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Consequences of the Fact-Based Armed Conflict Test in Yemen’s Internal Armed Conflict
Ryan’s recent post about ongoing “drone strikes” in Yemen raises an issue that has troubled me for quite some time from a legal, policy, and advocacy perspective. In the…
News Roundup and Notes: April 22, 2014
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. Drone strikes in Yemen Three…
Letter to the Editor from Gabor Rona, On Justice Breyer’s Concurrence in Hussain
If Justice Breyer’s statement is a sign that the Supreme Court may now be willing to wrest its “war on terror” role back from the DC Circuit, it may be due…
Ongoing “Drone Strikes” in Yemen Raise Four Questions
From Saturday to Monday morning, the US has reportedly been carrying out a series of air strikes in Yemen, delivering multiple blows to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).…
Second Circuit Orders Release of Redacted OLC Aulaqi Memo
A big morning for courts and national security… next up is this immensely significant decision from the Second Circuit in New York Times v. Department of Justice, which,…
Justice Breyer’s Concurrence in Hussain
As Marty predicted back in March, the Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari this morning in the latest Guantánamo case to reach the Court–Hussain v. Obama–came…
News Roundup and Notes: April 21, 2014
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. Drone Strikes in Yemen Over…
Recap: A Guide to Recent Posts on Just Security (Apr. 12-Apr.18)
I. Surveillance, Privacy, & Technology Beth Van Schaack, Results of High Commissioner’s Data Call Available Online (Friday, Apr. 18) Thomas Earnest, New Editors’ Picks…
Results of High Commissioner’s Data Call Available Online
We blogged earlier about the “data call” initiated by the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights in response to paragraph 5 of General Assembly Resolution 68/167 on the right…
Statelessness knocked on the head: House of Lords’ defeat for the UK Government’s citizenship-stripping proposal
As Steve Vladeck observed in one of his first posts at Just Security, citizenship-stripping proposals are a recurring feature in American politics and public discourse, especially…
News Roundup and Notes: April 18, 2014
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. Military Commissions The…
Trial Chamber Finds Power to Compel Witnesses is an “Implied Power” of the ICC
In an important victory for the Office of the Prosecutor at the ICC, the Ruto Trial Chamber, by majority, today issued subpoenas for eight prosecution witnesses for the prosecution…