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Invented (and Real) Criticisms of the Human Rights Watch Report on Targeted Killings in Yemen
The major reports by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International (AI) on targeted killings make valuable contributions to public debate (see Sarah Knuckey’s Guide to the…
Live Feed — UN Panel on Drones and the Law [Update: now concluded]
Included on the UN Panel is Just Security’s Sarah Knuckey. [For background on the UN drone reports, see Sarah Knuckey‘s earlier post on the drone report by Christof…
Live Feed of UN Debate on Drones [Update: Debate has now concluded]
[UPDATE: The UN debate on the drones reports has now concluded. A video of the debate is included below and begins at the 57:30 mark] [For background on the UN drone reports,…
ICC Prosecutor Announces Important Changes in New Strategic Plan
The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) has just released its new strategic plan for 2012-2015, signaling important changes in the direction of the Office that reflect the lessons learned…
IHL, Transparency, and the Heyns’ UN Drones Report
In his critique of Christof Heyns’ new UN report on the right to life in the context of lethal drone strikes, Eric Jensen erects two straw men and then proceeds to knock them…
The Report of the UN Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial Executions: Law or Advocacy?
As has already been discussed in several postings, the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions has been published and deserves close attention. To the…
Targeted Killings — The US Power to Kill and the Yemeni Power to Capture
[For Just Security’s other coverage of yesterday’s Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reports on targeted killings, see Sarah Knuckey’s guide to the…
The Problematic “Belonging To” Analogy: A Response to Goodman
[Editor’s note: Ryan Goodman replies to Professor Heller in a subsequent post.] In a recent post here at Just Security, Ryan Goodman offered a novel – and characteristically…
Amnesty International’s Drone Strike Report: Once more into the lex lata/ferenda breach?
[Editor’s Note: The post below is part of an exchange between Naureen Shah and Chris Jenks on the recently released reports by Amnesty International and Human Rights…
The Charles Taylor Appeal & The Scope of Accomplice Liability
I earlier flagged the release of the Charles Taylor appeals judgment. This post deconstructs the opinion more closely in light of the Perišić precedent and also addresses the…
When Will the US Government Commit to Investigating Unlawful Drone Strike Deaths?
[Editor’s Note: The post below is part of an exchange between Naureen Shah and Chris Jenks on the recently released reports by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch…
Human Rights Groups Release Investigation Reports into US Targeted Killings: A Guide to the Issues
Today, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International (AI) released two detailed studies of US targeted killings in Yemen and Pakistan, putting forward specific evidence of…