International Law
What turning point in history shifted international law to include human rights, arms control, and and transnational organizations?
What is WWII/Holocaust
"Justice in War"- seeks to moderate the conduct of war activities with international humanitarian law
What is Jus in bello
Debated figure which leaked thousands of NSA documents showing that without court warrants, the United States routinely collects the phone logs of tens of millions of Americans.
Who is Edward Snowden
What is CitizenFour
What is the biggest challenge in international law?
What is the lack of enforcement
Post 9/11 congressional statute granting the President legal authority to use military force without a formal declaration of war
What is the Authorization to use Military Force (AUMF)
Post 9/11 act that allowed the US government to detain, without charges, any non-US citizens suspected of terrorist activity.
What is the USA Patriot Act of 2001
The United States government charges with two felonies under the __________ Act and asks Hong Kong to extradite him
What is the Espionage Act
Organization which promotes core values of "territorial integrity" and "the right to self defense"
What is the United Nations
Place where the term “associated forces” was used to justify detaining prisoners of war with growing concerns of disproportionate torture
What is Guantanamo Bay
President who signed an order authorizing the monitoring of international phone calls and emails of thousands of people without warrants
Who is George W. Bush
What type of lawyer was defending Snowden in the CitizenFour documentary?
What is a human rights lawyer
Unwritten standards and practices that most countries agree on
What is Customary Law
Creation in 2002 lead to the largest reorganization of the federal government since World War II. Includes the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
What is the Department of Homeland Security
Criticized for being a "backdoor" for electronically spying on Americans
What is the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
This was used by Nancy Hollander and her team to challenge Mohamedou Ould Slahi's detention at Guantanamo Bay
What is a habeas corpus petition
Settles disputes between UN member states and gives out advisory opinions
A tradition of military ethics that determines which actions are acceptable when waging war
What is Just War Theory
2008 case which stated the 2006 Military Commissions Act, which included a provision banning foreign detainees labeled “enemy combatants” from challenging their detention in court, was illegal because it unconstitutionally suspended the detainees’ writ of habeas corpus.
What is Boumediene v. Bush
In the film The Mauritanian, Mohamedou Ould Slahi was detained in Guantanamo Bay because of
What is alleged ties to Al-Qaeda/no formal charges