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Cross-Border Access to Data: Google’s Senior VP Weighs In

This morning, Kent Walker, Senior Vice-President and General Counsel of Google, gave a speech to a packed audience at the Heritage Foundation, laying out the need for new laws…

Political Parties as Critical Infrastructure?

Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson testified Wednesday before the House Intelligence Committee as part of the House investigation into Russian interference in the…
Falun Gong practitioners Kimmy Gao and Ruting Fang place their hands in front of their bodies in prayer pose as they demonstrate in front of the Chinese Consulate July 20, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois.

“Golden Shield” Oral Arguments Today: Doe v. Cisco

A panel of the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in San Francisco (composed of Judges Stephen Reinhardt, Wallace Tashima, and Marsha Berzon) will hear oral arguments today in the Alien…
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UK Government’s Response on Drone Strikes Policy Leaves British Parliament Wanting More

A heads-up to Just Security readers: The UK government has responded to the British Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) report on the use of drones for targeted…
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What Law Applies to the Resort to Force Against Non-State Actors? Filling the Void of “Internal Jus Ad Bellum”

What international legal rules determine when the U.S. government can resort to force against a non-state armed group such as the Khorasan Group, if that organization plans an…
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Different Human Rights at Home and Abroad: Immunity for British Soldier during Overseas Operations

Yesterday, October 4, 2016, U.K. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon proclaimed that British soldiers need to be protected from “spurious claims.” He said that soldiers should…
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The UK’s New Derogation Policy for Armed Conflicts: Making a Success of the European Convention on Human Rights?

Speaking at the annual conference of the Conservative Party on October 4, U.K. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon sought to reassure Britain’s nervous allies and the general public…
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Application of Human Rights Law to Military Actions Abroad: A Recent UK Judgment

Last month, the English High Court issued a judgment in Kontic v. Ministry of Defence, a case that dealt with whether and when the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) applies…
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Targeting Tankers — and Their Drivers — Under the Law of War (Part 2)

Leaflets dropped 45 minutes before airstrikes targeting ISIL oil tankers. Image credit: US Defense Department Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part post discussing…
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Targeting Tankers Under the Law of War (Part 1)

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part post discussing how the law of war applies to airstrikes against oil tanker trucks. You can read Part Two here. On November…
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Polish Outrage to Paying Victims of CIA Black Sites—and What the Eur Court Said

Poland will be paying a quarter of a million dollars to two Guantánamo detainees, Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. The payment arises in the context of the torture of…
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Microsoft Case: The Government Responds, But Fails to Convince

The government has now filed its Second Circuit brief in the dispute with Microsoft (discussed here, here, and here), challenging key assertions by Microsoft and its many amici,…
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