While negotiators to prevent "killer robots" dithered, A.I. weapon systems have already arrived. Even in war, an algorithm should not be deciding who lives and dies. Why are we letting machines play God? I explain in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If Bush’s abusive response to the September 11 attacks had been prosecuted rather than swept under the rug, Trump would be less able to pursue his lawless policies today. We can’t rewind history, but we can learn from our historic failure. I explain: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I discuss Israel's war-crime expansion of settlements, the aim of its E1 project to render a contiguous Palestinian state impossible, and how the international response is toughening but inadequate -- on Asia One News. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcKX...

The death sentences for ex Syrian Pres Assad and others were the first Syrian court judgments against the deposed rulers. But the proceedings were plagued by problems, including the death penalty after an in absentia trial, that don't help build the rule of law. www.justsecurity.org/155118/limit...

Marco Rubio claims the International Criminal Court infringes American sovereignty, but what he really means is that it impedes Trump's self-declared prerogative to commit war crimes in ICC member states with impunity. I explain in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...