War against Iraq is unequivocally illegal under the UN Charter and international law generally. Tearing up the Rules: The Illegality of Invading Iraq rejects efforts by the U.S., U.K, and Australia to circumvent the U.N. Security Council and claim legal justification from past resolutions.
The report warns that an illegal war in Iraq would threaten the pillars of collective security established after World War II to protect civilians from a recurrence of that unprecedented carnage. It points out that the impact of an unlawful war against Iraq will be suffered primarily by innocent civilians.