DOD’s New Ex Gratia Policy: What’s Right, What’s Wrong, and What’s Next
By Annie Shiel On June 22, the Department of Defense (DOD) issued an interim policy regulation for providing ex gratia payments to…
Time to flip the script on congressional arms sales powers
By Annie Shiel and Dan Mahanty On March 3, the House Rules Committee held a rare bipartisan hearing on the erosion of…
Civil Society Guidance for a Model DoD Policy on Civilian Harm
The FY19 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) enacted by Congress required the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to develop a…
Making Human Rights a Condition for Arms Sales is Smart Foreign Policy
December 24, 2019 – In the past few years we’ve seen U.S.-made planes and weapons bomb children in Yemen; gross violations…
A CIVIC Quick Reference Guide: US Law & Policy on the Use of Military Force and Lethal Operations – Part II (Partnered Operations)
Our first guide focused on US law and policy on the use of military force in the context of counterterrorism…
A CIVIC Quick Reference Guide: US Law & Policy on the Use of Military Force and Lethal Operations – Part I (Counterterrorism)
Where is the United States at war and what laws does the US government call upon as justification? As of…