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Drone Operations in Current US Counterterrorism Strategy in Africa [op-ed]
February 11, 2013 by Caleb Pittman
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of the Ave Maria School of Law says says the US must pursue a full spectrum of "smart power" capabilities in Africa, to include but not be limited to the use of drones for surveillance or targeted killing strikes...The ongoing crises in Algeria and Mali have.... [more]
UN rights expert announces investigation into use of drone strikes
January 24, 2013 by Rebecca DiLeonardo
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Ben Emmerson announced on Thursday that he will begin investigating the legality of the use of drone strikes. Emmerson said that after asking the US to allow an independent investigation of its use of targeted killings last year, there is.... [more]
Senate committee voted to grant military complete control over al Qaeda suspects [this day at law]
November 16, 2012 by Katherine Bacher
On November 16, 2011, the Senate Armed Services Committee agreed to a detainee provision in the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012, which governed the handling and prosecution of suspected al Qaeda detainees. Subsequent to the adoption of the provision, the military would have complete.... [more]
UN rights committee criticizes Turkish counterterrorism laws
November 2, 2012 by Sarah Posner
The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) criticized Turkey on Thursday for prosecuting activists under the country's vague counterterrorism law. The UNHRC alleged that Turkey has gone against international law standards by denying due process rights under its 1991 Anti-Terrorism Law. UN rights.... [more]
UN expert says US government must allow investigation of drone strikes
August 20, 2012 by Rebecca DiLeonardo
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Ben Emmerson told reporters on Sunday that the US government must allow an independent investigation of the legality of its drone strike policy. The US has received heavy criticism recently for its use of drone strikes to attack targets in.... [more]
HRW: Counterterrorism laws often disregard basic human rights
June 29, 2012 by Max Slater
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on Friday criticizing governments across the globe for implementing counterterrorism laws that allegedly infringe upon suspects' due process and basic human rights. While the report acknowledges that terrorism is a serious issue that needs to be.... [more]
US releases annual terrorism report
June 6, 2012 by Rebecca DiLeonardo
The US National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) on Wednesday published its 2011 Report on Terrorism which concluded that the total number of worldwide terrorism attacks has dropped 12 percent from 2010 and 29 percent from 2007. The report is compiled based on data collected through the US Worldwide.... [more]
UN SG urges nations to increase counterterrorism efforts
June 4, 2012 by Sung Un Kim
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged countries on Sunday to increase their efforts to counter the prevalent threat of terrorism. At a second meeting of the advisory board of the UN Centre for Counter-Terrorism (UNCCT) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Ban stated that nations have to work together to.... [more]
UN counterterrorism official criticizes US court decision on rendition information
April 13, 2012 by Jaimie Cremeans
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Ben Emmerson on Thursday expressed regret over a US court decision denying Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by a member of the UK parliament and the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition. Earlier this month.... [more]
Holder expands use of data in terrorism investigations
March 23, 2012 by Jerry Votava
US Attorney General Eric Holder signed new guidelines on Thursday for the use of information not related to terrorism activities by the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). The NCTC is permitted to gather data on American citizens to search for "terrorism information" which it can keep.... [more]
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