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26 Dec Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, December 26, 2012
...new Japanese PM. Eight children were among the 20 dead in a northern Syrian province after attacks. The Russian Parliament has unanimously approved a ban on Americans adopting Russian children in retaliation for a US law punishing human rights violations. The United States formally proposed a controversial sale of advanced spy drones to help South Korea bear more of its defense from any attack by the heavily armed North. Rebels in Central African Republic have advanced on the town of Kaga-Bangoro, moving them closer to the capital. The Washington Post...26 Mar The CIA’s Enigmatic “Roger”
Greg Miller has a fascinating front-page story in the Washington Post yesterday (Sunday; it appears to be behind a free registration wall) profiling “Roger,” the mysterious head of the Counterterrorism Center at the CIA, a key figure in the pursuit of Bin Laden, and a principal architect of the drones program. Here’s the money quote, borrowing from Lawfare: Roger, which is the first name of his cover identity, may be the most consequential but least visible national security official in Washington — the principal architect of the CIA’s drone campaign...14 Oct Guest Post: Air Strikes in Syria–Questions Surrounding the Necessity and Proportionality Requirements in the Exercise of Self-Defense
...IS terrorists using drones and France’s joining the air campaign to bomb IS positions in Syrian territory. The extent to which air strikes would meet the necessity and proportionality requirements in the exercise of the right to self-defense under Article 51, however, remains less explored. This post does not aim to consider the issue of the permissibility of engaging in unilateral forcible measures against unattributable attacks by private groups. However, even assuming that the lawful exercise of the right of self-defense extends to action against irregular forces, it can be...20 Feb Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, February 20, 2013
An Israeli soldier has caused outrage because of a photo posted to Instagram showing what appears to be a Palestinian child in the crosshairs of his rifle. Chinese government officials considered using a drone to target a suspected drug lord hiding in Myanmar. In other drone news, the United Arab Emirates has signed a contract with the US to purchase approximately $200 million worth of American-made drones. Reuters provides coverage of the pre-trial hearing of Laurent Gbagbo at the ICC, a proceeding which began yesterday. 20 rebels are dead and...18 Apr Kony 2012: Seven Questions about Social Media Campaigns and International Law
...public about the legal concept of “genocide.” When Wikileaks disseminated its viral “Collateral Murder” video it doctored the film, confusing the audience about the complexity of events on the ground and about the distinction between “murder,” “war crimes” and “lawful targeting.” Assange’s later conflation of “civilian casualties” with “war crimes” in his promotion of the Afghan War Diaries dataset put civilian harms on the agenda, but promoted a fallacious understanding of what “war crimes” are. The public debate over drones is equally confused on these points – a process that...26 May Joining Doughty Street Chambers as an Academic Member
...Jovica Stanišić at the ICTY. Amal Alamuddin — counsel for al-Senussi at the ICC and for Julian Assange in his extradition case, as well as advisor to Ben Emmerson, UN special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, in his inquiry into the use of drones. I could go on, but that list is enough to explain why I’m so excited — and so honoured — to be joining Doughty Street as an Academic Member. It’s a remarkable opportunity, one for which I’m deeply grateful. I don’t yet know what cases...02 May Weekly News Wrap: Monday, May 2, 2016
...a serious crisis with neighboring Russia, a report commissioned by the Finnish government said on Friday. French and U.S. jets destroyed an Islamic State site in Iraq used by the hardline Sunni Muslim insurgents to build large quantities of bombs and vehicles for suicide attacks, the French Defense Ministry said on Sunday. A German government official denied on Sunday a magazine report which said Berlin might end its unconditional support for Israel due to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s increasing frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies. Americas U.S.-led coalition drones struck...
12 Jun Prize Law Revisited: Between Permission and Regulation
...as good prize and transferred ownership over the vessels to the state. This is despite credible evidence that the means used to enforced the blockade against the Flotilla were unlawful, including the alleged use of drones before interception and the mistreatment of detainees afterwards. More recently, Israeli Finance Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has publicly released footage of the clear mistreatment of members of the Sumud Flotilla’s subsequent May 2026 attempt to much international condemnation by various heads of state. The Haifa court’s proceedings regarding this more recent Flotilla will take time,...
10 Dec Symposium on Forensic and Counter-Forensic Approaches to International Law: Looking Down and Looking Away – The Aerial Perspective in Investigations of Armed Conflict and Genocide
...juxtaposing the work of Forensic Architecture with the US military’s assessments of civilian casualty allegations. The aerial perspective is powerful and seductive, but it also has important limitations. First, bird’s eye view is unfamiliar to human eyes: we are not used to seeing from above. As a consequence, when we look at images taken by satellites or drones, we often rely on explanations contained in captions, annotations, and arrows superimposed on images. Second, the view from above is associated with abstraction, power, and dehumanization. The drone does not see faces....