U.N. Security Council

human rights, International Law, Iran, Lebanon, syria, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council November 25, 2011

Crisis in Lebanon: Hezbollah versus the United Nations, International Law, and the World Community

(Developing Story) Following the death of Antonio Cassesse, the former president of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, the new president, Judge Sir David Baragwanath, visited…

China, coverage of foreign events, Crimes Against Humanity, Dictatorship, extrajudicial execution, France, History, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Middle East, NATO, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, State Department, syria, Torture, Turkey, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, united arab emirates, United Kingdom, United States, use of force, war crimes November 19, 2011

REPRISE: Syria and the Shame of the World

Originally published August 20, 2011 Bashar Al-Assad is pursuing the Libyan solution to civilian demonstrations–turn your tanks and your weapons on the demonstrators, and kill…

Barack Obama, China, Crimes Against Humanity, Czechoslovakia, extrajudicial execution, History, human rights, International Law, Lebanon, Libya, NATO, Russia, State Department, syria, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United Kingdom, United States, use of force, war crimes August 20, 2011

Syria — And the Shame of the World

(Developing) Bashar Al-Assad is pursuing the Libyan solution to civilian demonstrations–turn your tanks and your weapons on the demonstrators, and kill as many of them…

Africa, Barack Obama, France, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, Libya, NATO, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military April 26, 2011

The Human Cost: Obama’s Debacle in Libya — Update #3 (April 26)

While the international coaltion hesitates to take decisive action to remove Qaddafi from power, the human cost rises. Qaddafi’s forces unleased artillery attacks on Misrata’s…

Crimes Against Humanity, extrajudicial execution, France, Libya, NATO, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, war crimes March 10, 2011

Libya—America Abdicates Global Leadership in Struggle for Democracy

Today is a sad day for the Observer, as America abdicates its moral leadership in world affairs by adopting the role of mere spectator of…

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