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Too Much War, Not Enough Human Rights from the UN Special Rapporteur and European Parliament

Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Ben Emmerson’s latest report and the European Parliament’s resolution on drones highlight some pressing issues. Most…
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Key Findings in New UN Special Rapporteur Report on Drones

The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Ben Emmerson, has now released the final report on…
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United Nations Releases New Report on Drones

[Editor’s note: Emmerson’s drone report is also publicly available on the UN website.] Last year, two UN Special Rapporteurs released major reports on drones — a…
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A Review of the Special Rapporteur Reports Regarding “Drones” and the Use of Lethal Force

Background The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Mr Christof Heyns, recently reported on the topic of the use of lethal force through armed…
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Pakistan Test Fires Missile to Take Down Drones

It might have been easy to doubt the veracity of the Pakistan government’s public protestations against US drone strikes in light of secret agreements between the two governments…
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Live Feed — UN Panel on Drones and the Law [Update: now concluded]

Included on the UN Panel is Just Security’s Sarah Knuckey. [For background on the UN drone reports, see Sarah Knuckey‘s earlier post on the drone report by Christof…
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Live Feed of UN Debate on Drones [Update: Debate has now concluded]

[UPDATE:  The UN debate on the drones reports has now concluded.  A video of the debate is included below and begins at the 57:30 mark] [For background on the UN drone reports,…
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