kararlarına ve önde gelen Batılı güçler ile medyanın ürettiği söylemsel çarpıtmalara yer verilmiştir. Makale, İsrail'in Ekim 2023'te Gazze'ye yönelik hayata geçirdiği ve halen vahşetini yitirmemiş olan soykırım niteliğindeki saldırısını incelemekte ve Birleşmiş Milletler Güvenlik Konseyi’nin bu korkunç trajediye karşı sergilemiş olduğu performansı sorgulamaktadır. Yemen örneğinde olduğu gibi, burada da, mevcut uluslararası düzenin hâkim güçleri ve onların medya organları tarafından Filistinlilerin mağduriyetini inkâr etmek ve Gazze'deki Siyonist suçları örtbas etmek amacıyla üretilen çarpık anlatılar ele alınmaktadır. Makale, hâlâ büyük ölçüde Batı güçlerinin etkisi altında olan mevcut uluslararası düzenin yasal ve kurumsal temellerinin "adaletin şaşması" sonucunu doğuran ve Müslüman dünyasının daha da marjinalleşmesine yol açan vahim durumuna ilişkin bazı değerlendirmelerle sona ermektedir.

Keywords

hegemonik uluslararası düzen, Yemen ve Gazze'ye karşı saldırı savaşları, Gazze soykırımı, BM Güvenlik Konseyi kararları

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