Mathias Hong
@hongmathias.bsky.social
Human Rights & Constitutional Law • Prof. of Public Law (Kehl) (private account; reposts ≤ endorsement) • 2005-2008: law clerk @BVerfG (Federal Constitutional Court of Germany) • https://verfassungsblog.de/author/mathias-hong/ • (Foto (c) U. Völkner)
"The commander of US Southern Command, Adm. Alvin Holsey, offered to resign" last month and "will leave his post in December".
Lawyers "within DoD’s Office of General Counsel have also raised concerns". "Multiple current and former uniformed lawyers told CNN that the strikes do not appear lawful."
Lawyers "within DoD’s Office of General Counsel have also raised concerns". "Multiple current and former uniformed lawyers told CNN that the strikes do not appear lawful."
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"The commander of US Southern Command, Adm. Alvin Holsey, offered to resign" last month and "will leave his post in December".
Lawyers "within DoD’s Office of General Counsel have also raised concerns". "Multiple current and former uniformed lawyers told CNN that the strikes do not appear lawful."
Lawyers "within DoD’s Office of General Counsel have also raised concerns". "Multiple current and former uniformed lawyers told CNN that the strikes do not appear lawful."
Natasha Bertrand: The UK "is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal".
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Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Natasha Bertrand: The UK "is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal".
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Annie Shiel et al. (17 Sept.):
"A State intentionally killing a person outside of armed conflict and without due process is an extrajudicial killing under international law. Extrajudicial killing is a form of murder."
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"A State intentionally killing a person outside of armed conflict and without due process is an extrajudicial killing under international law. Extrajudicial killing is a form of murder."
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Murder by Drone: The Legal and Moral Stakes of the Caribbean Strikes
If allowed to go unchecked, the Caribbean strikes could encourage additional unlawful executions by the United States and other leaders.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Annie Shiel et al. (17 Sept.):
"A State intentionally killing a person outside of armed conflict and without due process is an extrajudicial killing under international law. Extrajudicial killing is a form of murder."
www.justsecurity.org/120794/legal...
"A State intentionally killing a person outside of armed conflict and without due process is an extrajudicial killing under international law. Extrajudicial killing is a form of murder."
www.justsecurity.org/120794/legal...
Just Security "Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers"
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Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers
Collection of expert analysis on the legality of the U.S. strike on Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean, the consequences of the strike, and related issues.
www.justsecurity.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Just Security "Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers"
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Jeremy Chin and Margaret Lin: Timeline of Vessel Strikes and Related Actions
"... chronicles major events in the Trump administration’s ongoing campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific"
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"... chronicles major events in the Trump administration’s ongoing campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific"
www.justsecurity.org/124002/timel...
Timeline of Vessel Strikes and Related Actions
A timeline that chronicles major events in the Trump administration’s campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers.
www.justsecurity.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Jeremy Chin and Margaret Lin: Timeline of Vessel Strikes and Related Actions
"... chronicles major events in the Trump administration’s ongoing campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific"
www.justsecurity.org/124002/timel...
"... chronicles major events in the Trump administration’s ongoing campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific"
www.justsecurity.org/124002/timel...
Now "more than 60 people" - illegally - "killed since early September", among them "a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month", "a former military cadet" and "a down-on-his-luck bus driver".
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Trump says boat crews are narco-terrorists. The truth is more nuanced, AP finds
In interviews in villages on Venezuela's northeastern coast, from which some of the boats departed, residents and relatives said the dead men had been running drugs but were not narco-terrorists.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Now "more than 60 people" - illegally - "killed since early September", among them "a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month", "a former military cadet" and "a down-on-his-luck bus driver".
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Diese gute Botschaft hat danach auch ein großes selbstverstärkendes Potential: Je mehr davon wissen, umso mehr kann dies die Bereitschaft zur Mitmenschlichkeit noch verstärken.
Jedenfalls taten mir beide Bücher (in diesen harten Zeiten für Demokratie und Menschenrechte) unglaublich gut.
11/11
Jedenfalls taten mir beide Bücher (in diesen harten Zeiten für Demokratie und Menschenrechte) unglaublich gut.
11/11
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Diese gute Botschaft hat danach auch ein großes selbstverstärkendes Potential: Je mehr davon wissen, umso mehr kann dies die Bereitschaft zur Mitmenschlichkeit noch verstärken.
Jedenfalls taten mir beide Bücher (in diesen harten Zeiten für Demokratie und Menschenrechte) unglaublich gut.
11/11
Jedenfalls taten mir beide Bücher (in diesen harten Zeiten für Demokratie und Menschenrechte) unglaublich gut.
11/11
Die beiden Bücher zusammen haben meine Vorauffassungen über das Potential des Guten in Menschen um 180 Grad korrigiert. Wie offenbar die meisten legte ich bislang die Firnistheorie zugrunde.
Das Bregman-Buch sollte, denke ich, in Schulen, Hochschulen und Medien Pflichtlektüre sein.
10/
Das Bregman-Buch sollte, denke ich, in Schulen, Hochschulen und Medien Pflichtlektüre sein.
10/
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Die beiden Bücher zusammen haben meine Vorauffassungen über das Potential des Guten in Menschen um 180 Grad korrigiert. Wie offenbar die meisten legte ich bislang die Firnistheorie zugrunde.
Das Bregman-Buch sollte, denke ich, in Schulen, Hochschulen und Medien Pflichtlektüre sein.
10/
Das Bregman-Buch sollte, denke ich, in Schulen, Hochschulen und Medien Pflichtlektüre sein.
10/
Faszinierend die historischen Berichte über die lange geringe "Schussquote" (sogar) unter Soldaten, die zum Töten ausgebildet werden. Die meisten Kriegsopfer erzeugten stattdessen stets die "anonymeren", distanzierteren Waffentechniken. 9/
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Faszinierend die historischen Berichte über die lange geringe "Schussquote" (sogar) unter Soldaten, die zum Töten ausgebildet werden. Die meisten Kriegsopfer erzeugten stattdessen stets die "anonymeren", distanzierteren Waffentechniken. 9/