Resumen de Symposium on the Iraq Inquiry: Foreword

• The publication of the Report on the Iraq Inquiry marked not only the end of an intensely controversial political process but also an important moment in debates on the legality and legitimacy of the UK’s involvement in the 2002 Iraq invasion. The articles and comments gathered here are not intended to be an exhaustive account of the Inquiry’s findings, but rather to make at least three more wide-ranging contributions.

  The first part of the Symposium, in particular, analyses what the Report adds to doctrinal discussions on the legality of use of force and identifies new questions for scholarship and reflection. As Dame Rosalyn Higgins notes in her introduction to the Symposium, the Report is rich in...