Gabor Rona
Guest Author
Gabor Rona (@GaborRona1) is a Visiting Professor of Law and Director of the Law and Armed Conflict Project at Cardozo Law School. He was previously International Legal Director of Human Rights First, where he advised programs on questions of international law and represented Human Rights First with governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, the media and the public on matters of international human rights and international humanitarian law (the law of armed conflict).
Gabor was also previously a Legal Advisor in the Legal Division of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva, where he focused on the application of international humanitarian and human rights law in the context of counter-terrorism policies and practices. He represented the ICRC in intergovernmental, nongovernmental, academic and public forums and his articles have appeared in the Financial Times, the Fletcher Forum on World Affairs and the Chicago Journal of International Law, among other publications. He has also taught International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law in the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France and the University Centre for International Humanitarian Law in Geneva, Switzerland. He now teaches IHL at Columbia Law School.
Articles by this author:
Russia, the Int’l Criminal Court, and the Malign Legacy of the U.S. “War on Terror”
by Gabor Rona
Apr 1st, 2022
The Biden Administration’s Moment of Truth on Torture Evidence
by David Luban, Scott Roehm, Claire O. Finkelstein, Karen J. Greenberg, Lisa Hajjar, Jonathan Hafetz, Elisa Massimino and Gabor Rona
Dec 1st, 2021
Can a Pardon Be a War Crime?: When Pardons Themselves Violate the Laws of War
by Gabor Rona
Dec 24th, 2020
Why We Are Suing President Trump
by Diane Marie Amann, Margaret deGuzman, Gabor Rona and Milena Sterio
Oct 8th, 2020
Letter to the Editor: There is No Affront to U.S. Sovereignty in the Int’l Criminal Court Investigation
by Gabor Rona
Jul 2nd, 2020
Letter to the Editor: How About Some Regulation of the Mercenary Industry?
by Gabor Rona
Oct 23rd, 2018
Letter to the Editor: Much More Iceberg Below the Surface on Civilian Casualties
by Gabor Rona
May 15th, 2018
Responding to Goodman’s Memo to the Human Rights Community: Context is Critical
by Gabor Rona
Oct 10th, 2017
When is a Mercenary (Not) a Mercenary? The Case of Foreign Fighters in the UAE’s Military
by Gabor Rona
May 18th, 2017
A Just Security Debate!—What’s Wrong with the DNI Report on Civilian Casualties
by Gabor Rona
Feb 7th, 2017
Letter to the Editor: Chatham House Report and Individual Criminal Liability of Gov’t Officials
by Gabor Rona
Nov 18th, 2016
Letter to the Editor: Bombing Hospitals: Why Bad Actors—Not the Laws of War—Are to Blame
by Gabor Rona
Oct 21st, 2016
Letter to the Editor: Not So Fast on Calling it an “Armed Conflict” Between the US and Syria
by Gabor Rona
Oct 13th, 2016
Challenges New Weapons and Humanitarian Assistance Present for International Law
by Gabor Rona
Nov 20th, 2015
Foreign Fighters, Mercenaries, and Private Military Companies Under International Law
by Gabor Rona
Nov 18th, 2015
International Law, Targeting, and Detention in the Age of International Terrorism
by Gabor Rona
Nov 16th, 2015
Obama Administration’s Position on the UN Torture Convention: New? Yes. Significant? Not so much
by Gabor Rona
Nov 18th, 2014
Guest Post: A Reply to Ryan Vogel and Marty Lederman on DoD Directive 2310.01E [Updated]
by Gabor Rona
Sep 18th, 2014
Too Much War, Not Enough Human Rights from the UN Special Rapporteur and European Parliament
by Gabor Rona
Mar 4th, 2014
Equating Terrorism and Bubonic Plague: Bad for Counterterrorism, Bad for the Constitution
by Gabor Rona
Nov 20th, 2013