US strikes on alleged drug boats may constitute ‘crimes against humanity’, UN finds
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Why United Nations says US boat strikes may be ‘crimes against humanity’
Washington justifies the attacks as necessary to halt the flow of lethal drugs into the US.
Sep 22, 2026
US strikes on alleged drug boats may be ‘crimes against humanity’, UN says
UN expert says US forces have killed 223 people in 68 attacks in the Caribbean and the Pacific in the past year.
Sep 22, 2026
US strikes on alleged drug boats may constitute ‘crimes against humanity’, UN finds
Dozens of US attacks on boats in the Pacific and Caribbean have killed more than 230 people since September 2025 A special rapporteur for the UN human rights council has concluded that there are “reasonable grounds to believe” that the United States attacks on boats allegedly carrying drugs in the Pacific and Caribbean “constituted crimes against humanity”. The boat strikes, carried out since September 2025 on the stated grounds of stopping drugs being trafficked by sea to the US, have killed mo
Sep 21, 2026
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Trump's 'drug boat' strikes may be crimes against humanity, UN says
The Trump administration's strikes on alleged "narco-trafficking" vessels amount to extrajudicial murders that violate international, maritime and humanitarian law, a United Nations report says.
Sep 22, 2026
US strikes on alleged drug boats could be crimes against humanity, says UN
A report says the attacks, of which there have been at least 68, were not self-defence.
Sep 21, 2026
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