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Ofilio Mayorga

Double-Tap Drone Strikes and the Denial of Quarter in IHL

  • May 8 2013 - 9:49am   |  
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The denial of quarter is prohibited under the customary rules of armed conflict and is considered a war crime under the Rome Statute (see article 8(b)(xii) and article 8(e)(x)). In his book, Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency, Daniel Klaidman explains that the Obama administration struggled for some time with the question of whether the administration’s targeted killing... More >>

Rob Grace

Weekly News Roundup: Monitoring, Reporting, and Fact-finding (May 4, 2013)

  • May 4 2013 - 12:41am   |  
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[As part of its research and policy project on monitoring, reporting, and fact-finding, the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) at Harvard University aggregates news detailing recent developments in this domain. For more information about this project, visit the project’s web page.] Gabriela Knaul, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, offered comments about... More >>

Rob Grace

Corroborating Facts or Signaling That Inaction is the Desired Outcome? The Syrian Chemical Weapons Fact-finding Dilemma

  • May 1 2013 - 10:08am   |  
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The recent publication of a letter detailing the Obama administration’s views on allegations of chemical weapons use by the Syrian government has sparked a wealth of commentary, much of which is emblematic of a key dilemma of international fact-finding. The dilemma is this: some individuals perceive international fact-finding to be a valuable undertaking geared toward gathering credible information to corroborate allegations,... More >>

Rob Grace

Weekly News Roundup: Monitoring, Reporting, and Fact-finding (April 26, 2013)

  • Apr 26 2013 - 3:00pm   |  
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[As part of its research and policy project on monitoring, reporting, and fact-finding, the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) at Harvard University aggregates news detailing recent developments in this domain. For more information about this project, visit the project’s web page.] News reports indicate that the Government of Sri Lanka might establish a truth commission similar to the Truth and... More >>