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ICJ Upholds Russian Preliminary Objections in Georgia Dispute

By Brian Itami — On April 1, 2010, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) upheld Russian preliminary objections in its dispute with Georgia over the application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) with regards to the 2008 conflict in South Ossetia. Georgia filed an application with the ICJ on August 12, 2008, four days after Russian forces entered South Ossetia and the same day on which Russian President Dimitry Medvedev agreed in principle to a European Union-negotiated ceasefire. The suit alleged Russian ethnic cleansing in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, violations of the […]

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Rule of Law in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Brig. Gen. Martins delivered these remarks as part of the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series at Harvard Law School on April 18, 2011, upon receiving the Harvard Law School Medal of Freedom. By Mark Martins*– Click here to read the full text as a PDF Click here to view the accompanying slides Good afternoon.  Thank you for those gracious remarks, Dean Minow.  And thanks to all of you for that warm welcome.  It is a thrill and a privilege to be back home here in Cambridge, in such distinguished company, and following such accomplished prior recipients of this Medal. If I

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The Cost of “Empty Words”: A Comment on the Justice Department’s Libya Opinion

This paper draws upon a lecture delivered at the Harvard Law School on April 6, 2011, and upon three earlier works: Michael J. Glennon, The Constitution and Chapter VII of the UN Charter, 85 Am. J. Int’l L. 74 (1991); Michael J. Glennon, Too Far Apart: Repeal the War Powers Resolution, 50 U. Miami L. Rev. 17 (1995); and Michael J. Glennon, Presidential Power to Wage War Against Iraq, 6 Green Bag 183 (2003). I thank Mat Trachok for research assistance. By Michael J. Glennon *– Click here to read the full text as a PDF The April 1, 2011

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Law and Policy of Targeted Killing

Imagine that the U.S. intelligence services obtain reliable information that a known individual is plotting a terrorist attack against the United States. The individual is outside the United States, in a country where law and order are weak and unreliable.

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