Transcript: The US Appearance Before the UN Committee on the Convention Against Torture

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November 21, 2014

Below is a transcript of all national security issues discussed during the US delegation’s appearance before the UN’s Committee on the Convention Against Torture, prepared by Just Security staff as part of our continuing coverage of the event.

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The Soul of the Justice Department: Who Must Stand Up For It Now

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Military Justice Reform, the 2020 Pledge, and the President’s Power

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The Simple Lessons from a Complicated Iowa Caucus

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Why the US Military Needs to Rethink How It Investigates Civilian Harm

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Sudan Announces Intention to Have al-Bashir and Others “Appear” Before the ICC

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Building Walls and Deporting People to “Safe” Countries Is Not Deterrence, It’s Defense

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The CIA in the Age of Trump

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The Friday Night Massacre’s Broader Context: Trump’s Redesign for American Democracy

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Reading Between the Votes: 53 Senators Say Trump Guilty on the Facts

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US Should Think Again About Reversing Landmine Policy

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The Most Serious Obstruction of All: The Vote to Block Witnesses and the Public’s Right to Know

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Behind Myanmar’s Military Alibi: A Path for Compliance with the ICJ’s Order to Protect Rohingya

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Counterterrorism Laws Punish Legitimate Asylum Seekers

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John Bolton’s Silence — Here’s how he could lawfully break it

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Myanmar’s Commission Report Delivers Genocide Denial Playbook

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Human Shielding (by Omission) in Iran

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Timeline: Trump, Giuliani, Biden, and Ukrainegate (updated)

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Explainer: Prepublication Review and How it Applies to Bolton

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Lessons for Life: The Obituaries of Republicans Who Opposed Nixon’s Impeachment

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United Nations Sets Standards on Peaceful Assemblies and the Use of Less Lethal Weapons

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Sudan’s Push for Removal from U.S. Terror List: Not a Panacea

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International Criminal Court and the Question of Palestine’s Statehood: Part II

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The Long Road to Peace in Afghanistan: Civil Society’s Role

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How to Think About the Soleimani Strike in Four Questions

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Iran’s Leaders Preserve the Republic With a Hybrid of International and Islamic Law

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The President, His Relationship with Intelligence, and the Soleimani Strike

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What the State Department Legal Adviser Promised Congress on Iran

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The Need for Increased Amicus Role in the FISA Process

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Iran Plane Downing: Likely a Violation of International Humanitarian Law (But Not a War Crime)

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After the IG Report: “Next Steps” for Congress, DOJ, and the FISA Court

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The 30-Day Clock: Recent Law Requires Trump Admin. to Make Full Public Report on Soleimani and Shahlai Strikes

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U.S. Legal Defense of the Soleimani Strike at the United Nations: A Critical Assessment

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How to Recover a Role for Congress and the Courts in Decisions to Wage War

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Why the 2002 AUMF Does Not Apply to Iran

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Reevaluating Our Counter-Terrorism Information Sharing Methods

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Lawful Self-Defense vs. Revenge Strikes: Scrutinizing Iran and U.S. Uses of Force under International Law

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The Targeted Killing of General Soleimani: Its Lawfulness and Why It Matters

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Iran’s Unlawful Reprisal (and Ours)

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Soleimani Strike Marks a Novel Shift in Targeted Killing, Dangerous to the Global Order

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Trump’s Fatal Mistake: Killing Soleimani vs. Countering ISIS

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The Soleimani Strike and War Powers

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United States Killed Iraqi Military Official and Iraqi Military Personnel in the Two Recent Attacks

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Top Experts’ Backgrounder: Military Action Against Iran and US Domestic Law

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Exclusive: Unredacted Ukraine Documents Reveal Extent of Pentagon’s Legal Concerns

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The Inevitable Day of Reckoning in Syria

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Hidden Gems: Civilian Casualties and Use of Force Reporting Provisions in the Annual Defense Bill

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Federal Criminal Offenses and the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump

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The Application of International Law to Cyberspace: Sovereignty and Non-intervention

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The Crossfire Hurricane Report’s Inconvenient Findings

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The Specter of Interventionism is Haunting Latin America

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Trump’s Aim to Go Big on Nuclear Arms Control Should Begin by Extending New START

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A Call to Arms: Taking the Russia Threat Seriously

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No Place to Hide, No Place to Post: Lessons from Recent Efforts at “De-Platforming” ISIS

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With Supreme Court Mired in Dark Money, Time for Large Dose of Transparency

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The Spencer Standoff with Trump over Gallagher Distracts from the Navy’s Real Problems

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Here’s the Proof that Trump’s “No Quid Pro Quo” Call Never Happened

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New Leaked Documents Reveal China’s Chilling Crackdown on Muslims

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Amid War Crimes Allegations, Afghan Government Lacks Proper Mechanisms to Investigate

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Timeline: Rep. Devin Nunes and Ukraine Disinformation Efforts

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IG Falls Short of Justice in Investigating Political Retaliation at the State Department

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Trump and GOP Call to ID Whistleblower Exposes Glaring Gaps in Protections

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Evaluating Facebook’s New Oversight Board for Content Moderation

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President Trump is Damaging Our Military: War Crimes Cases are the Latest Example

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Go See The Report, Then Let’s Put Torture to Bed For Good

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Congress Must Act to Protect Those Who’ve Supported Us in Syria

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Interpol Proves Critics Right in Choosing Turkey to Host General Assembly

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Duty to Warn: Has the Trump Administration Learned from the Khashoggi Failure?

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The Rio Treaty: Paving the Way for Military Intervention in Venezuela?

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Assessing Turkey’s “Resettlement” Plans in Syria under the Law of Occupation

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Abandoning Open Skies: Trump Would Be Squandering More of Our Security Inheritance

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“With a Little Help from Our Friends”: Prosecuting the ISIL “Beatles” in U.S. Courts

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How to Address Newly Revealed Abuses of Section 702 Surveillance

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Turkey’s (Latest) Invasion of Syria: Aggression, Proportionality, and Legal Consequences for NATO and Third-Party States

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The FISA Court’s Section 702 Opinions, Part II: Improper Queries and Echoes of “Bulk Collection”

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Career U.S. Officials Testifying to Congress: A Guide from Co-Equal

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Can Turkey be Expelled from NATO? It’s Legally Possible, Whether or Not Politically Prudent

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The Netherlands Releases a Tour de Force on International Law in Cyberspace: Analysis

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The Need for a Bipartisan Stand Against the White House Counsel Letter 

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The Real Decline of OLC

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Congress Wakes Up, Finally Decides to Tackle Kleptocracy

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Know Your Rights: Conversations with Congress

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Greg Craig: The Government’s Latest Swing at FARA Enforcement & What Comes Next

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Climate Change Denialism Poses a National Security Threat

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What’s the New Terror Financing Executive Order All About?

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France’s Major Statement on International Law and Cyber: An Assessment

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Guidelines on Investigating Violations of International Humanitarian Law

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Ending Suffering of Afghanistan’s Civilians is Necessary Condition for Peace Talks

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Q&A on Court Decision Invalidating Administration’s Terrorism Watchlist

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The Once and Future Threat of Nuclear Weapon Testing

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U.S. Sanctions Against Iran’s Foreign Minister and International Law

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Second Circuit Gets Civil Forfeiture under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Wrong

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“Fiat Justitia”: Implications of a Canadian Military Justice Decision for International Justice

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Expert Summaries of Mueller Report: A Collection

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Proportionality and 150 Iranian Lives: Do They “Count”?

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The International Security Echo-Chamber: Getting Civil Society Into the Room

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EU Court of Justice Grapples with U.S. Surveillance in Schrems II

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Criminal Prosecutions and Illegal Entry: A Deeper Dive

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Policing, U.S. Style: With Little Idea of What Really Works

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Trump’s “Unalienable Rights” Commission Likely to Promote Anti-Rights Agenda 

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Top Expert Backgrounder: Children in Immigration Detention — What are the International Norms?

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Anticipating the President’s Way Around the War Powers Resolution on Iran: Lessons of the 1980s Tanker Wars

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Looking to 2020: A Presidential Pledge for Gender Parity in National Security Appointments

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Top Expert Backgrounder: Aborted U.S. Strike, Cyber Operation Against Iran and International Law

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U.S. Cyber Command, Russia and Critical Infrastructure: What Norms and Laws Apply?

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Cooking the WMD Books: Politicizing the 2019 State Department Compliance Report

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Countering Russia’s Malign Influence Operations

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The American Way of War Includes Fidelity to Law: Preemptive Pardons Break that Code

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When Is a “Literally True” Statement False and a Crime

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Guide to the Mueller Report’s Findings on “Collusion”

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An Insider’s View of the Life-Cycle of Self-Defense Reports by U.N. Member States

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The Seven Step Program for Fighting Disinformation

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10 Ways the U.S. Can Curb Interpol Abuses

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No Clean Hands: Reaction and Counter-Reaction in the Iranian-Saudi Proxy War in Yemen

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Need for Change to Protect Children in Armed Conflict

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