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Is the United States a Party to the Conflict Between the Saudi-Led Coalition and the Houthis?

Photo: A U.S.-made Saudi F-15. Image: Meteb Ali via Wikimedia Commons. This is piece is the latest article in our forum on the Yemen crisis and the law. Under international law,…

Uncomplimentary Complementarity and the Int’l Criminal Court’s Afghanistan Probe

Above: US military facilities at Bagram airfield, Afghanistan. Image: DoD This piece is the latest in our online symposium–spearheaded by Professor Laura Dickinson–focusing…

Paying Attention to Land Rights in Syria Negotiations

As President Donald Trump ponders his response to yet another chemical weapons attack in Syria, advisers and commentators alike are mired in short-term calculations. But one day…

The High Hurdle for Aiding and Abetting Unlawful Attacks in Yemen

This is piece is the the latest article in our forum on the Yemen crisis and the law. The Alien Torts Statute (ATS), a jurisdictional statute that allows non-U.S. citizens to…

The Downsides of Bombing Syria

Air strikes would raise very serious legal and practical concerns.

Official Immunity Under the Rome Statute: The Path From Principle to Practice Is Seldom Straight

Just Security is pleased to launch this online symposium–spearheaded by Professor Laura Dickinson–which is focused on the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) probe…

Evidence Unsealed in Colvin v. Syria

Media are reporting another chemical weapon attack in Syria (a summary of prior attacks is here). Notwithstanding these breaches of an indisputable international law rule, there…

Syria, Chemical Weapons, and a Qualitative Threshold for Humanitarian Intervention

An improved legal framework using a qualitative threshold—legitimizing humanitarian intervention against regimes that use chemical and biological weapons (CBW) on civilians—can…

Just Security’s Symposium on the ICC Afghanistan Probe and the US

Just Security is pleased to announce the launch of an online symposium dedicated to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) probe in Afghanistan and its implications for the…

Another Airstrike in Kunduz, and More Civilian Deaths

Once again, airstrikes targeting insurgent leaders in Afghanistan have killed and injured dozens of civilians. On the morning of April 2, Afghan government forces attacked the…

U.S. Federal Statute on Aiding and Abetting: War Crimes in Yemen – Part II

This piece is the second of two on U.S. operations in Yemen and the War Crimes Act, and the latest article in our forum on the Yemen crisis and the law. In September 2017, Ryan…

Civilian Casualties and Effectiveness of U.S. Drone Strikes in Yemen

This is the first of two articles on U.S. counterterrorism operations in Yemen. It also the latest in a new series we are producing in partnership Columbia Law School’s Human…
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