http://blog.oup.com/2015/12/human-rights-and-security-in-us-history/ BY KEVIN GOVERN DECEMBER 9TH 2015 This Human Rights Day, commemorating the 10 December 1948 proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we embark on a year-long observance of the 50th anniversary of the two International Covenants on Human Rights: the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural…
Tea Leaf Nation China’s Communist Party Hails Its Own Legitimacy Amid Online Skepticism Web users and academics cast doubt on the official claim, citing lack of free speech and popular representation. By Lotus Ruan September 17, 2015 and see: A Chinese attack targeted personal emails of “all top [U.S.] national…
The Arab League Joint Military Force – Countering Extremism and Political Instability Wednesday 1 April 2015 at 7:44 PM ET edited by Yuxin Jiang JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern, Associate Professor of Law at Ave Maria School of Law, Naples, FL, considers the ramifications of the recent Arab League agreement…
Monthly Archives: December 2014 Cyber War Law and Ethics for Virtual Conflicts Posted on December 25, 2014 https://global.oup.com/academic/product/cyber-war-9780198717492?cc=us&lang=en& Edited by Claire Finkelstein, Jens David Ohlin, and Kevin Govern Explores the controversial legal and ethical problems raised by cyber war, critically assessing the received wisdom about its legal implications Examines the…
‘Guns for Hire, Death on Demand’: The Permissibility of U.S. Outsourcing of Drone Attacks to Civilian Surrogates of the Armed Forces and Challenges to Traditional Just War Theory Posted on December 11, 2013 Guns for Hire Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a reply Edit Call for Papers– 2014 Cadet/Student Conference…
The Logic of Deterrence and the Changing Face of Warfare Posted on November 14, 2012 CERL hosts conference, “The Logic of Deterrence and the Changing Face of Warfare,” Nov. 16-17 November 14, 2012 The Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL) is hosting this conference on The Logic of Deterrence…
Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law, UPenn Law https://www.law.upenn.edu/institutes/cerl/ Department of Security, Fire, and Emergency Management, John Jay College of Criminal Justice http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/department-security-fire-and-emergency-management Institute for Law and Public Policy, Cal U http://www.calu.edu/business-community/ilpp/index.htm Modern War Institute, United States Military Academy http://www.mwi.usma.edu Opinio Juris (Jens Ohlin et. al.) http://opiniojuris.org Further Reading This…
