Steven J. Barela
@StevenJBarela
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Senior Research Fellow, Law Faculty, University of Geneva -- Associate Research Fellow, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Geneva, Switzerland
Joined December 2009
Huge congrats to editors @LieberCode @DuncanHollis @JaiChristian. I am honored to have contributed to each of these timely and important volumes.
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RT @just_security: The #EU Digital Service Act offers hope for increased data access for researchers that can help counter #disinformation,…
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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.
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Plan now for a stellar conference this fall on the #MéndezPrinciples on #EffectiveInterviewing & bridging the gap between science and interrogation @glynco @mariahartwig
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: And register for free, online: #JJCResearch @CAIL_LAW
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Now this is very interesting...
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
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RT @glynco: Interview practices have been slower to change in the U.S. In 2006, the ISB reviewed the practices utilized to obtain informati…
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RT @CyberpeaceInst: #NGOs, humanitarian & healthcare organizations are under attack. What are the challenges, what can be done? Full video…
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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
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RT @carolrosenberg: The statement follows the @ICRC's most recent visit to Guantanamo, held last month. The organization says there have be…
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RT @carolrosenberg: "The humanitarian rationale for enabling those to leave who are cleared to do so is obvious, and all the more so for th…
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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
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@justinhendrix once again connects the digital dots and poses the right questions… and President Trump’s Foreknowledge of the Attack on the Capitol
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- 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."
#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 - #RuleofLaw #CloseGuantanamo
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RT @glynco: #BreakingNews Please read & retweet @PennCERL Working Group Statement - 13 Recommendations to shutter the #Guantanamo Bay gu…
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Very much looking forward to joining @NilsMelzer Barbara Bernath @apt_geneva and Ruth Ssekindi @UHRC_UGANDA to discuss the #MéndezPrinciples on #EffectiveInterviewing for #HumanRightsDay2021
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:
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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.
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
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RT @glynco: Good luck @MarkSZaidEsq -#PrePub #censorship to manipulate the minds of the public must cease. I’m appealing redactions of matt…
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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
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
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RT @jdakwar: Biden administration submitted the 6th U.S. periodic report to the UN Committee Against Torture which covers the time period f…
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RT @just_security: Join us! We're co-organizing event to discuss @CrisisGroup report, "Overkill: Reforming the Legal Basis for the US War…
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RT @KuboMacak: Our full statement at the #UNGA76 First Committee general debate on disarmament and int'l security is now available online:…
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