Lord Bingham, who stepped down in July, described the action by the UK and US as a “serious violation of international law”.宾厄姆勋爵，谁下台7月，介绍了采取行动的美国和英国是一个“严重违反了国际法” 。

He said advice by the then-Attorney General Lord Goldsmith failed to acknowledge the lack of hard evidence implicating Iraq’s non-compliance with UN resolutions.他说，建议由当时的总检察长戈德史密斯勋爵不承认缺乏确凿的证据暗示伊拉克不遵守联合国决议。 Furthermore it neglected to make clear that only the Security Council could authorise further action, Lord Bingham suggested.此外，它忽视清楚地表明，只有安理会可能采取进一步的行动授权，宾厄姆勋爵建议。

But Lord Goldsmith said that he stood by his advice to the then-prime minister.不过，戈德史密斯勋爵说，他站在他的意见，当时的总理。

Lord Bingham’s comments came in a speech on the rule of law at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.宾厄姆勋爵的评论是在一次讲话中对法治的研究所，英国国际法和比较法。 In it he referred to a statement made by the former attorney general in March 2003 as Britain prepared for the invasion.他在报告提到的一份声明中所提出的前总检察长在2003年3月，英国准备入侵。

“This statement was flawed in two fundamental respects,” he said. “这一声明是有缺陷的两个基本方面， ”他说。 “It was not plain that Iraq had failed to comply in a manner justifying resort to force and there were no strong factual grounds or hard evidence to show that it had.” “这不是平原，伊拉克没有遵守的方式证明诉诸武力，也没有强有力的理由或事实确凿证据表明它了。 ”

“Hans Blix and his team of weapons inspectors had found no weapons of mass destruction, were making progress and expected to complete their task in a matter of months.” “汉斯布利克斯和他的团队的武器核查人员没有发现任何大规模杀伤性武器，正在取得进展，预计将完成他们的任务在几个月内。 ”

Lord Bingham added that Lord Goldsmith’s advice passed on the belief that a decision over whether Iraq had not complied with UN resolutions could be made by anyone other than the UN Security Council.宾厄姆勋爵说，戈德史密斯勋爵的建议通过的信念，即决定是否伊拉克没有遵守联合国有关决议可以通过以外的任何人提交联合国安理会。

Responding to the criticism, Lord Goldsmith said: “I stand by my advice of March 2003 that it was legal for Britain to take military action in Iraq.针对批评，戈德史密斯勋爵说： “我坚持我的意见2003年3月，这是法律对英国采取军事行动在伊拉克。

“I would not have given that advice if it were not genuinely my view. “我不会考虑这些意见如果不是真正的我的看法。 Lord Bingham is entitled to his own legal perspective five years after the event, but at the time and since then many nations other than ours took part in the action and did so believing that they were acting lawfully.”宾厄姆勋爵的标题是他自己的法律角度看五年后的事件，但在时间和此后其他许多国家比我们参加了行动，并因此认为他们是合法的。 “

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