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Obama’s ISIL Legal Rollout: Bungled, Clearly. But Illegal? Really?

Editors’ Note: The following post is the fourth installment of a new feature, “Monday Reflections,” in which a different Just Security editor will take a…
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French Prime Minister’s Statement on Action Against ISIL

On Wednesday, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls addressed the Assemblée Nationale regarding France’s actions against ISIL (“Daech” in French). Valls called ISIL a “double…
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Having Crossed the Rubicon: Arming and Training Syrian Rebels

Significant public discussion has focused on whether airstrikes against ISIL in Syria violate the international legal prohibition on the use of force. Remarkably what has largely…
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A Briefing on European Developments in Accounting for and Advancing Counterterrorism Actions

Fallout from European action during the “War on Terror” is ongoing in national and regional courts. The European Court of Human Rights has taken up a number of cases…
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Full Text: House of Commons Motion on ISIS for Debate Tomorrow and Accompanying Summary of the Legal Position

The following motion, for the House of Commons debate tomorrow, was agreed at today’s Cabinet meeting. That this House: Condemns the barbaric acts of ISIL against the peoples…
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ISIL as an Insurgency and a Terrorist Threat

Yesterday, I posted four preliminary observations about the campaign against ISIL. My fourth observation emphasized the point that the United States-led efforts against ISIL must…
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Australia, France, Netherlands Express Legal Reservations about Airstrikes in Syria [Updated]

In his speech before the United Nations on Wednesday, President Obama stated that “over 40 nations have offered to join this coalition” to dismantle the Islamic State of Iraq…
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UK High Court Hears Case of Pakistani Held for a Decade Without Charges by UK and US

On Sept. 23, the United Kingdom High Court began its three-day hearing of a case involving the alleged kidnapping, torture, detention, and subsequent rendition of Pakistani citizen…
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Kerry Tells North Korea to Shut Down Its Prison Camp System

In one of the highest profile responses to this past February’s report by the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, United…
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Four Key Observations About the Campaign Against ISIL

After the United States and a five-member Arab coalition launched the first strikes against ISIL, I’d like to offer four preliminary observations: 1. We should be conservative…
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Now is the Time to Think About Detentions with ISIL: A Response to Benjamin Wittes

Over at Lawfare, Ben Wittes shrugs off Jeff Stein’s important question,“What Will U.S. Forces Do With ISIS Prisoners?” Ben’s reaction, I believe, minimizes several important…
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Is Credible Vetting of the Syrian Opposition for Human Rights Abuses Possible?

Tucked inside the continuing resolution the United States Congress passed late last week was a provision to authorize the training and equipping of “moderate, vetted” elements…
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