I. Torture
A. Senate Intelligence Committee Torture Report
- John Reed, The Senate Torture Report Should Name Victims (Wednesday, Dec. 3)
- Marty Lederman, Executive summary and conclusions of SSCI torture report to be released next Monday [UPDATED — or Tuesday] (Thursday, Dec. 4)
B. International Courts and Accountability
- Ryan Goodman, Int’l Criminal Court’s Examination of U.S. Treatment of Detainees Takes Shape (Wednesday, Dec. 3)
- Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Revisiting Torture: Implications of Overturning Ireland v. United Kingdom (Friday, Dec. 5)
C. Convention Against Torture: Obligations and Interpretations
- Beth Van Schaack, The Torture Convention & Appendix M of the Army Field Manual on Interrogations (Friday, Dec. 5)
- Ryan Goodman & Eric Messinger, U.N. Committee Criticizes U.S. Record on Torture, Praises U.S. on Extraterritorial Reach of Treaty (Friday, Nov. 28)
- Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, What is the Remedy for American Torture? (Tuesday, Nov. 25)
- Julia Spiegel, Guest Post: The Global Reach of the U.S. Position on Torture (Monday, Nov. 24)
II. Authorizations for Use of Force (AUMFs)
- Eric Messinger, How an ISIL-Specific AUMF Affects Interpretations of the 2001/2002 AUMFs (Thursday, Dec. 4)
- Eric Messinger, Senator Rand Paul’s Proposed Declaration of War and AUMF Against ISIL (Monday, Nov. 24)
III. Detention & Guantanamo
- Jennifer Daskal, The 2015 National Defense Authorization Act: A Silver Lining for Guantanamo Detainees (Friday, Dec. 5)
IV. Surveillance and Privacy
- Patrick Eddington, Guest Post: NSA Reform — The Consequences of Failure (Wednesday, Nov. 26)
- Just Security, Judge Posner vs. David Cole: What’s the Value of Privacy Unless You Have Something to Hide? (Video Clip) (Friday, Dec. 5)
V. Cybersecurity
- Kristen Eichensehr, The US Needs a New International Strategy for Cyberspace (Monday, Nov. 24)
VI. National Security Oversight
- Marshall Erwin, Guest Post: An Intelligence Committee Agenda (Thursday, Dec. 4)
VII. Trials
- Marty Lederman, The Merits of the Judge-Disqualification Petition in al-Nashiri (Tuesday, Dec. 2)
- Marty Lederman, Al-Nashiri Mandamus Petition: Government response and oral argument date (Wednesday, Dec. 3)
VIII. Lethal Actions and Targeted Killings
- Steve Vladeck, Drone Courts: The Wrong Solution to the Wrong Problem (Tuesday, Dec. 2)
IX. Anti-Sharia/Foreign Law Bans
- Amos Toh, Guest Post: The Hidden Costs of Alabama’s Anti-Foreign Law Measure (Monday, Dec. 1)
X. Military Discipline (Conscientious Objectors, War Crimes, and European Union Asylum Law)
- Ruchi Parekh, Can Members of the US Military Apply for Asylum in the EU? (Tuesday, Nov. 25)
XI. Iran Nuclear Agreement
- Jeffrey Bloodworth, Guest Post: The Long Game: Why the Extension of Nuclear Talks With Iran Is a Good Thing (Tuesday, Nov. 25)
XII. United Kingdom Counterterrorism Model
- Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Old, New, and Borrowed: Another Round of Anti-Terrorism Legislation in the United Kingdom (Monday, Dec. 1)
XIII. Extraterritoriality of International Human Rights Law
- Ruchi Parekh, Jaloud v. Netherlands: European Court of Human Rights addresses extra-territorial jurisdiction in Iraq (Thursday, Dec. 4)
XIV. Miscellaneous
- Just Security, Thanksgiving Schedule (Thursday, Nov. 27)