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20 Jun Events and Announcements: 20 June 2022
...be equitably and meaningfully shared with the Global South? How does current knowledge allow us to understand and respond to forms of children’s association with violence that take place in regions not affected by armed conflict? And how can this knowledge base contribute to moderating the global “victim” discourse?What about the involvement of children with cyber-conflict, drones, and autonomous weapon systems? In the end, here, we aim to diminish the ‘us and them’ binary approaches to child soldiers that divides according to age, place, and space. We welcome proposals for...
12 Aug Emerging Voices: The Use of ‘Stabilization’ in the Mandates of UN Peace Operations
...supported by attack helicopters and drones, and has had skirmishes with armed groups, make the intensification of hostilities a distinct possibility. Where there are sustained, direct clashes between MINUSMA and armed groups it would be difficult for the UN to contest the applicability of IHL. Whether a peace operation is a party to the conflict under IHL is also relevant where the UN is providing support to the host state military. Peace operations do not typically fight a war against an enemy but, for instance, MINUSMA is mandated to conduct...29 Jun Too Bad Administration’s WPR “Hostilities” Gambit Isn’t Working (It Might Have)
...contingency planning — there are lots of reasons not to get into quagmires, but the WPR isn’t one of them. At the same time that Koh seemed to be playing up the spirit of the WPR in his live testimony, he also persuasively highlighted how the vision of the 1973 Congress doesn’t really jive with the present day world. (See this from Slate’s William Saletan on Koh’s apparent argument that the WPR doesn’t cover drones.) And even though Senator Kerry said that the Administration has “affirmed” the constitutionality of the...05 Apr Weekday News Wrap: Friday, April 5, 2013
...on International Law and the Future of Peace upon receiving the Prominent Women in International Law award during yesterday’s ASIL Women in International Law Interest Group Luncheon. Foreign Policy outlines the dangers of low-tech warfare in Why Sticks and Stones Will Beat Our Drones. The Christian Science Monitor has an article discussing the options available to the EU in response to Hungary’s latest instalment of controversial constitutional amendments. EU authorities have also expressed concern over legislative proposals in Egypt to curtain civil society. Syria has stepped up propaganda efforts against...01 Mar Weekday News Wrap: Friday, March 1, 2013
...moving ahead with its plans to establish a North Korea trade zone. The ruling on compelling the United States to hand over evidence against Kim Dotcom, accused of mass copyright infringement, money laundering and internet piracy, has been overturned by the court of appeal in New Zealand. In case you were hoping to submit public comment to proposed changes to the IAHCR, the deadline is today. In light of Wednesday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing, Esquire has a post about why the drones used by the US are just a sideshow....
13 Apr From Infinite Scroll to Command and Control: What Big Tech’s Courtroom Reckoning Means for Military AI Governance
...dependency Seemingly so far from the world of drones, bombs, and tanks, what can these two verdicts tell us about the significance of platform companies for the global governance military AI? Two lessons particularly stand out. The first is obvious but no less important for being so. It concerns the practical challenges of accountability. Accountability has emerged as a key principle across national and international governance initiatives, underscoring the importance of delineating clear lines of responsibility for the use of military AI systems. Central to achieving accountability is understanding how...08 Jun Weekly News Wrap: Monday, June 8, 2015
...United Nations resolutions. Vietnam is in talks with European and U.S. contractors to buy fighter jets, maritime patrol planes and unarmed drones, sources said, as it looks to beef up its aerial defenses in the face of China’s growing assertiveness in disputed waters. Europe Group of Seven (G7) leaders vowed at a summit in the Bavarian Alps on Sunday to keep sanctions against Russia in place until President Vladimir Putin and Moscow-backed separatists fully implement the terms of a peace deal for Ukraine. Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders will discuss...
17 Aug The Best Available Self-Defense: Article 51 and the 2026 Iran War
...Iranian missiles aimed at Al Udeid in Qatar, at the Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain and at Al Dhafra in the UAE struck United States military objectives, and their legality turns on precautions owed to the host population. Iranian drones striking the Habshan gas complex in Abu Dhabi, a Saudi pipeline, facilities in Kuwait and a hotel in Dubai are different. No theory of self-defense reaches the territory of states that did not attack Iran. As a defensive matter, the strikes are indefensible. The Tolled Strait Iran closed the Strait...09 Dec Weekly News Wrap: December 9, 2013
...unmanned aircraft to monitor the volatile border with Rwanda and Uganda, the first time UN peacekeepers have deployed surveillance drones. France said it will start disarming fighters in the Central African Republic by force if necessary, as relative calm returned to the capital Bangui following three days of heavy fighting between Christians and Muslims. Europe The Vatican refused to provide the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child with information on the Church’s internal investigations into the sexual abuse of children by clergy, saying that its policy was to...