UN Special Rapporteur on Counter Terrorism
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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…
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…
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…
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,…