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On Friday February 3 and Saturday February 4th the Santa Clara Law school will host a symposium on International Humanitarian Law. I will be serving as a moderator for Panel 3. The full schedule appears below, and more information about the symposium can be found here.
The 2012 Santa Clara Journal of International [...]
I’ve posted to SSRN (http://bit.ly/collateraldamage1) the abstract for my piece entitled The U.S. Practice of Collateral Damage Estimation and Mitigation. Here are the details:
This paper explains how the U.S. military estimates and mitigates the impact of conventional weapons on collateral persons and objects in most military operations involving air-to-surface weapons and [...]
“The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute (which created the International Criminal Court) held a review conference in Kampala, Uganda, in early June 2010, including a week of negotiations resulting in the adoption of a definition of the crime of aggression. Should the U.S. re-sign the Statute? Accede to the Statute? Continue its [...]
The Obama Administration and International Law
Harold Hongju Koh
Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State
Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law
Washington, DC
March 25, 2010
Thank you, Dean Areen, for that very generous introduction, and [...]
On February 22, at Noon I will be giving a speech at Temple University. The topic of the speech is “What to do about Guantanamo?” My remarks will focus on the challenges associated with closing the detention facility, and the broader challenges of detaining and trying suspected terrorists.
On February 10, 2010 I will be participating in a panel discussion focused on “How to Try Suspected Terrorists” sponsored by the Loyola Law School-Los Angeles International Law Society and Federalist Society chapters.
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Tomorrow there will be a fantastic event sponsored by three of my favorite organizations on a topic of great interest to me:
The Federalist Society’s International Law and National Security Law Practice Group, The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, and The National Review Institute are sponsoring an event entitled: [...]
Exactly one year has passed since President Obama declared he would close Guantanamo.
And today, The Washington Post reports that his Department of Justice Task Force will recommend “that nearly 50 of the 196 detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be held indefinitely without trial under [...]
On Friday September 11, 2009 The Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law will host Four Roundtables Reconciling National Security and the Rule of Law.
I’m presenting on the first panel with Larry May (Vanderbilt), Keith Petty (U.S. Army), Mike Newton (Vanderbilt), Morris Davis (USAF [...]
UPDATE: The radio show is now available for download. Click here to listen or download.
Tomorrow morning from 9am-10am (Thursday July 23, 2009) I will appear for an hour on “Smart Talk” WITF-89.5FM and 93.3FM. The topic is Guantanamo, the detainee task force, and President Obama’s [...]
Short Biography
Greg McNeal is a professor and national security specialist focusing on the institutions and challenges associated with global security, with substantive expertise in national security law and policy, transnational crime, global policy studies, and international affairs.
He teaches at Pepperdine University's School of Law and School of Public Policy.Recent Posts
- America’s Reach: The Constitutionality of Targeted Killing
- Does the NDAA Permit the Detention of U.S. Citizens?
- Are Targeted Killings Unlawful? A Case Study in Empirical Claims Without Empirical Evidence
- New Approaches to Reducing and Mitigating Harm to Civilians
- NDAA May Put Defense Contractors In Prison For Counterfeit Parts
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