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Want to Hurt ISIL’s Finances? Go After the People Doing Business With It
In recent months, Western and certain Middle Eastern governments have devoted themselves to attacking the finances of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as part of…
Should international human rights law regulate the use of drones, detention, and surveillance extraterritorially?
Below, see the full video of the October 28 panel with Just Security founding editors Shaheed Fatima and Harold Koh, and co-editor-in-chief Ryan Goodman. The event, entitled…
Does International Law Matter?
Editors’ Note: The following post is the ninth installment of a new feature, “Monday Reflections,” in which a different Just Security editor will take an in-depth look…
News Roundup and Notes: November 3, 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. IRAQ and SYRIA Iraqi Kurdish…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (Oct 25-31)
I. Cybersecurity Kristen Eichensehr, The Private Frontline in Cybersecurity Offense and Defense (Thursday, Oct. 30) II. Surveillance and Privacy (and Media Freedom) David…
Zivotofsky: Questions about Article I and Executive diplomatic speech
[Slightly updated for clarification.] Following up on yesterday’s post, a couple of readers have asked me whether I was endorsing Jack Goldsmith’s argument that Congress…
UN Human Rights Committee Offers Concluding Observations on Israel
As Ruchi Parekh highlighted earlier this month on Just Security, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has been considering both the fourth periodic report of Israel and the…
Social Media Companies and Material Support
Over the past several months, there has been increasing focus on terrorist use of social media. In the immediate aftermath of the execution of reporter James Foley by ISIL in July,…
News Roundup and Notes: October 31, 2014
Always Improving. As you may have noticed, we’ve recently been tweaking the design of the News Roundup to make it easier for you to read. We’d love to get your feedback…
The Article I argument in Zivotofsky
For over two centuries, federal courts have not had occasion to adjudicate whether and to what extent Congress has the power to regulate or supersede the President’s power…
Gideon’s Army at Guantanamo
Despite enormous logistical and legal hurdles, defense attorneys for high value detainees at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military prison, say they press on for the judgment of history,…
A Big Week in Afghanistan War Oversight
It has been a busy week for John Sopko, the US-appointed Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). He and his team just published a number of reports indicating…