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Chemical Weapons and Secrecy: a Terrible Combination
Last week’s New York Times article detailing the fact that, between 2004 and 2011, American troops in Iraq “secretly reported finding roughly 5,000 chemical warheads, shells…
Folk tales
Editors’ Note: The following post is the seventh installment of a new feature, “Monday Reflections,” in which a different Just Security editor will take an in-depth look…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (Oct 11-17)
I. ISIL Abby Zeith, The Arming of Syrian Rebels – Does it Breach the Arms Trade Treaty? (Monday, Oct. 13) Megan Graham, CIA Report: Giving Rebels Weapons Without Direct Support…
Reflections on Hassan v UK: A Mixed Bag on the Right to Liberty (Part 2)
Today’s post is the second in a two-part series examining the recent ruling by Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (GC), Hassan v UK, and the relationship…
The Arming of Syrian Rebels – Does it Breach the Arms Trade Treaty?
The United Nations’ landmark Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) recently received its fiftieth ratification — the number required to trigger its entry into force on Dec. 24, 2014.…
A Reflection on Scotland: Sovereignty, Federalism and Self-Determination
Readers will be aware that the recent Scottish referendum vote for independence resulted in a decision to remain in the UK by a margin of 55% to 45%. Despite the result, the conversation…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (Oct 4-10)
I. ISIL A. Grand Strategy Ryan Goodman, Ending the Forever War is (Still) in Reach–a.k.a. How I Read the Goldsmith-Koh Exchange (Thursday, Oct. 9) B. Domestic Authorization…
Reflections on Hassan v UK: A Mixed Bag on the Right to Liberty (Part 1)
A few weeks ago, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (GC) gave judgment in Hassan v UK . The GC found that the British government did not violate Tarek…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (Sept 27-Oct 3)
I. ISIL A. Grand Strategy Harold Hongju Koh, Obama’s ISIL Legal Rollout: Bungled, Clearly. But Illegal? Really? (Monday, Sept. 29) B. Regulation of Use of Force and Combat in…
The jurisdictional issue delaying the al-Nashiri military commission: Saudi defendant + French ship + Malaysian shipper + Iranian oil + Bulgarian casualty = trial in a U.S. military commission?
A couple of weeks ago, the Chief Prosecutor in the Office of Military Commissions filed an appeal to the Court of Military Commission Review from an order by the trial judge dismissing…
Of so-called “folk” international law and not-so-grey zones
Over at Lawfare, Naz Modirzadeh appears to lament the fact that, in some contexts, President Obama has determined to apply targeting standards more restrictive than what the law…
Here’s the New U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Security Agreement
After much confusion over which was the final security agreement (news organizations citing it had linked to a November 2013 “predecisional” version) I’ve just…