Also, it's not the job of the UNSC to "authorize" military action of individual nations. UNSC authorization of force (Article 42) refers to sending UN peacekeeping forces, like in the Korean war. This hasn't happened many times.

Article 51 allows member states to use force to defend themselves. US and UK military ships were being attacked.

[–] intelshill@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

International law also allows a country to protect its own territorial waters and enforce sanctions through them. Sovereignty supercedes the right to self-defence: if a US warship sails into Chinese territorial waters and gets beat down, international law sides with China.

[–] cbarrick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

What was the location of the US and UK ships? What are the treaties governing access to the Red Sea?

Are you sure that counts as territorial waters for Yemen?