SOURCE: Reuters – by Patrick Worsnip A U.N. investigator called on the world body on Friday to set up a panel to study the ethics and legality of unmanned military weapons — an apparent reference to U.S. drones that… Read More ›
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My letter on armed drones
The Guardian has published my letter in response to the Philip Alston report calling for similar scrutiny of the British use of armed drones. Philip Alston’s report to the UN human rights council (Report, 4 June) on CIA drone strikes in… Read More ›
UN Drone report coverage
There has generally been good coverage of Philip Alston’s measured and detailed report on the use of the use of armed drones for targetted killings, see for example The Guardian coverage and The Washington Post. Predictably though the report has come under… Read More ›
Philip Alston Report to UN Human Rights Council
The much-anticipated report from Philip Alston, the UN’s special representative on extrajudicial execution on the use of armed drones for targeted killings is now available. Philip Alston’s report to the UN Human Rights Council will undoubtably cause much controversy over the coming days and… Read More ›
