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27 Apr Is There a ‘Legal Geography of War’?
...advocacy have debated this since 9/11. It argues that the Bush administration’s assertion of a global war on terror and its claims of the legal incidents of war on a worldwide basis caused a backlash among its critics, toward geographical constraints on war as formal legal criteria. This was a shift away from the traditional legal standard that war takes place, and the law of war governs, where(ever) there is “conduct of hostilities.” Drones and targeted killing, insofar as they are asserted within the law of war, particularly strain the...11 Jun Targeting Again
...involvement in decisions about whom to target in U.S. global counterterrorism operations. David Luban’s thoughtful essay on the morality of targeted killing in the Boston Review last week is among the more balanced pieces I’ve come across on the topic, and unquestionably worth reading. Drawing on recent articles describing President Obama’s direct involvement in targeting decisions as informed in part by just war theory, Luban puts his finger on a truth about targeting that has largely been lost in the public debate: that targeted killing (by drones or otherwise) is...23 Jan Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, January 23, 2013
...according to tribal sources and local officials, the fourth such attack in four days. A Yemeni cabinet minister criticized the use of pilotless U.S. drones against suspected al Qaeda militants, a tactic that has outraged communities in targeted areas, and urged a move to ground operations to avoid hurting civilians. Additionally, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister has come out in protest against US drone strikes, stating that the strikes are a violation of Pakistani sovereignty and international law. The use of drones is also creating a growing controversy in the United States....24 Feb The Reprieve Drone Strike Communication I — Jurisdiction
...uncontested information demonstrates that drone strikes in Pakistan are now launched exclusively from either Jalalabad Air Base and/or Kandahar Airbase in Afghanistan, which has been a State Party to the Rome Statute since 10 February 2003 . Until 2011, the drones carrying out the strikes in Pakistan were launched from both Jalalabad Air Base in Afghanistan and Shamsi Air Base in Pakistan. US Air Force and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) personnel on the ground in both of these locations would handle the launch and recovery phase of the drone’s flight...
15 Jul Symposium on PMSCs: When Surveillance Goes Private
...with it the provision of private surveillance services have been growing at such a rapid rate that it has spread everywhere around us. These highly intrusive surveillance tools, once reserved exclusively for governments’ use, are now increasingly used by private actors. With often transnational and opaque operations, surveillance services provided by private military and security companies (PMSCs) are a regulator’s jigsaw puzzle. Many struggle to define what ‘private surveillance services’ even include. Is it traditional PMSCs using drones or offering cybersecurity services? Is it data brokers? Is it spyware vendors?...
04 Jul The Global Hawk Incident: Self-Defense against Aerial Incursions – Reflections on the Applicable Law
...“to control access to its airspace,” Deeks and Anderson argue that “there is no black letter law on the question” of whether states may shoot down drones or other aircraft that enter their airspace without consent. Instead, they base their conclusion on examples of state practice that confirm that it is “lawful for a territorial state to shoot down a drone that enters its airspace.” In an equally insightful piece on Just Security, Michael Schmitt discussed the legality of both Iran’s actions and the possible American responses. Schmitt argued that...