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Previewing Next Tuesday’s Oral Argument in “Al Bahlul IV”

Editor’s Note: This is the first post in a mini-symposium leading up to next week’s en banc oral argument in the DC Circuit in Al Bahlul v. United States. You can check…

Nov. 23, 2015 Steve Vladeck

Where Will the Law of Self-Defense Go From Here?

Friday’s horrific attacks in Paris have now prompted retaliatory French airstrikes on Raqqa in Syria. Given the emotions that have been stirred up, it may seem unnecessary to…

Nov. 20, 2015 Laura Dickinson

Challenges New Weapons and Humanitarian Assistance Present for International Law

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth post in a miniseries about the International Committee of the Red Cross’s newly released Report on International Humanitarian Law and the…

Nov. 20, 2015 Gabor Rona

United States Intervention at the Meeting of the ICC’s Assembly of States Parties

The International Criminal Court’s Assembly of States Parties (ASP) is meeting this week in The Hague — its 14th session. On the agenda (and here) are a number of issues,…

Nov. 19, 2015 Beth Van Schaack

France Maps out Its War Against the Islamic State

Editor’s note: This post also appears on the European Council on Foreign Relations website. France’s President François Hollande used a powerful and resonant piece of…

Nov. 19, 2015 Anthony Dworkin

Foreign Fighters, Mercenaries, and Private Military Companies Under International Law

Editor’s Note: This is the third post in a miniseries about the International Committee of the Red Cross’s newly released Report on International Humanitarian Law and the Challenges…

Nov. 18, 2015 Gabor Rona

Power Wars Symposium: The Powers Wars Debate and the Question of the Role of the Lawyer in Crisis

Editor’s Note: This is the latest entry in a symposium Just Security is hosting in conjunction with the recent release of Power Wars: Inside Obama’s Post-9/11 Presidency…

Nov. 18, 2015 Bob Bauer

Power Wars Symposium: Libya and the War Powers Resolution

Editor’s Note: This is the latest entry in a symposium Just Security is hosting in conjunction with the recent release of Power Wars: Inside Obama’s Post-9/11 Presidency…

Nov. 17, 2015 David Golove

International Law, Targeting, and Detention in the Age of International Terrorism

Editor’s Note: This is the second post in a miniseries about the International Committee of the Red Cross’s newly released Report on International Humanitarian Law and the…

Nov. 16, 2015 Gabor Rona

The UN’s New “Code of Conduct” for Acting in the Face of Mass Atrocities

On October 23, the UN celebrated its 70th anniversary by launching an important new initiative that will support timely and decisive action by the UN Security Council to respond…

Nov. 13, 2015 Jennifer Trahan

Power Wars Symposium: What Role Should Law Play in Areas of Vital National and International Affairs?

Editor’s Note: This is the latest entry in a symposium Just Security is hosting in conjunction with the recent release of Power Wars: Inside Obama’s Post-9/11 Presidency by…

Nov. 13, 2015 Richard Pildes

The insoluble Guantánamo problem (Part Three: Executive disregard of the GTMO-to-U.S. relocation prohibition is not a solution)

In my first two posts (here and here) I’ve described how intransigent (and unjustifiable) political opposition has made it virtually impossible for the President to relocate…

Nov. 13, 2015 Marty Lederman

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