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Guest Post: Exploding Civilian Involvement and “The People’s Perspectives” Report
Last month, the Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) published first-hand views of civilians living in conflict-affected countries, something “largely absent” from discussions…
News Roundup and Notes: June 18, 2015
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 The U.S.…
Major Second Circuit Ruling Sides With Immigrants Subjected to Post-9/11 Roundup
I’ve written at some length in the past about judicial hostility to damages suits brought by victims of allegedly unlawful post-9/11 counterterrorism policies. I may have…
The OPM Hack and the New DOD Law of War Manual
Last Friday was a big day in cybersecurity news. OPM announced that, in addition to the compromise of the personnel information of federal employees revealed on June 4, Chinese…
Why al Bahlul is Rightly Decided
Over at Lawfare, I have a pair of longer posts following up on Friday’s quick-and-dirty summary of the D.C. Circuit’s ruling in al Bahlul v. United States, in which…
News Roundup and Notes: June 17, 2015
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. U.S. STRIKES A White House…
A Sweeping Victory for the McCain-Feinstein Anti-Torture Measure
The anti-torture measure that David talks about here passed the Senate by an overwhelming majority today of 78-21. Not that this should be a surprise. After all, as David wrote,…
UN’s David Kaye on Encryption, Anonymity, and Human Rights
In his first report as UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye fired a shot across the bow of governments…
Britain’s Al-Saadoon Case: A Matter of Human Rights Law and the use of Military Force Overseas
In March, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales found that the United Kingdom’s obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) can be activated extraterritorially…
News Roundup and Notes: June 16, 2015
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. U.S. STRIKES Al-Qaeda’s…
What Rights Does International Law Afford Umm Sayyaf?
The legal machinations within the US government must have been considerable last month after an American special operations raid in Syria captured Umm Sayyaf, the wife of suspected…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, June 15–19
Below is a calendar of Congressional hearings on national security matters for this week. Monday, June 15, 2015 5:00pm – Senate Foreign Relations – Lifting Sanctions on Iran:…