I. The Department of Defense Law of War Manual Update
- Just Security, Defense Department Releases Second Round of Revisions for Law of War Manual (Tuesday, Dec. 13)
- Geoffrey S. Corn, Initial Observations on the Law of War Manual Revision: “Three ups/Three downs” (Wednesday, Dec. 14)
- Sean Watts, The Updated DoD Law of War Manual and the Precaution of Military Objective Selection (Wednesday, Dec. 14)
- Adil Haque, Human Shields in the (Updated) Dept of Defense’s Law of War Manual (Thursday, Dec. 15)
- Charles J. Dunlap Jr., A Squarable Circle?: The Revised DoD Law of War Manual and the Challenge of Human Shields (Thursday, Dec. 15)
II. Targeting, Lethal Force, and Transparency
- Kate Brannen, US-led Coalition Needs to Improve ‘Opaque, Ad Hoc’ Process for Reporting Civilian Casualties, New Report Says
(Monday, Dec. 12) - Rachel Stohl, The Drone Memos Offers a Critique of Obama Administration’s ‘Shortsighted’ Policies on Targeted Killing (Tuesday, Dec. 13)
III. The Oxford Guidance on Humanitarian Relief Operations
- Dapo Akande and Emanuela-Chiara Gillard, The Oxford Guidance on the Law Relating to Humanitarian Relief Operations in Situations of Armed Conflict: An Introduction (Wednesday, Dec. 14)
- Annyssa Bellal, Humanitarian Access from an Armed Non-State Actor’s Perspective (Thursday, Dec. 15)
- Rogier Bartles, Oxford Guidance on Humanitarian Relief Operations: Comments on Arbitrarily Withholding Consent and the Status of the Guidance (Thursday, Dec. 15)
IV. Russian Election Interference
- Andy Wright, A Patriot Fears Not Truth about Russian Election Interference: Time for a commission to investigate (Monday, Dec. 12)
- Craig Forcese, The “Hacked” US Election: Is International Law Silent, Faced with the Clatter of Cyrillic Keyboards? (Friday, Dec. 16)
V. The Law on Using Force against Terrorist Groups
- Michael J. Adams and Ryan Goodman, Category Mistake: There Is No Jus ad Bellum for Use of Force Against Non-State Actors
(Tuesday, Dec. 13)
VI. Immigration and SCOTUS
- Steve Vladeck, The (Potentially) Monumental Significance of the Jennings Supplemental Briefing Order (Friday, Dec. 16)
VII. Senate Torture Report
- Katherine Hawkins, At Least One Copy of the Senate Torture Report Will Be Preserved. What About the Others? (Tuesday, Dec. 13)
VIII. Public Opinion: ICRC Law of War Survey
- Sarah Kreps and Stephen Roblin, Another Look at the New ICRC Survey: Glimmers of Hope? (Tuesday, Dec. 13)
IX. Surveillance: National Security Letters
- Hannah Bloch-Wehba, New Disclosures Reflect NSLs’ Substantive First Amendment Flaws (Wednesday, Dec. 14)
X. Recommended Holiday Reading
- Just Security, Recommended Holiday Reading from Just Security’s Editors (Friday, Dec. 16)