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The Future of Nuclear Weapons
As part of the UNA-USA Annual Meeting on 10 June 2006, two nuclear weapons experts with differing views revealed their crystal ball predictions for the future of nuclear weapons and their recommendations to increase the utility and legitimacy of the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The session featured Leonard Spector, Deputy Director of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and Randy Rydell, Senior Fellow at the Arms Control Association. After presentations by each speaker, Ambassador Jonathan Dean moderated an open discussion.
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Aegis Report: The Enforcement of International Criminal LawThis report is a collection of essays by 8 authors, edited by Nick Donovan. It recommends a new convention on crimes against humanity to support greater harmonization across the domestic laws of states reluctant to join the ICC. It also recommends greater use of extra-territorial jurisdiction. The foreward by Justice Richard Goldstone states that these essays provide guidance to NGOs on possible future efforts to end impunity.
ASIL Discussion Paper: "Promises Not To Torture"
Ashley Deeks discusses the use of diplomatic assurances in U.S. courts In particular, the United States repeatedly has found itself in litigation about custodial transfers and the use of assur- ances. Courts now are pushing back in each scenario, even when the legal basis to do so is weak, and the U.S. government has lost a number of cases.


