Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato Recent documents in Anthony D'Amato en-us Sun, 31 May 2009 03:33:50 PDT 3600 http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/22 http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/22 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:06:38 PDT I see no basis whatsoever in law for the UN Security Council's assertion of power to dispose of Kosovo. Anthony D'Amato Kosovo http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/21 http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/21 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:34:47 PDT I suggest a very simple UN resolution for the Middle East conflict. Anthony D'Amato Middle East conflict http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/20 http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/20 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:22:00 PDT Anthony D'Amato Middle East conflict http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/19 http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/19 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:51:53 PDT The Israeli air strike on Qana that killed over 60 Lebanese civilians has set the stage not only for possible war crimes prosecutions but also for a potentially-robust UN Security Council resolution imposing a UN peacekeeping force on the parties in an effort to stop the violence. Anthony D'Amato War Crimes http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/18 http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/18 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:33:11 PDT Both Hezbollah and Israel are guilty of committing war crimes in the latest Middle East conflict. Anthony D'Amato War Crimes http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/17 http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/17 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:48:41 PDT While the legal status of the current Middle East conflict embroiling Israel and Lebanon is not easily characterized by traditional definitions of international armed conflict, it falls at least partially under a doctrine originating closer to home. Anthony D'Amato International Law Middle East conflict http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/16 http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/16 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:29:15 PDT For the following reasons, military action against Iran can only be an action involving the use of nuclear weapons. Anthony D'Amato Nuclear Weapons http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/15 http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/15 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:55:16 PDT The recent UN Security Council resolution on North Korea passed in the wake of its nuclear test is a precedent-setting instance of aggressive collective action against would-be nuclear proliferation that could impact Iran, Israel, and other potential nuclear weapons states. Anthony D'Amato UN North Korea Resolution http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/14 http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/14 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:46:47 PDT Creating an independent multi-ethnic state in Kosovo would almost certainly be a human rights disaster for the 200,000 Serbs living there. Anthony D'Amato Kosovo http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/13 http://works.bepress.com/anthony_damato/13 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:43:32 PDT The sweeping Guantanamo "confessions" of al Qaeda leader Khalid Shaikh Mohammed rival the scope of those made in the Stalinist purge trials of the 1930s, and should equally prompt us to question the legal process in which they were made. Anthony D'Amato War Crimes