Browsing by Author "Modirzadeh, Naz"
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Advancing Humanitarian Commitments in Connection with Countering Terrorism: Exploring a Foundational Reframing concerning the Security Council
Lewis, Dustin; Kapoor, Radhika; Modirzadeh, Naz (Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, 2021-12)States spend tens of billions of dollars each year to help implement humanitarian programs in conflicts across the world. Yet, in practice, counterterrorism objectives increasingly prevail over humanitarian concerns, often ... -
Armed Non-State Actors and International Human Rights Law: An Analysis of the Practice of the U.N. Security Council and U.N. General Assembly
Burniske, Jessica; Modirzadeh, Naz Khatoon; Lewis, Dustin (Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, 2017)Several significant legal, policy, and practical concerns are at issue in whether armed non-state actors (ANSAs) will ultimately be recognized—by all relevant institutions and actors—as bearing human-rights obligations in ... -
Comment on the Pilot Empirical Survey Study on the Impact of Counterterrorism Measures on Humanitarian Action
Modirzadeh, Naz; Burniske, Jessica (Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, 2017-03)Counterterrorism laws and policies have been and will almost certainly continue to be part of the political landscape facing humanitarian actors. As terrorist-designated non-state actors increasingly control ... -
The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate and International Humanitarian Law: Preliminary Considerations for States
Lewis, Dustin; Modirzadeh, Naz; Burniske, Jessica (Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, 2020-03-30)In developing international humanitarian law (IHL), States have aimed in part to lay down the primary normative and operational framework pertaining to principled humanitarian action in situations of armed conflict. The ... -
Indefinite War: Unsettled International Law on the End of Armed Conflict
Lewis, Dustin Andrew; Blum, Gabriella; Modirzadeh, Naz Khatoon (The Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (HLS PILAC), 2017)Can we say, definitively, when an armed conflict no longer exists under international law? The short, unsatisfying answer is sometimes: it is clear when some conflicts terminate as a matter of international law, but a ... -
An Interpretive Note for U.N. Member States on Security Council Resolution 2664 (2022)
Kapoor, Radhika; Lewis, Dustin; Modirzadeh, Naz (Harvard Law School, 2023-03)On December 9, 2022, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 2664 (2022), laying down a limited, standing humanitarian-related “carve-out” from Council-decided asset freezes. The resolution warrants close ... -
Medical Care in Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law and State Responses to Terrorism
Lewis, Dustin Andrew; Modirzadeh, Naz Khatoon; Blum, Gabriella (Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, 2015)The surge in armed conflicts involving terrorism has brought to the fore the general question of medical care in armed conflict and the particular legal protections afforded to those providing such care to terrorists. ... -
Pilot Empirical Survey Study on the Impact of Counterterrorism Measures on Humanitarian Action
Burniske, Jessica S.; Modirzadeh, Naz (2017-03) -
Preparing for a Twenty-Four-Month Sprint: A Primer for Prospective and New Elected Members of the United Nations Security Council,
Ossoff, William; Modirzadeh, Naz; Lewis, Dustin (Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, 2020-12)Under the United Nations Charter, the U.N. Security Council has several important functions and powers, not least with regard to taking binding actions to maintain international peace and security. The ten elected members ... -
Quantum of Silence: Inaction and Jus ad Bellum
Lewis, Dustin; Modirzadeh, Naz; Blum, Gabriella (2019)In this paper, we examine the actual and potential roles of silence as an element of jus ad bellum treaty law and customary international law. By silence, we mean a lack of a publicly discernible response either to conduct ... -
Suppressing Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Supporting Principled Humanitarian Action: A Provisional Framework for Analyzing State Practice
Burniske, Jessica; Lewis, Dustin Andrew; Modirzadeh, Naz Khatoon (Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, 2015)In 2014, reports suggested that a surge of foreign jihadists were participating in armed conflicts in Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere. The United Nations Security Council responded by imposing in Resolution 2178 (2014) an array ... -
Taking into Account the Potential Effects of Counterterrorism Measures on Humanitarian and Medical Activities: Elements of an Analytical Framework for States Grounded in Respect for International Law
Lewis, Dustin; Modirzadeh, Naz (Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, 2021-05)For at least a decade, States, humanitarian bodies, and civil-society actors have raised concerns about how certain counterterrorism measures can prevent or impede humanitarian and medical activities in armed conflicts. ... -
Understanding Humanitarian Exemptions: UN Security Council Sanctions and Principled Humanitarian Action
King, Katie; Modirzadeh, Naz Khatoon; Lewis, Dustin Andrew (Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict Counterterrorism and Humanitarian Engagement Project. Harvard Law School., 2016) -
War-Algorithm Accountability
Lewis, Dustin Andrew; Blum, Gabriella; Modirzadeh, Naz Khatoon (Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (PILAC), 2016)In this briefing report, we introduce a new concept — war algorithms — that elevates algorithmically-derived “choices” and “decisions” to a, and perhaps the, central concern regarding technical autonomy in war. We thereby ...