Armed Conflict

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Closing Guantánamo, Episode XXVIII: This Time, We Really, Really (Really!) Mean It…

Word has it that, later today, the Obama administration will release its long-ballyhooed Plan. To. Close. Guantánamo. (Not to be confused, mind you, with the original plan from…
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How Should International Law Deal With Doubt in the Era of Drones and Big Data?

Recent reports on the NSA’s use of metadata and machine learning to generate intelligence for drone strikes in Pakistan spotlights the somewhat less-discussed legal concerns…
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Iraq and Syria: Prospects for Accountability

On February 10, 2016, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission convened a congressional briefing devoted to the topic of advancing accountability for the commission of international…
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“More Than a Domestic Mechanism”: Options for Hybrid Justice in Sri Lanka

For nearly three decades, the government of Sri Lanka fought with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), but after years of resistance, the new government has committed to…
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D.C. Circuit Quietly Set to Hear Major National Security Appeals

Given the rather significant legal news of the past four days, it’s easy to forget that a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit (Tatel, Griffith, & Sentelle, JJ.) is…
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When Did the War With al-Qaeda Start?

On Wednesday, the DC Circuit is scheduled to hear oral arguments on a request to halt the military commission prosecution of Guantánamo detainee Abd al-Rahim Hussein al-Nashiri.…
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The New US Anti-Torture Law: A Genuine Step Forward

Just over two months ago, on the day before Thanksgiving, President Obama signed into law an important provision concerning torture that has garnered surprisingly little attention.…
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Is Money a Legitimate Target?

Last month, the United States targeted a “cash distribution site” where millions of dollars belonging to ISIS had reportedly been stored. The target was considered so valuable…
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The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Geographical Scope of Human Rights Law

On January 21, a British investigation concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin “probably” approved the poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who died…
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The Complexities of the FARC Deal

As I noted at the end of the year, the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP are continuing peace talks in Havana, Cuba aimed at ending the longest running conflict in the Western…

Siege Warfare and the Starvation of Civilians as a Weapon of War and War Crime

“Let me be clear: The use of starvation as a weapon of war is a war crime.” These are the words of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, uttered in connection with the starvation…
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Mapping the Law That Applies to War Crimes in Syria

War crimes have been a consistent feature of the Syrian conflict since its inception. Indeed, a map of the war crimes committed in Syria reads like a survey course of the topic.…
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