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Another (Dubious) Guantánamo Precedent
As Wells Bennett flagged over at Lawfare, the D.C. Circuit’s latest foray into the Guantánamo detainee litigation came two weeks ago in Al-Janko v. Gates, in which a…
Last Call for the Just Security Reader Survey
As a reminder: this week, we are inviting Just Security readers to complete a quick survey to provide us with feedback on how we are doing, what you like (or dislike), and how…
News Roundup and Notes: January 31, 2014
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UK Government Issues Major Statement on Legality of Humanitarian Intervention
The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office has submitted an official response to questions posed by the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee on the legality of humanitarian…
Reforming The Section 702 Dragnet (Part 1)
The consensus is clear that spying on innocent Americans section 215 of the Patriot Act is flatly illegal. The Center for Democracy and Technology said it, Christopher Sprigman…
President Bashir Is No Michelangelo
Earlier this week, President Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan, indicted by the International Criminal Court for genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur, announced a “political…
Noor Khan: A missed opportunity?
Last week, the English Court of Appeal gave judgment in R (Noor Khan) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (full text). The claim was brought in an attempt…
UN Joint Special Representative for Syria Holds Press Conference
[UPDATE: What ended up being a very short press conference is now over, we will include a video when it is made available by the UN] Happening now, Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN Joint…
GCHQ Surveillance Likely Illegal, Says Leading UK Barrister
In yesterday morning’s News Roundup, I noted that a leading lawyer in the UK has submitted legal advice to a parliamentary group concluding that mass surveillance programs conducted…
News Roundup and Notes: January 30, 2014
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Extrajudicial Release: A New Rule-of-Law Problem?
Monday’s Wall Street Journal reported on the release, this past Sunday night, of a statement by U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, lamenting the decision of an Afghan-led review board…
Don’t Close Your Eyes to Surveillance Dangers: A Response to Richard Epstein
Richard Epstein’s office at the Hoover Institution is less than a mile from mine at Stanford Law School, and I’ve had the pleasure to hear Richard speak to the faculty on a…