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The Updated First Geneva Convention Commentary, DOD’s Law of War Manual, and a More Perfect Law of War: Part II

Earlier this month, I commented on the similarities and differences between the Updated Commentary on the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the US Defense Department’s new Law…

Jul. 29, 2016 Sean Watts

Secret Law, Targeting, and the Problem of Standards: A Response to Dakota Rudesill

In his recent posts and an article, Dakota Rudesill tackles the phenomenon of secret law. Dakota persuasively describes a growing body secret law, which he defines as “legal…

Jul. 26, 2016 Jonathan Hafetz

Donald Trump’s Wall, David Rieff’s Long War, and the Dangers of Fear-Mongering

This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks…

Jul. 25, 2016 David Cole

It’s Time to Come to Terms With Secret Law: Part I

Secret law. The words are chilling. They evoke Kafka, unaccountable government, liberty subordinated to state security – and to some ears, perhaps simply the paranoid rantings…

Jul. 20, 2016 Dakota S. Rudesill

International Justice Day Round-Up III: Salvadoran Amnesty Law, Germany Apologizes to Namibia over Genocide, Corporate Criminality, and Colombia Ceasefire

This is Part III of an international criminal justice round-up covering ten of the top developments in the field this spring and summer. Part I is here and covers the Habré case,…

Jul. 20, 2016 Beth Van Schaack

International Justice Day Round-Up II: Bemba, the Crime of Aggression, and More Justice for Chile

This is Part II of an International Justice Day Top-10 Round Up. Part I—which discussed the recent judgment against Hissène Habré in the Extraordinary African Chambers, the…

Jul. 19, 2016 Beth Van Schaack

International Justice Day Round-Up I: Habre, Bashir Travel, Crimes Against Humanity in Mexico

The field of international criminal justice has witnessed a number of important developments this spring and summer—enough to merit a proverbial top-ten list. In honor of International…

Jul. 18, 2016 Beth Van Schaack

DOJ’s Motion to Dismiss in Smith v. Obama, the case challenging the legality of the war against ISIL

As I noted in an earlier post, Nathan Smith, a U.S. Army captain deployed to Kuwait as part of the campaign against ISIL, Operation Inherent Resolve, has sued the President,…

Jul. 14, 2016 Marty Lederman

Syria, J’Accuse! Syrian State Responsibility for War Crimes

So far, achieving any measure of accountability for the grave international crimes being committed in Syria has been elusive, as I’ve outlined before. A draft Security Council…

Jul. 13, 2016 Beth Van Schaack

Visions and Revisions: Karen Greenberg on the Making of the Modern Security State

“It’s lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss about whether they was made…

Jul. 12, 2016 Brian O'Neill

What the Chilcot Report Teaches Us About National Security Lawyering

This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks…

Jul. 11, 2016 Oona A. Hathaway

A quick response to John Merriam on proportionality and military medical personnel

Thanks very much to John Merriam for his very thoughtful and insightful post responding to my concerns about the Law of War Manual‘s treatment of how the principle of proportionality…

Jul. 9, 2016 Marty Lederman

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