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It’s Time for an International Drone Accountability Regime
Editors’ note. This piece is a preview of a new article by the authors published in the Spring 2015 issue of Ethics and International Affairs. Lethal drones are being used…
News Roundup and Notes: March 19, 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. TUNISIA MUSEUM ATTACK Gunmen…
Why Sunset and Supersession Provisions Are Both Needed in an Anti-ISIL AUMF
Yesterday, I testified before the Congressional Progressive Caucus, led by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), in a forum on the President’s proposed authorization to use military…
Blackwater’s Unsung Heroes
In a recent discussion of newly released memos on torture in the War on Terror, David Cole has surmised that “had anyone had the temerity to say no, the program almost certainty…
The Council of Europe’s Draft Protocol on Foreign Terrorist Fighters is Fundamentally Flawed
The Council of Europe last week released a Draft Additional Protocol to its 2005 Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism intended to assist European countries in implementing…
News Roundup and Notes: March 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.…
Call for Papers: Columbia’s Human Rights Law Review & Human Rights Institute
The Columbia Human Rights Law Review, in collaboration with the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, is issuing a call for submissions for a special symposium edition entitled…
How an ICC Investigation into Israel Would Cause a Cut Off in US Aid to Palestine
Israel and the United States have condemned Palestine’s decision to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) and also grant the Court jurisdiction retroactive to June 2014,…
Salvadoran General Deemed Deportable In the Absence of Criminal Charges
UPDATE: Former Defense Minister of El Salvador, Vides Casanova, has been detained pending extradition. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) ruled last week that General Carlos…
News Roundup and Notes: March 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. IRAQ and SYRIA The Iraqi…
Collateral Effects of Secretary Clinton’s Nonofficial Email
On March 2, the New York Times reported that Hillary Clinton exclusively used a nongovernment email account during her tenure as Secretary of State. Last December, following a…
Deep Dive: The White House’s New Memo on Drones and Privacy
Last month, President Obama released a presidential memorandum on the domestic use of drones by federal agencies. The memorandum addresses the implications for privacy, civil rights,…