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The Distraction Of Full Autonomy & The Need To Refocus The Ccw Laws Discussion On Critical Functions, Chris Jenks

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

The United Nations (UN) Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) discussions on lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS) have been confused, not constructive, and largely for the same definitional reasons identified two years ago. This paper attempts to address why the dialogue at the UN LAWS dialogue has proceeded as it has and proposes how it should proceed at the likely group of government expert meetings in 2017-2018. This paper focuses on the problems created by framing the LAWS discussion in terms of full autonomy and suggests that CCW States Parties refocus on the critical functions of selecting and engaging targets. The …

Introductory Note To United Nations Security Council Resolution 2298, David P. Fidler

Articles by Maurer Faculty

On July 22, 2016, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2298 supporting efforts by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to remove chemical weapons from Libya and facilitate their destruction in another country. This resolution was critical to the international effort to prevent chemical weapons in Libya from being at risk of acquisition by members of the so-called Islamic State operating in Libya.

False Rubicons, Moral Panic & Conceptual Cul-De-Sacs: Critiquing & Reframing The Call To Ban Lethal Autonomous Weapons, Chris Jenks

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Casting into the indeterminate future and projecting visions of so-called killer robots, The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots (The Campaign) has incited moral panic in an attempt to stimulate a discussion and ultimately a ban on lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS). Their efforts have been superficially successful but come at a self-defeating substantive cost. In the hope of shifting the dialogue from the hyperbolic to a constructive dialogue on the interaction between human and machine abilities in both current and future weapon systems, this article explores the conceptual paradox implicit in The Campaign and proposes an alternative.

Having provoked the international …

Children, Diane Marie Amann

Scholarly Works

This chapter, which appears in The Cambridge Companion to International Criminal Law (William A. Schabas ed. 2016), discusses how international criminal law instruments and institutions address crimes against and affecting children. It contrasts the absence of express attention in the post-World War II era with the multiple provisions pertaining to children in the 1998 Statute of the International Criminal Court. The chapter examines key judgments in that court and in the Special Court for Sierra Leone, as well as the ICC’s current, comprehensive approach to the effects that crimes within its jurisdiction have on children. The chapter concludes with a …

Humanitarian Laws Of Armed Conflict In Sweden: Ogling The Socialist Camp, Jacob W.F. Sundberg

Akron Law Review

The inhabitants of a country with the military-geographical location of Sweden should find it natural, one would think, to consider extensively the political and legal-philosophical message of the world which surrounds the country, most conspicuously to the east and to the south, and, by navies below the horizon, less conspicuously to the north and to the west. Everywhere is the Socialist Camp - a not unlikely adversary in some future conflict. In Sweden, however, there prevails a surprising reluctance to discuss the realities of the Camp. To say the least, such discussion is up-hill work. Looking for the reasons why, …

State Actors, Humanitarian Intervention And International Law: Reopening Pandora's Box, H. Scott Fairley

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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The Exculpatory Effect Of Self-Defense In State Responsibility, Gamal Moursi Badr

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Internal Colonialism And Humanitarian Intervention, M. Sornarajah

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Conscientious Objection To Military Service: A Report To The United Nations Division Of Human Rights, Jonathan M. Engram

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Role Of The United Nations In Internal Conflict, Paul C. Szasz

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Law Of War Developments Issue Introduction, David Glazier

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

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United Nations Peace Operations: Creating Space For Peace, Chris Jenks

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Despite over 120 countries contributing over 118,00 personnel in support of sixteen different United Nations peace operations around the world, and at a cost exceeding $US 7.83 billion, not much is known about these operations. This chapter seeks to alter, however slightly, that information deficit. This chapter first reviews the UN Charter basis for peace operations and explores the different between Chapter VI Peacekeeping and Chapter VII Peace Enforcement. The chapter then traces the historical development of peace operations from their cold war origins to the latest organizational structure within the U.N.’s Department of Peacekeeping Operations. The chapter then explores …

The Security Council Comes Of Age: An Analysis Of The International Legal Response To The Iraqi Invasion Of Kuwait, Christopher John Sabec

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Symposium - The Prospective Role Of The United Nations In Dealing With The International Use Of Force In The Post-Cold War Period: An Analysis In Light Of The Persian Gulf Crisis, Georgia Journal Of International And Comparative Law

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Blue Helmets In The Next Frontier: The Future Is Now, Sean R. Mikula

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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The New Dimensions Of United Nations Peacemaking, Louis B. Sohn

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Panel Iii: The Role Of The United Nations With Respect To The Means For Accomplishing The Maintenance And Restoration Of Peace, Sean D. Murphy

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Panel Iii: The Role Of The United Nations With Respect To The Means For Accomplishing The Maintenance And Restoration Of Peace, Winston A. Tubman

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Panel Iii: The Role Of The United Nations With Respect To The Means For Accomplishing The Maintenance And Restoration Of Peace, Raymond Sommereyns

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Panel Iii: The Role Of The United Nations With Respect To The Means For Accomplishing The Maintenance And Restoration Of Peace, John A. Macinnis

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Comparative Advantage And The United Nations In Situations Of Conflict, Frederic L. Kirgis

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Panel Ii: Global Attitudes On The Role Of The United Nations In The Maintenance And Restoration Of Peace, Josef Rohlik

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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A Mythical State's Attitude Toward The Role Of The United Nations In Maintaining And Restoring Peace, Frederic L. Kirgis

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Panel I: United States Attitudes On The Role Of The United Nations Regarding The Maintenance And The Restoration Of Peace, William R. Clontz

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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North Korean Time Bomb: Can Sanctions Defuse It? A Review Of International Economic Sanctions As An Option, Jeong Hwa Pires

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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The U.N. Conference On The Illicit Trade Of Small Arms And Light Weapons: An Exercise In Futility, Bobby L. Scott

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Revamping International Securites Laws To Break The Financial Infrastructure Of Global Terrorism, Sireesha Chenmolu

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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A Regime In Need Of Balance: The Un Counter-­Terrorism Regimes Of Security And Human Rights, Isaac Kfir

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

Since 9/11, the UN’s counter-­‐terrorism regime has developed two distinct approaches to combating international terrorism. The Security Council follows a traditional security doctrine that focuses on how to best protect states from the threat posed by international terrorists. This is largely due to the centrality of the state in Security Council thinking and attitudes. On the other hand, the General Assembly and the various UN human rights organs, influenced by the human security doctrine, have taken a more holistic, human rights-­‐based approach to the threat of international terrorism. This paper offers a review of how the dichotomy above affects the …

After Partition: The Perils Of South Sudan, Mario Silva

University of Baltimore Journal of International Law

The partition of South Sudan from the largest country on the African continent – Sudan, took place on July 9, 2011.1 The northern portion retained the name Sudan while the newly formed southern state would be known as South Sudan. South Sudan became the newest member of the United Nations (UN) with comparatively little infrastructure and limited arrangements for shared sovereignty by the international community. The partition process was undertaken with oversight from the United Nations and the African Union. It was rather idealistically considered a prelude to an enduring peace within this traditionally troubled African region. The former unitary …

The Limits Of Legality: Assessing Recent International Interventions In Civil Conflicts In The Middle-East, Feisal Amin Istrabadi

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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