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Palestine and the ICC — Some Legal Questions
There has already been a great deal of political commentary about the Palestinian decision to join the International Criminal Court. What about the legal issues? Statehood The…
The 20 Most Popular Posts at Just Security in 2014
We are thrilled by Just Security‘s successes over the past year. We thought our readers would enjoy a recap of the most widely-read posts from the past year. 1. Ryan Goodman…
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays from the Just Security team. We will be on an abbreviated schedule until Monday, Dec. 29, with a lower volume of posts than normal and no Early Edition or News…
Drones, the FATA, the President’s remarks . . . and the prospect of greater transparency
Editors’ Note: This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous…
Four New Guantánamo Transfers–and the Remaining Detainees
Via the Department of Defense and the inestimable Carol Rosenberg comes word of four new detainee transfers this morning–of Afghan detainees Shawali Khan, Khi Ali Gul, Abdul…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (Dec 13-19)
I. Torture A. Senate Intelligence Committee Torture Report David Luban, Why Do We Talk About Torture the Way We Do? (Monday, Dec. 15) Margo Schlanger, Guest Post: Intelligence…
Seriously?
At this late date, this surely doesn’t warrant (or deserve) a detailed response, especially since the President has repudiated it and it no longer represents the view of…
Why We Shouldn’t Prosecute the Torturers
Count me as one of those who believes not only that the United States engaged in a systematic, widespread, and officially sanctioned campaign of coercively interrogating terrorism…
The SSCI Torture Report, Rasul, and Transfers to Avoid Jurisdiction
[Update: 12/9, 4:30 p.m.: I missed this in my first run through the SSCI Torture Report, but on page 151, the report explains that “[in early 2005], the U.S. solicitor…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (Nov 22-Dec 5)
I. Torture A. Senate Intelligence Committee Torture Report John Reed, The Senate Torture Report Should Name Victims (Wednesday, Dec. 3) Marty Lederman, Executive summary and conclusions…
The Torture Convention & Appendix M of the Army Field Manual on Interrogations
We are on the eve of the release of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s report on the Central Intelligence Agency’s interrogation program. Although this report will…
Revisiting Torture: Implications of Overturning Ireland v. United Kingdom
One of the seminal international decisions on torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, the Ireland v United Kingdom case decided by the European Court of Human Rights in 1978,…