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About that Trial Balloon on Using the 9/11 AUMF to Authorize U.S. Strikes on Iran

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New Financial Vehicles for Assisting Victims of Atrocity Crimes: A Bold Move for International Justice

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Unpacking (Some of) the Legal Issues Surrounding Hoda Muthana

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Questioning Michael Cohen: An Advanced Course in Congressional Investigations

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Why Trump Needs to Raise Human Rights with North Korea’s Kim

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World Court Rules on Iran Challenge to US Suits for Acts of Terrorism: An Explainer

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Human Rights Law and U.S. Military Operations in Foreign Countries: The Prohibition on Arbitrary Deprivation of Life

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President’s Day at Just Security

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Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (February 10-15)

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What You Need to Know about the “National Emergency Declaration”

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National Security at the United Nations This Week

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Will Executive Privilege Block Congress’ Access to Trump-Putin Helsinki Meeting Notes?

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Who is Richard Burr, Really? Why the public can’t trust his voice in the Russia probe

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The Pentagon’s Latest Report on Civilian Casualties Policy

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Congress, Saudi Arabia, and the Conflict in Yemen: Where do We Go from Here?

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EXCLUSIVE: FBI’s War Crimes Unit on the Chopping Block

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Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (February 3-8)

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Gendered Security and the Right to Life: Analysis of UN Human Rights Committee’s General Comment

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Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Does the McConnell amendment provide a justification for military operations against Iran?

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Avoiding the Next Yemen: Applying Hard Lessons for Security Partnerships

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Targeted Killing and the Right to Life: A Structural Framework

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Will the Public Find Out if Trump Directed Campaign Contact with Stone on Wikileaks?

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What to Make of the Pentagon’s Internal Civilian Casualties Review, and What Comes Next

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Human Rights, Deprivation of Life and National Security: Q&A with Christof Heyns and Yuval Shany on General Comment 36

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Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (Jan. 28-Feb. 1)

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National Security at the United Nations this Week

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Trump’s Moves Against the Intelligence Community Are Hurting U.S. National Security

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Calibrating the Compass of Proportionality

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Can American Political Candidates Help Stop the Flood of Disinformation with a Pledge?

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The Threat That Mustn’t Be Named

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To Presidential Candidates Drafting Platforms: Restore U.S. Human Rights Leadership

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To Roger Stone: Witness Intimidation Is Not Protected Speech

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Proportionality and Doubt

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Schiff’s First Order of Business for the House Intelligence Committee

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“We are all Darfur!” – Sudan’s Unity Protests Stand a Real Chance. Time for the West to Step Up

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How Did Roger Stone Know What the President Told Mueller?

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Roger Stone Indictment Implicates Trump Campaign in Election Law Violations

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Saudi Coalition “Admission” of Error in Bombing Cholera Treatment Center Implicates the United States

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A Dangerous Bet on Recognition in Venezuela

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Pentagon’s Climate Change Report Lacks Analysis the Law Requires

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Why It May Not Matter If BuzzFeed Got It Wrong: “Encouraging” Perjury is Also a Crime

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New House Rules Promote Aggressive Congressional Oversight

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Decoding What Barr Really Said About Letting the Public See the Mueller Report

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Int’l Human Rights Law and Trump’s Invocation of Emergency Powers

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The Status of Guantanamo 17 Years In

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Trump Campaign in Legal Jeopardy Over Manafort’s Sharing Data with Russian Agent

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Weapons of Mass Consumerism: Why China Wants Your Personal Information

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Executive Agreements: International Lawmaking Without Accountability?

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Annotation of the Pentagon Report to Congress on Detainee Abuse by U.S. Partners in Yemen

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A Caution to Pentagon Officials Asked to Obligate “National Emergency” Funds

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Terrorists and the Southern Border: Myth and Reality

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Trump’s Plan to Have the Military Build a Wall is Illegal

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Ruminations on RICO and Asset Forfeiture in the Trump Business Empire

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Coming to Terms with the Impeachment Process: The Case for Starting a Formal Inquiry

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Most Read Just Security Articles of 2018

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A First Take on Bill Barr’s Memo on Presidential Authority and the Mueller Investigation

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Trump’s Bookkeeper: How Prosecutors Could Easily Prove Tax Crimes for Hush Money Reimbursements

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Did Trump Organization Executives Cook the Books?–Tax Crimes Explained under Federal and State Law

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Why It Doesn’t Matter Whether It’d Be Constitutional to Indict Trump

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10 Ways the U.S. Can Curb Interpol Abuses

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Mueller’s Roadmap: Major Takeaways from Cohen and Manafort Filings

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Perjury Chart: Trump Associates’ Lies, False, or Misleading Statements on Russia to Federal Authorities

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How the Senate Should Move Forward on Resolution to Withdraw from Yemen War

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Yes, Collusion: The Legal Significance of the New Mueller Revelations

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Timeline: Roger Stone and His Interactions with Wikileaks, Russians, and More

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No Clean Hands: Reaction and Counter-Reaction in the Iranian-Saudi Proxy War in Yemen

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Birthright Citizenship for Children of Unlawful U.S. Immigrants Remains an Open Question

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Asylum Seekers Being Turned Away No Matter Where They Cross the Border

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Prosecuting Wikileaks, Protecting Press Freedoms: Drawing the Line at Knowing Collaboration with a Foreign Intelligence Agency

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Initial Reactions to OLC’s Opinion on the Whitaker Designation as “Acting” Attorney General

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A Thousand Cuts: How the Acting Attorney General Could Kill Russia Investigations Without Firing Mueller—and Only “Norms” Could Stop Him

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Need for Change to Protect Children in Armed Conflict

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Why the First Amendment Does Not Protect Trump Campaign Collusion with Wikileaks and Russia

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Accountability Fatigue: A Human Rights Law Problem for Armed Forces?

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Annotation of Sec. Pompeo’s Certification of Yemen War: Civilian Casualties and Saudi-Led Coalition

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An Explainer: Senate’s Letter on Khashoggi and the Global Magnitsky Act

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What Facts Would Deny the Trump Campaign First Amendment Protections in Colluding with Russia

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Grading the Pompeo Certification on Yemen War and Civilian Protection: Time for Serious Reconsideration

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The Technicolor Zone of Cyberspace, Part 2

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UPDATE: Mapping States’ Reactions to the Syria Strikes of April 2018

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