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Are Saudi-led Coalition Forces Committing War Crimes in Yemen?
This month, Saudi-led coalition forces recommenced airstrikes on Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, targeting the forces of Ansar Allah (known as the Houthis), after peace talks that…
Why Doesn’t the ABA Consider Discrimination Based on Military or Veteran Status to be an Ethics Violation? [Updated]
Earlier this month, the American Bar Association (ABA) crowed about a resolution (#109) that amended its Model Code of Professional Conduct to include as “professional misconduct”…
The ICRC Updated Commentaries: Reconciling Form and Substance, Part I
Sean Watts’ July 5, 2016 post focuses attention on two significant documents intended to clarify “how best to read and understand the law of war” in the 21st Century: the…
Trump’s CEO’s Smear Campaign Against Gold Star Father Khizr Khan – Headlines and Excerpts
Stephen Bannon, the new chief executive of Donald Trump’s campaign, ran the online outlet Breitbart News until joining the campaign. Below is a collection of headlines and excerpts…
Congress Needs to Press the Pentagon, Saudi Arabia on Abuses in Yemen War
On August 9, one day after the Pentagon notified Congress of its intention to sell $1.2 billion in weapons systems to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi-led coalition resumed airstrikes on…
The Islamic State, Genocide, and Gender Discrimination
Slowly but surely, over the past two years, the UN and national governments have acknowledged that what the Islamic State is doing to the Yazidi religious minority in Northern…
Judicial Enforcement of a Senate Subpoena of Backpage.com
Last week, the DC Circuit temporarily stayed an order enforcing a US Senate subpoena for records from the classified advertising site, Backpage.com, which has come under scrutiny…
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That’s how many individuals the Department of Defense continues to detain at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base after the recent transfer of 15 detainees to the United Arab Emirates.…
The PPG Visualized, What the US Kill and Capture Bureaucracy Looks Like
This 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 ahead…
Is it Unconstitutional for the Supreme Court to Hear Court-Martial Appeals?
According to a provocative new amicus brief filed by the Hoover Institution’s Adam White and UVA Law Professor Aditya Bamzai in opposition to certiorari in Akbar v. United…
British Forces Hit the Islamic State With ‘the Punisher’ – the Legality of Airburst Munitions
A few days ago, it was reported that British special forces had used a deadly new weapon, nicknamed the Punisher, in a confrontation with ISIL in the Libyan city of Sirte (see…
Today’s Important Deadline in the ACLU’s Targeted-Killing Transparency Case
Today, more than three years after President Obama announced that he had issued a classified “Presidential Policy Guidance,” commonly known as the PPG, meant to govern the…