Homeland Security & Terrorism
UN Observer Criticizes Drone Strikes
March 20, 2013
UN Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson claims that US drone strikes in Pakistan violate the country's sovereignty and calls for an end to "military interference" in the Afghanistan border region.AI Seeks Stringent Arms Treaty
March 15, 2013
Amnesty International asserts that the arms trade treaty set to be negotiated at the UN should restrict trade of all kinds of weapons and munitions for use in security and military operations.Blog: EU Cyber Law Is "Model for Global Governance"
March 13, 2013
A post on The ISN Blog argues that the European Union should hold out its cybersecurity system as a model to be emulated in other countries and global Internet agreements.UN Expert Calls for Release of US Detention Documents
March 6, 2013
The Washington Post reports that UN special rapporteur Ben Emmerson will ask the US to hand over the findings of its Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's investigation on the alleged torture of war on terror detainees.ECHR to Declassify Documents on CIA Prison in Poland
February 13, 2013
The Polish foreign minister says that a decision of the European Court of Human Rights ("ECHR") to publish information from Poland on secret CIA prisons could persuade the country not to cooperate with the court in the future.Supporter of Population Control Claims Effect on Terrorism
February 12, 2013
An observer from the group Population Matters argues that excessive population growth in countries like Mali is "the real reason" such countries produce a large number of terrorists.Groves: US Should Not Comply with Drone Investigation
February 12, 2013
The Heritage Foundation's Steven Groves urges the federal government not to cooperate with the UN investigation of the US's implementation of drone strikes in the War on Terror, as he argues that the result of the investigation, that such strikes are unlawful, is pre-ordained.EU Proposes Uniform Cyber-security Regulations
February 6, 2013
The European Commission has proposed a cyber-security measure that would mandate that all EU countries set up an authority to monitor Internet security.Human Rights First Criticizes Legal Basis for U.S. Drone Attacks
February 6, 2013
Human Rights First has criticized key aspects of the Obama Administration's legal justification for the targeted killing of American citizens abroad as contained in a U.S. Department of Justice White Paper.Scholar Advises Energy Companies to Show Restraint in Dealing with Terrorists
January 30, 2013
Visiting Columbia Scholar Christine Bader argues that oil and gas companies should show restraint following the terrorist attack on a facility in Algeria.A JOINT PROGRAM OF
