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Comment RSSIn the event that you missed Bono’s op ed in the New York Times this past Friday , it is a must read:
ONE of the most extraordinary days in the mottled history of the island of Ireland was witnessed on both sides of the border last Tuesday.
The much-anticipated and costly Saville report … the 12-years-in-the-making inquiry into “Bloody Sunday,” a …
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Home » Archive » International LawBono: In Ireland, Tuesday’s Grace . . .with video
June 20, 2010 # 9:46 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentJames Raymond Vreeland on why we should care about the G20
June 20, 2010 # 2:02 pm # Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentOver at The Vereelander, my friend and Georgetown colleague, Jim Vreeland has a persuasive post on the importance of understanding the G20. Vreeland writes:
The G20 and MAKTISAS
Why should you care about the G20?
The G20 represents the arrival of the emerging markets!
The 2008 financial meltdown made clear the reality of a multipolar world. The United States, while still the strongest country …
Video: The challenge of power . . .
June 19, 2010 # 2:36 pm # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, International Organizations, Supreme Court # No CommentA previous post embedded a video from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in which Stewart opines on the temptations of power. Above is a video from Coldplay for the song “Viva la Vida.” In the lyrics, they too reflect on the dilemma of power. What would Lord Acton say?
Viva La Vida
I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when …
Video: Presidential Authority and the Obama Administration
June 18, 2010 # 8:00 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, Supreme Court # No CommentThe Daily Show With Jon Stewart
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While I do believe that the Obama Administration has actually taken a different approach to presidential authority than the Bush Administration, Jon Stewart has a point.
(HT: Jerry Mayer)
Ambassador Susan Rice on the crisis in Sudan
June 14, 2010 # 6:57 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentUS Representative to the United Nations Dr. Susan Rice delivered an address today at the Security Council’s Sudan briefing. Here are her remarks as delivered:
Let me begin by thanking President Thabo Mbeki, Special Representative Menkerios, Joint Special Representative Gambari, and Joint Chief Mediator Bassole for their very helpful assessments and briefings to the Council this morning. The United States strongly …
Dawn Johnsen on her failed nomination to head the Office of Legal Counsel
June 14, 2010 # 10:23 am # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, International Organizations, Supreme Court # No CommentIn case you missed it, Professor Dawn Johnsen had an op ed in Friday’s Washington Post commenting on her failed nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel. Johnsen writes:
In 2004, the leak of a controversial memo on the use of torture catapulted the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel into the spotlight. Fallout and debate …
Does Germany have criminal jurisdiction for actions against German nationals on the Mavi Marmara?
June 11, 2010 # 3:26 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentDer Spiegel Online is reporting:
Public prosecutors in Germany are looking into a war crimes complaint filed against Israel by two members of parliament with the far-left Left Party and a human rights activist who were on board the Mavi Marmara when Israeli troops stormed it 11 days ago.
Eleven days ago, the Israeli military stormed the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara, part …
Habeas Works: A new report by Human Rights First and the Constitution Project
June 10, 2010 # 8:21 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, Supreme Court # No CommentSixteen retired federal judges issued a report today under the sponsorship of Human Rights First and The Constitution Project. The report, titled Habeas Works: Federal Courts’ Proven Capacity to Handle Guantánamo Cases, presents the argument against a new indefinite detention law. From the Executive Summary:
Habeas is working. The judges of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia have …
