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05 Aug Violence Against Palestinian Children in the Gaza Strip as Indirect Evidence of Israel’s Genocidal Intent
...2025 the Israeli forces and authorities have killed 20,179 and injured 44,143 children, representing 30% and 26% of the total deaths and wounded. Many of them were shot while being within safe areas or following evacuation routes from active combat zones. Some kids suffered gunshot wounds to the head or abdomen and were hit by snipers or drones. Others were shot while waving white flags. Many were hit while being alone or accompanied by unarmed adults. In these circumstances, they could not have posed any threat to the Israeli security...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....