I. ISIL
A. Grand Strategy
- Ryan Goodman, Ending the Forever War is (Still) in Reach–a.k.a. How I Read the Goldsmith-Koh Exchange (Thursday, Oct. 9)
B. Domestic Authorization and Procedures
- Ryan Goodman and Shalev Roisman, Assessing the Claim that ISIL is a Successor to Al Qaeda—Part 2 (Organizational Goals) (Monday, Oct. 6)
- Jennifer Daskal, The Wrong (and Right) Lessons Re: Congressional Inaction on ISIL (Monday, Oct. 6)
- Ryan Goodman, Leon Panetta: Administration’s Reliance on 2001 AUMF to Fight ISIL is Flawed (Tuesday, Oct. 7)
C. United Nations Security Council: Foreign Fighters
- Martin Scheinin, A Comment on Security Council Res 2178 (Foreign Terrorist Fighters) as a “Form” of Global Governance (Monday, Oct. 6)
- Amos Toh, Australia’s Draconian Response to the Security Council’s Resolution on Foreign Terrorist Fighters (Tuesday, Oct. 7)
II. Surveillance and Privacy
- Julian Sanchez, Smartphone “Backdoors” and Open Computing (Monday, Oct. 6)
- Megan Graham, Twitter is Suing the US Government in an Effort to Reveal Surveillance Information (Wednesday, Oct. 8)
- Alvaro Bedoya, Executive Order 12333 and the Golden Number (Thursday, Oct. 9)
- Jeffrey Vagle, Clapper, Adobe, and Article III Standing for Surveillance Harms (Thursday, Oct. 9)
- Brett Max Kaufman, Twitter’s First Amendment Suit & the Warrant-Canary Question (Friday, Oct. 10)
III. Detentions & Trials
- Marty Lederman, Breaking News from the Supreme Court! (Monday, Oct. 6)
- Shaheed Fatima, Reflections on Hassan v UK: A Mixed Bag on the Right to Liberty (Part 1) (Friday, Oct. 10)
- John Reed, Bahraini Prince Could be Investigated for Torture by UK Police (Wednesday, Oct. 8)
IV. Arms Control (Landmines)
- Mary Wareham, Obama Administration Landmine Policy – Part II (Monday, Oct. 6)
V. United Kingdom (and European Court of Human Rights)
- Shaheed Fatima, The Empire Strikes Back: The Conservative Party’s Plan for Human Rights in the UK (Tuesday, Oct. 7)
VI. Israel
- Ruchi Parekh, Israel Before UN Human Rights Committee This Month (Wednesday, Oct. 8)
VII. Sri Lanka
- Ruchi Parekh, Sri Lanka Before UN Human Rights Committee This Week (Monday, Oct. 6)
VIII. International Criminal Court (Kenya)
- Beth Van Schaack, Two Tales of a Hearing: Kenyatta and the Court (Friday, Oct. 10)