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Military, War, and Peace

University at Buffalo School of Law

2014

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Veterans As Victims Of Military Sexual Assault: Unequal Access To Ptsd Disability Benefits And Judicial Remedies, Alexandra Besso Sep 2014

Veterans As Victims Of Military Sexual Assault: Unequal Access To Ptsd Disability Benefits And Judicial Remedies, Alexandra Besso

Buffalo Journal of Gender, Law & Social Policy

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Thinking Slow About Sexual Assault In The Military, Matthew Burris Sep 2014

Thinking Slow About Sexual Assault In The Military, Matthew Burris

Buffalo Journal of Gender, Law & Social Policy

No abstract provided.


What Do Human Rights Lawyers Do: Examining Practice And Expertise In The Field, Elizabeth Bruch Apr 2014

What Do Human Rights Lawyers Do: Examining Practice And Expertise In The Field, Elizabeth Bruch

Buffalo Human Rights Law Review

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Responsibility To Protect: Arab Spring Perspectives, Rob Dickinson Apr 2014

Responsibility To Protect: Arab Spring Perspectives, Rob Dickinson

Buffalo Human Rights Law Review

In this article important issues of legitimacy of government and external interference in the affairs of a State are raised. As a prelimi- nary, the rights and obligations of a State with regard to territorial integrity and sovereignty are considered, prior to analyses of the emergent concept of the responsibility to protect and the principle of self-determination. The article then takes into account events of the Arab Spring, before the author concludes by drawing lessons for States, not only those whose people look to change their own govern- ments, or style of governments, but also those intent on intervention in …


The Chaplaincy Exception In International Humanitarian Law: "American-Born Cleric" Anwar Awlaki And The Global War On Terror, K. Benson Apr 2014

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 …