Lord Bingham, who stepped down in July, described the action by the UK and US as a “serious violation of international law”.賓厄姆勳爵，誰下台7月，介紹了採取行動的美國和英國是一個“嚴重違反了國際法” 。

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.他說，建議由當時的總檢察長戈德史密斯勳爵不承認缺乏確鑿的證據暗示伊拉克不遵守聯合國決議。 Furthermore it neglected to make clear that only the Security Council could authorise further action, Lord Bingham suggested.此外，它忽視清楚地表明，只有安理會可能採取進一步的行動授權，賓厄姆勳爵建議。

But Lord Goldsmith said that he stood by his advice to the then-prime minister.不過，戈德史密斯勳爵說，他站在他的意見，當時的總理。

Lord Bingham’s comments came in a speech on the rule of law at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.賓厄姆勳爵的評論是在一次講話中對法治的研究所，英國國際法和比較法。 In it he referred to a statement made by the former attorney general in March 2003 as Britain prepared for the invasion.他在報告提到的一份聲明中所提出的前總檢察長在2003年3月，英國準備入侵。

“This statement was flawed in two fundamental respects,” he said. “這一聲明是有缺陷的兩個基本方面， ”他說。 “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.” “這不是平原，伊拉克沒有遵守的方式證明訴諸武力，也沒有強有力的理由或事實確鑿證據表明它了。 ”

“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.” “漢斯布利克斯和他的團隊的武器核查人員沒有發現任何大規模殺傷性武器，正在取得進展，預計將完成他們的任務在幾個月內。 ”

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.賓厄姆勳爵說，戈德史密斯勳爵的建議通過的信念，即決定是否伊拉克沒有遵守聯合國有關決議可以通過以外的任何人提交聯合國安理會。

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.針對批評，戈德史密斯勳爵說： “我堅持我的意見2003年3月，這是法律對英國採取軍事行動在伊拉克。

“I would not have given that advice if it were not genuinely my view. “我不會考慮這些意見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.”賓厄姆勳爵的標題是他自己的法律角度看五年後的事件，但在時間和此後其他許多國家比我們參加了行動，並因此認為他們是合法的。 “

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