Military Judge Pohl next turns to the question of ex parte requests to the Convening Authority for expert assistance (AE010). Richard Kammen, for the defense, explains that the Convening Authority has re...

By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh

By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh

By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh

The European Court of Human Rights has issued a ruling  (Othman (Abu Qatada) v. United Kingdom (E. Ct. Hum. Rts Jan.

Ritika and I are at Fort Meade, sitting in a small theater in front of a large screen--on which we have a video feed from the Al-Nashiri military commission hearing shortly to get under way from Guantana...

By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh

With Anwar al-Awlaki dead, one hears relatively little these days regarding the progress of events in Yemen in relation to AQAP and U.S.

Back in October, we linked to a very interesting "green paper" produced by the UK Ministry of Justice addressing issues associated with secrecy, intelligence, security, and justice.  Clive Walker (Leeds)...

Interesting comments on the interplay of IHL and IHRL here from Jens David Ohlin (Cornell), whose new blog Lieber Code is well worth reading on a regular basis.  [Update: Gabor Rona responds to Jens here...

Thomas B. Nachbar is a most remarkable law professor.  A few years ago, after having achieved wide recognition as a senior University of Virginia scholar known for his work in technology and regulation, ...