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Terrorism and Human Rights

By admin | Published: March 29, 2011

by Conor Gearty *Originally published in the journal, “Government and Opposition” Volume 42, No. 3 Summer 2007, p.340-362 (Download pdf) [...]

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“Change Direction” 2006: Israeli Operations in Lebanon and the International Law of Self-Defense

By admin | Published: March 29, 2011

Michael N. Schmitt* (Download pdf) On July 12, 2006, Hezbollah launched Operation True Promise, the ambush of Israel Defense Force [...]

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Uighurs in Guantanamo Bay Prison: Innocents or Terrorists?

By admin | Published: March 29, 2011

by Janet Munro-Nelson Posted: January 2010 Updated 18 July 2011 (Download pdf) The group of 22 Uighurs imprisoned in the [...]

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Child “Soldiers” and Civilians—Some Controversial Issues

By admin | Published: March 29, 2011

Jenny Kuper* (Download pdf) There is a common misperception that the issue of children in armed conflict is a simple [...]

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The ‘War on Terror’: Do the Rules Need Changing?

By admin | Published: March 29, 2011

by Professor Charles Garraway Chatham House September 2006 Posted: THE BEACON – April 2009 (Download pdf) INTRODUCTION The National Defense [...]

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The Prohibition of Torture and Other Abusive Treatments

By admin | Published: March 29, 2011

The Legal, Moral and Ethical Reasons on why the United States Should Never Use Physical or Mental Abuse On Any [...]

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Two Sides to Every Story: Congo & the Rwandan Genocide

By admin | Published: March 29, 2011

by Katherine Iliopoulos Posted 30 September 2010 Crimes of War Project (Download pdf) Narratives on the 1990s in Rwanda focus [...]

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Maritime Piracy and International Law

By admin | Published: March 28, 2011

By Professor Donald R. Rothwell Posted October 2009 (Download pdf) 2008 saw an unprecedented upsurge in piracy at sea resulting [...]

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The Convention on Cluster Munitions

By admin | Published: March 28, 2011

  by Janet Munro-Nelson Posted: November 2008 Updated: 31st August 2011 (Download pdf) On 30 May 2008 in Dublin, Ireland, [...]

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Cluster Munitions

By admin | Published: March 28, 2011

Gary  Solis** (Download pdf)   Cluster bombs are not banned weapons.  Cluster bomb units (CBUs) do not fall under any [...]

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