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New Submission on US Military Justice Noncompliance with the ICCPR
Three legal experts (Eugene R. Fidell, Elizabeth L. Hillman, and Nancy Duff Campbell) and two organizations (Amnesty International and The International Commission of Jurists)…
Guest Post: DoD Directive 2310.01E
As Steve Vladeck noted yesterday, the Department of Defense is out with a new version of its Directive 2310.01E on detainee operations. Steve asks the big question: why now?…
Al-Shabaab Leader Killed in US Strike
The White House has announced the death of Ahmed Godane, the leader of Al-Shabaab, in a press statement. Ryan had previously analyzed the legal basis for targeting Godane in this…
UN Committee on Racial Discrimination reports on U.S. compliance: National Security Highlights
Last week, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued its Concluding Observations (full text) assessing U.S. compliance with the International Convention…
Guardian Previews Discussions of ISIS at Thursday’s NATO Summit
Ewen MacAskill and Spencer Ackerman of The Guardian have an excellent preview of the NATO summit, beginning tomorrow in Wales. Of note, the authors provide details on the discussions…
Rosenberg vs. Pasha: Distinguishing Two Questions of Foreign Official Immunity
Last week, I responded to my friend John Bellinger’s comments about the district court’s ruling on foreign official immunity in the Singh case. John has a new post at Lawfare…
UK Prime Minister David Cameron unveils new counter-terrorism measures
Citing the threat posed by the “creation of an Islamic Caliphate in Iraq and Syria and the Islamist-extremist export of terrorism on which it is based,” UK Prime Minister David…
ISIL = Genocide?
As we have discussed, the United States has launched further military action in Iraq. These operations follow limited airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant…
Australia’s collateral damage in the US drone program
In the last few years there has been a hotly contested global debate about the civilian impact of the U.S. drone strike program and its moral and legal justifications. Despite…
The National Security Implications of Pakistan’s Latest Political Crisis
Once again, Pakistan is suffering from a self-induced political crisis. For days, street protests led by opposition politicians Imran Khan and Tahir-ul-Qadri have paralyzed Islamabad…
Official Act Immunity and the Singh Case
At Lawfare, John Bellinger has commented on Judge Boasberg’s August 19 ruling that former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is immune from suit for human rights abuses in…
Letter to the Editor: A Reply to David Golove on Iran
David Golove makes a compelling argument as to why a recent Senate bill – the Iran Nuclear Negotiations Act of 2014 – would have the “perverse” effect of strengthening…