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The Parallels Between South African and U.S. Law On Universal Jurisdiction

­The Parallels Between South African and U.S. Law On Universal Jurisdiction In an earlier post, we noted that the South African universal jurisdiction (UJ) statute is not particularly…
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Can §215 Be Used for Content Collection?

At this week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the National Security Agency’s surveillance authorities, Sen. Patrick Leahy posed a crucial question to the government’s…
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NDAA Passes House, Senate Expected to Vote Next Week

As Ruchi included in the news roundup this morning, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed the House last night by a vote of 350-69.   In case you missed it earlier…
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International Human Rights Law and Preventive (Security) Detention: A European Exceptionalism?

1. Ryan Goodman is right when he states, in an earlier post on Just Security, that “a significant body of international human rights law clearly permits, and regulates, preventive…
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The Potential Pitfalls of Refusing to Reopen the Article III Door for Guantanamo Detainees

The version of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2014 (2014 NDAA) reported out by the Senate Armed Service Committee (SASC) would have eliminated the existing bar on…
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Progress on the 2014 NDAA — A Guantanamo Victory

Congress has now released its compromise version of the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act reconciling the House and Senate bills into a revised version that is slated to…
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Preview — Hassan v. UK

Tomorrow (December 11, 2013) the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (the ECtHR) will hear the case of Hassan v. United Kingdom (Application No. 29750/09). The…
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Associated Forces, Material Support, and the Hidden Flaws in Ali v. Obama

As Steve previously noted over at Lawfare, on Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit affirmed the denial of yet another Guantánamo habeas petition in Ali v. Obama.  Specifically, the court…
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A Review of the Special Rapporteur Reports Regarding “Drones” and the Use of Lethal Force

Background The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Mr Christof Heyns, recently reported on the topic of the use of lethal force through armed…
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Pentagon Ends Daily Hunger Strike Reports: Whither Transparency?

In warfare, many military actions must remain secret. Calls for “greater transparency” are often too simplistic and fail to properly accommodate pressing national security…
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Sixth-Month Anniversary of the President’s NDU Speech

Today marks the six-month anniversary of President Obama’s now-famous speech at the National Defense University on May 23, 2013.  In his speech, the President described…
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Decision Time: Key Issues in the U.S.-Afghan Bilateral Security Agreement

The U.S. and Afghanistan agreed this week on the terms for an extended U.S. military presence in Afghanistan after 2014.The Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), which the Loya Jirga…
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