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Oona Hathaway
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Professor @YaleLawSch & Political Science @Yale. President, @asilorg. Former Special Counsel @DeptofDefense. Editor @just_security. @oonahathaway.bsky.social
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    Oona Hathaway
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    Dec 15, 2025
    I made a website that contains (nearly) all my writing and podcasts in one place. You can search across all the content at once. And you can subscribe to receive a newsletter when I post new work (no more than once a week). Let me know what you think! oonahathaway.com
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    Oona Hathaway
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    Dec 30, 2021
    Because nothing says rule of law and democracy like a secret courtroom.
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    Dec 30, 2021
    The Pentagon is building a second courtroom for war crimes trials at Guantánamo Bay that will exclude the public from the chamber. The plan is to allow two military judges to hold proceedings simultaneously starting in 2023. nyti.ms/3Hqi9Am
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    Oona Hathaway
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    Aug 12, 2022
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    It includes this handy table, for those trying to understand the relevant criminal law.
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    Oona Hathaway
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    Jan 26, 2024
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    Extensive order of provisional measures, all earning favorable votes from at least fifteen of the seventeen judges. This is pretty much everything South Africa could have hoped for.
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    Oona Hathaway
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    Jan 26, 2024
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    Some commentators are noting that the Court didn't order a cease fire. But it got as close to doing so as it was ever reasonable to expect it would.
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    Oona Hathaway
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    Jan 26, 2024
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    The Court finds that at least some of the acts alleged are capable of violating the Genocide Convention. It's important to note that this does not mean that it has concluded that Israel has committed genocide--just that the acts alleged could.
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    Oona Hathaway
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    Jan 3, 2022
    If this story is correct, the U.S. may not be properly abiding by its obligation under the Geneva Conventions to investigate possible war crimes. It also demonstrates how painfully little we know about the places where we are bombing.
    The actual site of a March 2016 coalition airstrike in Mosul, Iraq, was over a mile away from where the U.S. military said the strike had taken place.
    Documents Reveal Basic Flaws in Pentagon Dismissals of Civilian Casualty Claims (Published 2021)
    From nytimes.com
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    Oona Hathaway
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    Dec 7, 2021
    Excited to share my latest, for @ForeignAffairs: "Keeping the Wrong Secrets: How Washington Misses the Real Security Threat."
    Keeping the Wrong Secrets
    From foreignaffairs.com
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    Oona Hathaway
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    Sep 1, 2025
    It's out! "Recognition Rules: The Case for a New International Law of Government Recognition" Published in @nyulawreview, with coauthors Justin Cole and Alaa Hachem.
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    Oona Hathaway
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    Sep 25, 2023
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    The U.S. has been using force abroad for two decades now, coming up with more and more aggressive readings of the international legal framework to justify it. This story argues that other states are now starting to learn the lessons we've taught.
    Fears grow that overseas targeted killing by states is on the rise
    From washingtonpost.com
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    Oona Hathaway
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    Dec 29, 2023
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    For background on erga omnes partes standing--the basis for South Affrica's application--take a look at this forthcoming article: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
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    Oona Hathaway
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    Jan 9, 2022
    This is a fascinating piece. What's happening in Ukraine is a test of whether the key enforcement technique of the modern international legal order (what @scottjshapiro & I have called "outcasting") is up to the challenge of preserving the peace.
    Ukrainian soldiers at a combat position in Luhansk, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Diplomatic talks between the United States and Russia are scheduled for Monday in Geneva.
    U.S. Details Costs of a Russian Invasion of Ukraine (Published 2022)
    From nytimes.com
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    Oona Hathaway
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    Jan 2, 2022
    My latest: Secrecy's End. The United States government runs a massive system of national security secrecy. Here I ask whether the harms caused by this system are justified. Does this system really keep us safer? And if not, what should we do about it? minnesotalawreview.org/article/secrec…
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    Oona Hathaway
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    Jan 26, 2024
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    Palestinians constitute a protected group under the Genocide Convention. Palestinians in the Gaza Strip form a substantial portion of the protected group.
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