Public Acknowledgement and Investigations of U.S. “Targeted Killings” and Drone Strikes
| Title: | Public Acknowledgement and Investigations of U.S. “Targeted Killings” and Drone Strikes |
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| Authors: | American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU); Amnesty International; Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC); Center for Constitutional Rights; European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights; Human Rights Clinic; Human Rights First; Human Rights Watch; Open Society Foundations; Reprieve |
| Source: | Human Rights Institute |
| Publisher Information: | Scholarship Archive |
| Publication Year: | 2015 |
| Collection: | Columbia Law School: Scholarship Repository |
| Subject Terms: | drone strikes; targeted killing; Pakistan; Yemen; lethal force; counterterrorism; Human Rights Law; Law; Military; War; and Peace |
| Description: | The United Nations, local and international human rights organizations, and journalists have investigated and reported numerous cases in which there is credible evidence of harm to Yemeni, Pakistani, and other civilians from U.S. strikes carried out in secret, often using drones. The families of those individuals are still seeking redress and accountability, and the continued refusal of your administration even to officially acknowledge their losses compounds their suffering |
| Document Type: | text |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | unknown |
| Relation: | https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/human_rights_institute/36; https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/context/human_rights_institute/article/1035/viewcontent/civil_society_joint_letter_to_obama_on_drone_strikes___may_13_2015.pdf |
| Availability: | https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/human_rights_institute/36; https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/context/human_rights_institute/article/1035/viewcontent/civil_society_joint_letter_to_obama_on_drone_strikes___may_13_2015.pdf |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.F9F6E1BF |
| Database: | BASE |