The concepts of necessity, imminence, and proportionality play a central part in Daniel
Bethlehem's sixteen proposed principles regulating a state's use of force against an …

Which human rights violations or war crimes allegations result in exclusion from the refugee
regime? What human rights protections apply to someone declared an unlawful combatant …

States invariably justify using force extraterritorially by reference to their right of self-defence.
In doing so, they accept that the exercise of this right is conditioned by the customary …

Fact-Finding before the International Court of Justice examines a number of significant
recent criticisms of the way in which the ICJ deals with facts. The book takes the position that …

Through an analysis of the use of drones, Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi explores the ways in
which, in the context of counterterrorism, war, technology and the law interact and reshape …

Few events have influenced our global order as intensely as the events of September 11,
2001. At various levels in the past ten years, persistent attempts have been made to address …

What does it mean to say that international humanitarian law (IHL) strikes a realistic and
meaningful balance between military necessity and humanity, and that the law …

The killing of Osama bin Laden by US Special Forces on 2 May 2011 raises several
questions of international law with regard to the legality of this particular operation and the …

Does international law restrict the use of force by states in self-defense even when their
survival is threatened? Should it? To answer these questions, I compare international law to …

I am pleased to provide a brief response to the comments in the pages of this Journal on my
note on self-defense principles and to welcome those comments, as well as others, as …