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25 Sep 2010, 7:14 pm
by Kevin Jon Heller The Obama administration recently filed its motion to dismiss the ACLU/CCR lawsuit that seeks to enjoin the government from using lethal force against Anwar al-Aulaqi. [read post]
28 May 2010, 5:30 pm
by Kevin Jon Heller I do have a question for Ken. [read post]
10 Sep 2009, 5:26 pm
by Kevin Jon Heller I don’t have any deeper insight into the situation than Ken, but there certainly has been pressure on the Prosecutor to investigate Afghanistan for some time — both because it’s not in Africa and because of US/NATO involvement in the armed conflict there. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 11:43 pm
by Kevin Jon Heller Not surprisingly, conservatives and the Obama administration are falling all over themselves to praise Paul Clement for his brave willingness to represent the House of Representatives at the low, low rate of $520.00 per hour - practically pro bono. [read post]
21 Mar 2010, 11:15 pm
by Kevin Jon Heller FADE IN: INT. [read post]
7 Mar 2010, 8:06 pm
by Kevin Jon Heller Our friends at the German Yearbook have asked us to post the following call for papers, and we are happy to oblige: The German Yearbook of International Law is Germany’s oldest yearbook in the field of public international law. [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 12:04 am
by Kevin Jon Heller By now, most readers have probably seen the following photo, in which Marine snipers in Afghanistan pose in front of a flag with the runes of the SS: I wasn’t planning on blogging about the photo, because the insensitivity of the snipers and the awfulness of the symbolism speak for themselves. [read post]
6 Jun 2010, 4:02 am
by Kevin Jon Heller Despite the increasingly desperate nature of the attacks on Judge Goldstone, I never thought an academic institution would give in to the hysteria: In response to an enquiry by the Alternative Information Center (AIC) about its reported removal of Judge Richard Goldstone from the Board of Governors, Hebrew University of Jerusalem responded by email that: “The Hebrew University of Jerusalem revises from time to time its membership roles on its… [read post]
7 Jun 2010, 3:44 am
by Kevin Jon Heller A few days ago, I recorded a conversation for Bloggingheads.tv with Mark Leon Goldberg of the invaluable UN Dispatch. [read post]
16 Feb 2011, 8:19 pm
by Kevin Jon Heller Yes, after nearly nine years of detention in Guantanamo, Noor Uthan Muhammed has pleaded guilty to two non-existent war crimes. [read post]
24 Jul 2010, 4:44 am
by Kevin Jon Heller With an election scheduled for August 21, Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony “Check Out My Speedo” Abbott were set to debate tomorrow night at 7:30 pm. [read post]
26 Feb 2012, 2:21 pm
by Kevin Jon Heller The blog is run (so far, solely) by Sonia Cardenas, the Charles A. [read post]
24 Feb 2012, 8:06 pm
by Kevin Jon Heller Reuters reports that Denmark-based Lego will soon be powered solely by the wind: The family firm that controls Denmark’s Lego is buying almost a third of a German offshore wind power project in an unusual foray outside the toy business to showcase its green credentials to customers. [read post]
24 Jul 2010, 3:43 am
by Kevin Jon Heller Dave Hoffman has a post today at Concurring Opinions reporting the results of an empirical study of how often law reviews have cited various blogs. [read post]
23 Dec 2010, 5:31 pm
by Kevin Jon Heller True to James Gathii's comment to my last post, the Prime Minister of Kenya, Raila Odinga, has made it clear that Kenya won't be withdrawing from the ICC anytime soon: Kenya's prime minister on Thursday dismissed as futile a motion by lawmakers to withdraw from the statute establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC) - a move intended to head off the trial of senior political figures. [read post]
28 May 2010, 5:08 pm
by Kevin Jon Heller Like Ken, I plan on discussing Phillip Alston’s report on drone strikes when it’s released. [read post]
28 Jul 2012, 4:59 am
by Kevin Jon Heller According to research conducted by Jay Brown of theRacetotheBottom.org, blogs have been cited in “law reviews, journals, and other legal publications” more than 6300 times — a nearly fourteen-fold increase since 2006. [read post]
12 Jul 2010, 8:57 am
by Kevin Jon Heller As I predicted, the Pre-Trial Chamber has approved genocide charges for Bashir: The International Criminal Court has issued a second arrest warrant for Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir - this time for charges of genocide. [read post]
29 Nov 2011, 8:51 am
by Kevin Jon Heller The High Court of Kenya has held that the government has an obligation to arrest Bashir if he sets foot on Kenyan territory: The Kenyan High Court ruling was the result of a case that the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) brought against Kenya’s attorney general and internal security minster in 2010. [read post]
4 Aug 2012, 5:45 pm
by Kevin Jon Heller I have just uploaded a new essay to SSRN, entitled “The International Commission of Inquiry on Libya: A Critical Analysis.” The essay is a chapter of a book on international commissions of inquiry that is being edited by the LSE’s Jens Meierhenrich. [read post]
