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The Turkel Commission Releases Part I of its Report on the Legality of the Gaza Flotilla Raid

Sunday, January 23, 2011

The Public Commission to Examine the Maritime Incident of 31 May 2010, also known as the Turkel Commission, has published Part I of its findings on the legality of the Israeli raid against the Mavi Marmara that caused the death of nine Turkish pro-Palestinian activists and provoked an international outrage last year. The Commission has [...]

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A Late Reaction on Omar Khadr, the United States, and Child-Soldiers

Thursday, December 2, 2010

I came across this interesting piece of information today: France pressed U.S. on Khadr as Ottawa stood silent: WikiLeaks. According to this article: France’s foreign minister asked the United States to consider releasing Omar Khadr from Guantanamo Bay even though the Harper government adamantly refused to intervene, according to leaked U.S. diplomatic cables. The memo, released [...]

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Is France "At War" With Terrorism?

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

For the past 10 days or so, there’s been a flutter of activity regarding France and the Islamic terrorist threat – in particular Al-Qaeda au Maghreb Islamique (AQMI). The French intelligence and counterterrorism services have been particularly wary, even nervous, regarding risks of a terrorist strike on French soil. According to Reuters, French authorities are [...]

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Latest News on Conflict Minerals – Victory in U.S. Congress

Friday, July 16, 2010

After writing about Congo’s conflict minerals and NGOs such as the Enough! Project‘s efforts to alert public opinion, good news recently came out of the United States Congress. From the Enough! Project’s website: Today, Congo activists, U.S. consumers, and the people of Congo won an incredible victory against long odds. Congress passed the Wall Street [...]

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New Law Journal: The Harvard National Security Journal

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Professor Kenneth Anderson over at Opinio Juris has posted today an entry concerning the recent publishing of an essay on targeted killings. Being interested in targeted killings, and having written an essay last month on the legal issues this policy raises, I went on to read it, and discovered in the process that Harvard University [...]

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