http://aidpblog.org The official blog of the American National Section of the International Association of Penal Law. A discussion site for all things law, with a focus upon criminal justice policy and codification of criminal law; comparative criminal justice; international criminal law; human rights in the administration of criminal justice, and counterterrorism law & policy. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:35:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en See my article, "Negotiating Implementation of a Peace Agreement: Lessons Learned from Five Years at the Negotiating Table", forthcoming in the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution in 2010.  Abstract:      For five years (1994-1999), I directly negotiated ‘on the ground’ implementation of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process in the Gaza Strip. In my ... http://aidpblog.org/2010/01/20/negotiating-implementation-of-a-peace-agreement-lessons-learned-from-five-years-at-the-negotiating-table/ See my article, American Counterterrorism: The Triangle of Detention, Interrogation and Trial, which is soon to be published for the Magna Carta Institute's Symposium: "Towards a Global Legal Counter-Terrorism Model: Transatlantic Perspectives". Abstract:      Eight years after 9/11, American counterterrorism policy is in a state of extraordinary flux. More precisely it is ... http://aidpblog.org/2009/12/26/american-counterterrorism-the-triangle-of-detention-interrogation-and-trial/ See my article, Pre-Empting Terror Bombings - A Comparative Approach to Anticipatory Self-Defense, which is forthcoming in the University of Toledo Law Review in 2010.  Abstract:      The extreme urgency in discussing terror bombings and anticipatory self-defense cannot be overstated. Terror bombings were responsible for the single bloodiest month for U.S. and British troops in ... http://aidpblog.org/2009/11/24/pre-empting-terror-bombings-%e2%80%93-a-comparative-approach-to-anticipatory-self-defense/ See my article, Not “By All Means Necessary”: A Comparative Framework for Post-9/11 Approaches to Counterterrorism, which will be published by Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law. Abstract:      Counterterrorism significantly benefits from a comparativist approach. Precisely because no one country has the monopoly on effective operational measures, nation states significantly ... http://aidpblog.org/2009/11/18/not-by-all-means-necessary-a-comparative-framework-for-post-911-approaches-to-counterterrorism/ See the article, Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Operationalizing the Law of Armed Conflict in New Warfare, that I co-authored with Laurie R. Blank from Emory Law School which will be published in the inaugural volume of the Harvard National Security Journal. Abstract:      Current strategy in Afghanistan starkly illustrates the extraordinary challenges new warfare poses ... http://aidpblog.org/2009/11/18/teaching-an-old-dog-new-tricks-operationalizing-the-law-of-armed-conflict-in-new-warfare/ A judge in Milan, Italy handed down a ruling on November 4 sentencing those involved in the abduction of a Muslim cleric in 2003. Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr was snatched off the street in Milan, bundled into a van and then flown to Egypt where he was vigorously interrogated ... http://aidpblog.org/2009/11/14/extraordinary-rendition-case-against-cia-in-italy/ The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University released a new report entitled Federal Agencies Can't Agree on Who is a Terrorist.  TRAC always provides great information, and is an invaluable resource for counterterrorism scholars looking for data to support their arguments.  With that said, I don't agree with the conclusions in ... http://aidpblog.org/2009/09/29/who-is-a-terrorist-trac-report/ Scottish authorities recently freed convicted Pan Am 103 bomber, Abd al-Basit al-Megrahi, on “compassionate grounds,” sparking protests in America and the UK.  Magrahi has been diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer, and is expected to live only a few more months.   But make no mistake; Megrahi’s release was part of a ... http://aidpblog.org/2009/09/15/lockerbie-whitewash/ The New York Times recently reported that victims’ lawyers at the ECCC now are boycotting Duch’s trial. They are responding to the decision by judges to bar them from questioning Duch about his character – in particular, his personality and mental health. ECCC rules also permit parties civiles to receive damages. On ... http://aidpblog.org/2009/09/02/victims-and-the-khmer-rouge-tribunal/ The Leiden Journal of International Law (LJIL 22 [2009], pp. 525-541) has just published my article “Two Kinds of Wrong: On the Context Element of Crimes against Humanity” in which I try to demonstrate that - as with the tie between crimes against humanity and the perpetration of other international ... http://aidpblog.org/2009/09/02/two-kinds-of-wrong-on-the-context-element-of-crimes-against-humanity/