Steven J. Barela

Senior Research Fellow, Law Faculty, University of Geneva -- Associate Research Fellow, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

[Steven J. Barela @StevenJBarela]

Huge congrats to editors @LieberCode @DuncanHollis @JaiChristian. I am honored to have contributed to each of these timely and important volumes.

[Jens David Ohlin @LieberCode]

Double unboxing!

[Just Security @just_security]

The #EU Digital Service Act offers hope for increased data access for researchers that can help counter #disinformation, writes @StevenJBarela. https://t.co/dpH4tdy0wH

[Steven J. Barela @StevenJBarela]

Delighted to see my piece go live @just_security. Too much chaos in the real world. New DSA offers an avenue to study the roots of disorder online.
https://t.co/GQ72xYs0sY

[Steven J. Barela @StevenJBarela]

Plan now for a stellar conference this fall on the #MéndezPrinciples on #EffectiveInterviewing & bridging the gap between science and interrogation @glynco @mariahartwig

[John Jay Research @JohnJayResearch]

Join @JohnJayCollege center @AletheiaFX September 27 in DC for a conference on bridging the gap between the science and practice of #interrogation.

Find the program here: https://t.co/sKziXuHs2D

And register for free, online: https://t.co/O70z9COX2U

#JJCResearch @CAIL_LAW

[Steven J. Barela @StevenJBarela]

Now this is very interesting...

[jenny hill @jennyhillBBC]

The independent Novaya Gazeta refuses to publish reports on the ‘special military operation’ under those constraints. So today it’s published 2 blank pages instead

[Mark Fallon @glynco]

Interview practices have been slower to change in the U.S. In 2006, the ISB reviewed the practices utilized to obtain information by military intelligence officers and found that they were “largely devoid of any scientific validity” (@CAMeissner & Fallon, 2015). @AletheiaFX

[Steven J. Barela @StevenJBarela]

Important development: Biden admin categorically rejects any use of torture evidence in GTMO case. Time for thorough review of all cases.

Of interest to many, and specifically @GaggioliGloria @pavle_kilibarda for great work on int'l question

https://t.co/cqAOtJe9RK

[Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenberg]

The statement follows the @ICRC's most recent visit to Guantanamo, held last month. The organization says there have been 139 delegation trips to the Navy base since Camp X-Ray opened in January 2002 -- to meet with both prisoners and prison leadership.
(Red Cross handout photo)

[Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenberg]

"The humanitarian rationale for enabling those to leave who are cleared to do so is obvious, and all the more so for those whose departures have been delayed for so long."
--International Red Cross DC chief urging White House to move on Gitmo transfers.
https://t.co/aEGBVlPZgx

[Steven J. Barela @StevenJBarela]

It is inexcusable that after 20 years of a legal black hole at #GTMO, Biden admin has "barely begun efforts" to transfer detainees and close facility.

A Rare Public Wake-Up Call from the ICRC on Guantanamo Transfers https://t.co/MHjo6uFJsf

[Steven J. Barela @StevenJBarela]

@justinhendrix once again connects the digital dots and poses the right questions…

https://t.co/4ObudGUb5J and President Trump’s Foreknowledge of the Attack on the Capitol https://t.co/Kq8zbbZvFW

[Steven J. Barela @StevenJBarela]

- 13 Recommendations to shutter #Guantanamo #GTMO

"It is time ... to step up and end this stain on our collective political and legal consciousness for the surviving family members, our nation, and our reputation as a people that believe in and uphold the #RuleOfLaw."

[Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL) @PennCERL]

#PressRelease: On the 20th anniversary of the arrival of detainees at the Guantánamo Bay (#GTMO) detention facility, CERL releases 13 recommendations on how to shutter the prison. Read more here - https://t.co/BO0zrbzwPh

#RuleofLaw #CloseGuantanamo

[Mark Fallon @glynco]

#BreakingNews

Please read & retweet @PennCERL Working Group Statement

- 13 Recommendations to shutter the #Guantanamo Bay gulag

- #GTMO is a failed experiment

- restore the #RuleOfLaw

- with actionable steps for President Biden & Congress.

#TruthMatters #JusticeMatters

[Steven J. Barela @StevenJBarela]

Very much looking forward to joining @NilsMelzer Barbara Bernath @apt_geneva and Ruth Ssekindi @UHRC_UGANDA to discuss the #MéndezPrinciples on #EffectiveInterviewing for #HumanRightsDay2021

[APT Geneva @apt_geneva]

On this years' #HumanRightsDay, we will be at the @Geneva_Academy to discuss the impact of the #MéndezPrinciples on human rights advancement.

Join our SG, Barbara Bernath, @NilsMelzer, @StevenJBarela & Ruth Ssekindi @UHRC_UGANDA.

Register here: https://t.co/UCOSGmOU4f

[Steven J. Barela @StevenJBarela]

Sharp and powerful letter to Senate Judiciary by @glynco, Interim Exec Directoter @PennCERL, outlining extremely important policy doc coming from institute on closing #Guantanamo. Well worth a read as we soon arrive at 20 years of broken justice.

[Project Aletheia @AletheiaFX]

Following #PrePub review, Project Aletheia Co-Founder @glynco submitted a Statement for the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings on Closing #Guantanamo: 20 Years of Injustice.
#TruthMatters #BeTheChange
https://t.co/LtyLOnrQc7

[Mark Fallon @glynco]

Good luck @MarkSZaidEsq -#PrePub #censorship to manipulate the minds of the public must cease. I’m appealing redactions of matters of public record & previously cleared material in “The End of Innocence”, about the legacy of #Guantanamo & #torture. #TruthMatters @knightcolumbia

[Steven J. Barela @StevenJBarela]

Best of luck to @glynco et al. that the SC takes up this important case on #PrePub. Way too much can be hidden w/abuse of process #TruthMatters #Transparency #FreeSpeech matters

[Mark Fallon @glynco]

On behalf of my and four other government employees, @knightcolumbia and @ACLU Have Petitioned the Supreme Court To Review Constitutionality of Intelligence Agencies’ “Prepublication Review” Regimes of #PrePub #Censorship #TruthMatters #FreeSpeech matters #FirstAmendment matters

[Jamil Dakwar @jdakwar]

Biden administration submitted the 6th U.S. periodic report to the UN Committee Against Torture which covers the time period from 2014 through early 2021. The report was submitted just before the election of new experts to the Committee. THREAD 1/ https://t.co/wUQkOHI9U7

[Just Security @just_security]

Join us!

We're co-organizing event to discuss @CrisisGroup report, "Overkill: Reforming the Legal Basis for the US War on Terror"

Speakers:

@bridgewriter
LtCol John Cherry (USMC, Ret)
@LorenRaeDeJ
@BCFinucane
@mwhanna1

Weds, Oct 20, 11am ET

Register👇
https://t.co/Vc8m0a1hzD

[Kubo Mačák @KuboMacak]

Our full statement at the #UNGA76 First Committee general debate on disarmament and int'l security is now available online:

➡️ https://t.co/pzQSrBCfLG

Read on for a 360-degree overview of key topics, including #TPNW, #NPT, #AWS, #cyber, #CCW, #OuterSpace ...and of course #IHL