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The Extraterritorial Right to Privacy: An Opportunity to Impact the Debate

A codicil to our ongoing discussion of the human rights implications of foreign and mass surveillance (see prior posts by Ryan Goodman (here and here), Philip Alston, Jennifer…
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UN Human Rights Committee Says ICCPR Applies to Extraterritorial Surveillance: But is that so novel?

[Editor’s Note: John Bellinger over at Lawfare replied to the following post. And Ryan has a new post, partly in response to John.] A major development in today’s UN Human…
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International Law on Mass Foreign Surveillance: A Response to Ben Wittes and Ashley Deeks

On Monday, I joined the debate between Glenn Greenwald and Ben Wittes by arguing that the issue of mass surveillance of foreign populations is regulated by international human…
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The United States’ Position on Extraterritoriality: The Time For Change Is Now

[Editor’s Note: Just Security is holding a “mini forum” on the extraterritorial application of human rights treaties in light of the release of two State Department memos and…
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The Koh Memo’s Impact on the Current US Position (A Reply, in part, to Ben Wittes)

[Editor’s Note: Just Security is holding a “mini forum” on the extraterritorial application of human rights treaties in light of the release of two State Department memos and…
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Letter to the Editor from Manfred Nowak, What does extraterritorial application of human rights treaties mean in practice?

[Editor’s Note: Just Security is holding a “mini forum” on the extraterritorial application of human rights treaties in light of the release of two State Department memos and…
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In Defense of the Memoranda: A Reply to Ben Wittes

[Editor’s Note: Just Security is holding a “mini forum” on the extraterritorial application of human rights treaties in light of the release of two State Department memos and…
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The United States’ Long (and Proud) Tradition in Support of the Extraterritorial Application of International Human Rights Law

[Editor’s Note: Just Security is holding a “mini forum” on the extraterritorial application of human rights treaties in light of the release of two State Department memos and…
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Koh on Non-Refoulement

[Editor’s Note: Just Security is holding a “mini forum” on the extraterritorial application of human rights treaties in light of the release of two State Department memos and…
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Letter to the Editor from Former Member of the Human Rights Committee, Martin Scheinin

[Editor’s Note: Just Security is holding a “mini forum” on the extraterritorial application of human rights treaties in light of the release of two State Department memos and…
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Harold Koh’s Legal Opinions on the US Position on the Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Treaties

[Editor’s Note: Just Security is holding a “mini forum” on the extraterritorial application of human rights treaties in light of the release of two State Department memos and…
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Extraterritorial Surveillance Under the ICCPR . . . The Treaty Allows It!

[Editor’s Note: Just Security is holding a “mini forum” on the extraterritorial application of human rights treaties in light of the release of two State Department memos and…
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