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Antonio Cassese, a prominent Italian jurist who helped found two international war-crimes tribunals and who was often described as the chief architect of modern international criminal justice, died early Saturday at his home in Florence, Italy. He was 74.
His death came after a long battle with cancer, his wife, Sylvia, said.
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October 23, 2011 # 10:37 pm # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentVideo:Former FBI Agent Ali Soufan on Enhanced Interrogation
October 20, 2011 # 6:03 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentThe Colbert Report
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Well said– both with respect to “enhanced interrogation” and the action against al-Awlaki.
Judge Reggie Walton rules members of Congress do not have standing to sue Obama over US military actions in Libya
October 20, 2011 # 4:22 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, Supreme Court # No CommentFrom the Blog of LegalTimes:
A federal judge in Washington has dismissed a suit challenging the Obama administration’s legal justification for military action against targets in Libya.
The suit, filed by a bipartisan group of congressmen in June in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, sought a ruling that the U.S. military strikes are unconstitutional without …
Supreme Court agrees to hear question of corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute
October 17, 2011 # 4:05 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations, Supreme Court # No CommentEarlier today, the US Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum. As will be recalled from a previous post, in September of 2010, a divided panel of the Second Circuit held that corporate liability did not exist under the Alien Tort Statute. In similar cases, the D.C Circuit (John Doe VIII v. Exxon Mobil), …
Pentagon creates new website for Military Commissions
October 2, 2011 # 12:21 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, International Organizations, Supreme Court # No CommentThe Department of Defense has created a new website for information on military commissions. Information can be found on Cases, Facilities/Services, Victim/Witness Assistance, Legal Resources, News/Media Services.
(HT: Bobby Chesney)
Dan Porterfield, Institutions, and the San Francisco Moment
September 28, 2011 # 8:24 am # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentAs noted in an earlier post, it was my pleasure and honor to attend the Inauguration of my dear friend, Dan Porterfield, as President of Franklin & Marshall College. His brilliant address raised a myriad of critical themes, so I urge you to read it in its entirety. But I want to highlight one particular section: Dan’s discussion of the …
Video: To Prevent and Punish Genocide, featuring Professor Christopher C. Joyner
September 22, 2011 # 12:41 pm # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentWith the passing of my dear friend Chris Joyner, I thought it might be a nice tribute to post a video from a panel discussion that he moderated in 2007 at a conference at Case Western Reserve Law School commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Genocide Convention.
Second Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions ends
September 17, 2011 # 1:25 pm # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentHuman Rights Watch reports:
The new international convention banning cluster bombs is already having a powerful impact despite the absence of the United States and other major powers, Human Rights Watch said on September 17, 2011, as a diplomatic meeting of the convention concluded in Beirut, Lebanon.
“This week’s meeting has shown how the cluster bomb ban is not …
