Targeting Decisions

Iran Plane Downing: Likely a Violation of International Humanitarian Law (But Not a War Crime)

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Jan 14th, 2020

Revisiting General Counsel Ney’s Speech in Light of New Pentagon Leadership

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Jul 31st, 2019

A Critique of Defense Dept General Counsel Ney’s Remarks on the Law of War

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May 29th, 2019

Remarks by Defense Dept General Counsel Paul C. Ney Jr. on the Law of War

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May 28th, 2019

Transparency on Civilian Harm in Somalia Matters – Not Just to Americans

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Apr 9th, 2019

Costs of War Can’t Be Assessed Without Official Civilian Casualty Estimates

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Apr 3rd, 2019

Less Transparency Won’t Fix a Lack of Transparency: A Response to Gen. Dunlap on Civilian Casualty Reporting Requirements

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Mar 22nd, 2019

Legal Explainer: German Court Reins in Support for U.S. Drone Strikes

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Mar 22nd, 2019

Body Counts Are Terrible Way for the Public to Assess US Counter-Terrorism Operations

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Mar 18th, 2019

Reflecting on the Civilian Casualty Executive Order: What Was Lost and What Can Now Be Gained

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Mar 12th, 2019

I Helped Write the Exec Order on Public Reporting of Lethal Operations. Here’s What Trump Has Undone.

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Mar 8th, 2019

Trump’s Revocation of Reporting on Lethal Strikes: All Eyes on Congress, Now

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Mar 8th, 2019

Report of the Independent UN Commission of Inquiry on Gaza Strip – An Initial Evaluation of a Problematic Report

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Mar 7th, 2019

Human Rights Law and U.S. Military Operations in Foreign Countries: The Prohibition on Arbitrary Deprivation of Life

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Feb 19th, 2019

Targeted Killing and the Right to Life: A Structural Framework

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Feb 6th, 2019

What to Make of the Pentagon’s Internal Civilian Casualties Review, and What Comes Next

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Feb 4th, 2019

Human Rights, Deprivation of Life and National Security: Q&A with Christof Heyns and Yuval Shany on General Comment 36

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Feb 4th, 2019

Chatham House Report on Proportionality in the Conduct of Hostilities — Some Key Elements

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Jan 28th, 2019

Introducing Joint Symposium on Chatham House’s “Proportionality in the Conduct of Hostilities” Report

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Jan 28th, 2019

Grading the Pompeo Certification on Yemen War and Civilian Protection: Time for Serious Reconsideration

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Sep 18th, 2018

US Military Admits It Killed Dozens More Civilians Than Previously Acknowledged. Now What?

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Aug 22nd, 2018

Two Important New Civilian Casualties Provisions in the Defense Authorization Bill

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Jul 24th, 2018

Saudi Arabia’s Misleading Email to Congress After Bombing of MSF Cholera Hospital

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Jun 25th, 2018

Analysis of Israel’s Supreme Court Decision Allowing Lethal Force in Gaza

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May 27th, 2018

With New U.S. Arms Sale Pending–What Happened to Saudi Assurances on Civilian Casualties in Yemen?

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May 24th, 2018

Gaza and Israel: What Do Calls for “Restraint” Really Mean?

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May 17th, 2018

Collectivizing Threat: An Analysis of Israel’s Legal Claims for Resort to Force on the Gaza Border

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May 16th, 2018

Does the U.S. “Deliberately Misinterpret” the Laws of War?–A Response to Gabor Rona

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May 15th, 2018

Letter to the Editor: Much More Iceberg Below the Surface on Civilian Casualties

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May 15th, 2018

Legal Implications of the Defect in Pentagon’s Civilian Casualty Assessments

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Apr 26th, 2018

Civilian Casualties: We Need Better Estimates—Not Just Better Numbers

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Mar 22nd, 2018

Just Security Podcast: Daphne Eviatar on Military Targeting under Trump

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Mar 12th, 2018