Anthony Clark Arend

This morning’s New York Times is reporting that the United Nations Security Council Security Council was unable to reach agreement on Friday on a statement relating to the ICC warrant for Al-Bashir. The Times explains:
The Security Council deadlocked on Friday over taking any action on the tempest that erupted over the indictment of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan on …

A New Geneva Convention from Anthony Clark Arend on Vimeo.
Anthony Clark Arend discusses the prospect of a new Geneva Convention.

“Truth Commission?” from Anthony Clark Arend on Vimeo.

From the transcript of President Obama’s press conference:
Question: Thank you, Mr. President. Today, Senator Patrick Leahy announced that he wants to set up a truth and reconciliation committee to investigate the misdeeds of the Bush administration. He said that, before you turn the page, you have to read the page first.
Do you agree with such a proposal? And are …

Bobby Chesney brings to our attention 6 OLC memos that were posted on the OLC website yesterday:

“PROTECTED PERSON” STATUS IN OCCUPIED IRAQ UNDER THE FOURTH GENEVA CONVENTION (March 18, 2004) (added 1/08/09)
STATUS OF TALIBAN FORCES UNDER ARTICLE 4 OF THE THIRD GENEVA CONVENTION OF 1949 (February 7, 2002) (added 1/08/09)
AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT UNDER DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL …

In case you missed it, the Executive Summary of the Senate Armed Services Committee Inquiry into the Treatment of Detainees in U.S. Custody can be found here. Some highlights ["U" means unclassified; bold is my emphasis added]:

(U) On February 7, 2002, President Bush signed a memorandum stating that the Third Geneva Convention did not apply to the conflict with al …

The Justice Department unsealed a 35-count indictment against five Blackwater employees for actions associated with the killing of unarmed Iraqi civilians on September 16, 2007. The charges include fourteen counts of voluntary manslaughter and fifteen counts of of attempt to commit manslaughter. For previous discussion of this incident, see posts here and here.