UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights on Bin Laden Killing
Martin Scheinin, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms, also says the Bin Laden killing was legal--and also hinges this judgment on the opportunity given him to surrender. I think this is already proving to be a thin reed on which to hang the legality of the operation. But if it's a fiction that works for people, okay.
Martin Scheinin, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms, also says the Bin Laden killing was legal--and also hinges this judgment on the opportunity given him to surrender. I think this is already proving to be a thin reed on which to hang the legality of the operation. But if it's a fiction that works for people, okay.
Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.
