Weekend Roundup: May 10-16, 2015

This week on Opinio Juris, Duncan posted his thoughts on the fog of technology and international law with respect to drone strikes and Kevin defended (!) Jeb Bush for his somewhat botched answer to Fox News’ Megyn Kelly about the Iraq war.

We had three great guest posts. The first, garnering a large amount of discussion, was from Eugene Kontorovich on Iran’s relief ship and the blockade of Yemen. Our second came from Emma Irving, highlighting the news this week that Mathieu Ngudjolo Chiu, acquitted by the ICC, was sent packing from the Netherlands back to the DRC without asylum, despite the risk he claims he faces in the DRC. Finally, Rishi Gulati weighed in on the recent case of Anders Kompass, the senior UN official who leaked an internal UN report on sexual abuse by UN staff in the Central African Republic to the French authorities, and gave some insights into the UN’s internal justice system.

We’ve announced our third annual Emerging Voices symposium–abstracts are due by 31 May 2015 and I rounded up the news here and the events of the week here.

Thanks for following us and have a great weekend!