February 7, 2012 Chesney on Attacking Mourners and Rescuers with Drones (Updated)
As most readers likely know, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism recently released a 22,000 word report documenting the disturbing U.S. practice of using drones to target individuals attending funerals or attempting to provide aid to individuals w...
February 1, 2012 Significant Problems with the Gotovina Expert Report (Updated)
It's rare that I defend the ICTY, but I feel compelled to do so here. As discussed in this blog post by Laurie Blank, a group of experts in military law have released a report attacking the Trial Chamber's judgment in Prosecutor v. Gotovina for all...
January 16, 2012 Is Killing Iranian Nuclear Scientists Terrorism?
There has been much debate the past couple of days about whether the bomb attacks that have killed at least three Iranian nuclear scientists since 2010 qualify as terrorism. Glenn Greenwald and Kevin Drum on the left and Andrew Sullivan on the righ...
January 13, 2012 Treaties as Art
I had the good fortune yesterday to spend the afternoon at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. To my great surprise, I experienced my first encounter with treaties as art. A special exhibit on display through March 26, 2012 of the work of Sanja I...
December 31, 2011 The NDAA: The Good, the Bad, and the Laws of War--Part II
By Marty Lederman and Steve Vladeck*
Section 1021 of the NDAA and the Laws of War
In our companion post, we explained that section 1021 of the NDAA will not have the dramatic effects that many critics have predicted--in particular, that it will...