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Enforcing all the Security Council Resolutions: Who Comes to the Peace Table and Why Inclusivity Matters

The Geneva II peace conference faces tough challenges, as Gen. Salim Idris, the head of the opposition group Free Syrian Army stated recently, “We will not stop fighting at all,…
Dec. 6, 2013
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Associated Forces, Material Support, and the Hidden Flaws in Ali v. Obama

As Steve previously noted over at Lawfare, on Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit affirmed the denial of yet another Guantánamo habeas petition in Ali v. Obama.  Specifically, the court…
Dec. 6, 2013 and
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A Review of the Special Rapporteur Reports Regarding “Drones” and the Use of Lethal Force

Background The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Mr Christof Heyns, recently reported on the topic of the use of lethal force through armed…
Dec. 5, 2013 and
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Breaking News: Security Council Authorizes Robust Peacekeeping Mandate for CAR

[The full text of Resolution 2127 is now available.] An important development this morning in the Security Council to respond to a recent upsurge in violence in the Central African…
Dec. 5, 2013
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Joint Letter from NGOs and Human Rights Groups to President Obama on Drone Program

Yesterday, a group of civil liberties and human rights groups wrote a joint letter to President Obama sharing their concerns with the U.S. drone program.  The group, which includes…
Dec. 5, 2013
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Summary of New Report from the ICRC

Last month, the ICRC released a 90-plus page report titled, “The Use of Force in Armed Conflict: Interplay between the Conduct of Hostilities and Law Enforcement Paradigms.”…
Dec. 4, 2013
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Pentagon Ends Daily Hunger Strike Reports: Whither Transparency?

In warfare, many military actions must remain secret. Calls for “greater transparency” are often too simplistic and fail to properly accommodate pressing national security…
Dec. 4, 2013
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Remarks on the Holy See’s Statement on Weaponized Drones

[Editor’s Note by Ryan Goodman – As Sarah Knuckey explains in an accompanying post, a statement by the Holy See at an intergovernmental conference in November constitutes…
Dec. 3, 2013
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Introduction to the Holy See’s Statement on Weaponized Drones

Today at Just Security, the Holy See’s Attaché to the United Nations for Disarmament and Security Affairs, Antoine Abi Ghanem, guest posts on a significant new statement…
Dec. 3, 2013
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Senators Call on Obama Administration to Provide the Public More Information on Drone Strikes

Last week, just before the Thanksgiving break, Senators Wyden, Udall and Heinrich sent Attorney General Eric Holder an important Thank You note. In their Nov. 26 letter, the senators…
Dec. 2, 2013
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U.S. Intervention at the ICC Assembly of States Parties

The 12th session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) of the International Criminal Court has been meeting in The Hague this week.  The United States sent an inter-agency delegation…
Nov. 26, 2013
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The D.C. Circuit and Guantánamo, Post-Filibuster Edition

I’ve written a lot (too much!) before about both the D.C. Circuit’s jurisprudence in post-Boumediene Guantánamo cases and the Supreme Court’s passivity in…
Nov. 21, 2013
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