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What Do Human Rights Lawyers Do: Examining Practice And Expertise In The Field, Elizabeth Bruch
What Do Human Rights Lawyers Do: Examining Practice And Expertise In The Field, Elizabeth Bruch
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
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The Chaplaincy Exception In International Humanitarian Law: "American-Born Cleric" Anwar Awlaki And The Global War On Terror, K. Benson
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
Anwar al-Awlaki, frequently described by the media as an "Ameri- can-born cleric," was the first American citizen to be targeted for extrajudicial assassination by the Obama administration as part of the Global War on Terror (GWOT). While there have been scholarly works considering the legality of his killing under domestic law, none have examined his status as a chaplain under International Humanita- rian Law (IHL), what this designation could mean for the legality of Anwar al-Alwaki's killing, or what his killing could mean for the GWOT in general. This paper provides a necessarily brief history of Al Qaeda in the …