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Steven J. Barela

@StevenJBarela

Senior Research Fellow, Law Faculty, University of Geneva -- Associate Research Fellow, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

 Geneva, Switzerland
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Joined December 2009
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Just Security@just_security20 Oct 2022
The #EU Digital Service Act offers hope for increased data access for researchers that can help counter #disinformation, writes @StevenJBarela. justsecurity.org/83622/dawni…
Dawning Digital Data Access via New EU Law

Dawning Digital Data Access via New EU Law

The Data Services Act allows for legally-mandated access to data so that independent social scientists can study the online public square.

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Mark Fallon@glynco14 Feb 2022
Interview practices have been slower to change in the U.S. In 2006, the ISB reviewed the practices utilized to obtain information by military intelligence officers and found that they were “largely devoid of any scientific validity” (@CAMeissner & Fallon, 2015). @AletheiaFX
Gary Cordner (@gcordner) profile pictureGary Cordner@gcordner14 Feb 2022
Criminal investigation and the art of the interview gcordner.wordpress.com/2022/…
Criminal investigation and the art of the interview

Criminal investigation and the art of the interview

Interviewing and interrogation are key elements of policing, including criminal investigation. Aggressive and accusatory methods have been the norm for a hundred years or longer, aided by psycholog…

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The statement follows the @ICRC's most recent visit to Guantanamo, held last month. The organization says there have been 139 delegation trips to the Navy base since Camp X-Ray opened in January 2002 -- to meet with both prisoners and prison leadership. (Red Cross handout photo)
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"The humanitarian rationale for enabling those to leave who are cleared to do so is obvious, and all the more so for those whose departures have been delayed for so long." --International Red Cross DC chief urging White House to move on Gitmo transfers. icrc.org/en/document/icrc-ca…
After 20 years of visits, ICRC calls for transfers of eligible Guantanamo detainees

After 20 years of visits, ICRC calls for transfers of eligible Guantanamo detainees

After 20 years of visits to detainees at Guantanamo Bay detention camp, the International Committee of the Red Cross is calling for accelerated efforts by the US government to transfer all of the...

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Mark Fallon@glynco11 Jan 2022
#BreakingNews Please read & retweet @PennCERL Working Group Statement - 13 Recommendations to shutter the #Guantanamo Bay gulag - #GTMO is a failed experiment - restore the #RuleOfLaw - with actionable steps for President Biden & Congress. #TruthMatters #JusticeMatters
Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL) (@PennCERL) profile pictureCenter for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL)@PennCERL11 Jan 2022
#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 - mailchi.mp/c70c6ec97d96/how-… #RuleofLaw #CloseGuantanamo
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Mark Fallon@glynco30 Nov 2021
Good luck @MarkSZaidEsq -#PrePub #censorship to manipulate the minds of the public must cease. I’m appealing redactions of matters of public record & previously cleared material in “The End of Innocence”, about the legacy of #Guantanamo & #torture. #TruthMatters @knightcolumbia
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Mark S. Zaid (@MarkSZaidEsq) profile pictureMark S. Zaid@MarkSZaidEsq29 Oct 2021
1/Today we filed #1stAmendment lawsuit in U.S. District Court in DC against @DeptofDefense challenging delays in prepublication classification review of client's manuscript:“Hunting Nukes, A Fifty-Year Pursuit of Atom Bomb Builders and Mischief Makers”.
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Jamil Dakwar@jdakwar12 Oct 2021
Biden administration submitted the 6th U.S. periodic report to the UN Committee Against Torture which covers the time period from 2014 through early 2021. The report was submitted just before the election of new experts to the Committee. THREAD 1/ aclu.org/report/united-state…
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Just Security@just_security15 Oct 2021
Join us! We're co-organizing event to discuss @CrisisGroup report, "Overkill: Reforming the Legal Basis for the US War on Terror" Speakers: @bridgewriter LtCol John Cherry (USMC, Ret) @LorenRaeDeJ @BCFinucane @mwhanna1 Weds, Oct 20, 11am ET Register👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Kubo Mačák@KuboMacak11 Oct 2021
Our full statement at the #UNGA76 First Committee general debate on disarmament and int'l security is now available online: ➡️ icrc.org/en/document/stateme… Read on for a 360-degree overview of key topics, including #TPNW, #NPT, #AWS, #cyber, #CCW, #OuterSpace ...and of course #IHL

Statement at 76th United Nations General Assembly, First Committee General debate on all disarmam...

Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) — 11 October 2021

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@Reuters8 Oct 2021
Two journalists whose work has angered the authorities in Russia and the Philippines were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, honoring the right to free speech which the prize-giving committee described as under threat around the globe reut.rs/3llrYqJ
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OH MY GOD, @mariaressa!!! You’ve only gone & won the Nobel Prize!!!! This is AMAZING! I am so unbelievably proud to be friends with this amazing woman who has stood up for journalists everywhere. 👏👏👏
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@NobelPrize8 Oct 2021
2021 peace laureates Maria Ressa, @mariaressa, and Dmitry Muratov are receiving the #NobelPeacePrize for their courageous fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia. #NobelPrize
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🚨BREAKING🚨Real @FBoversight Board member @mariaressa wins #NobelPeacePrize2021 'for her courageous fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines' OMG!
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@NobelPrize8 Oct 2021
2021 peace laureates Maria Ressa, @mariaressa, and Dmitry Muratov are receiving the #NobelPeacePrize for their courageous fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia. #NobelPrize
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I’m so incredibly DELIGHTED for @mariaressa but I also want to explain why this decision by @NobelPrize is so important at this moment (& why it’s more very bad news for Facebook)
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@NobelPrize8 Oct 2021
BREAKING NEWS: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace. #NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize
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‘You cannot have integrity of elections, if you do not have integrity of facts’ And we don’t. We have neither. @mariaressa has been beating this drum & trying to make us understand the existential assault on the truth. And where this leads
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And this was the other side of the conversation…!
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Jameel Jaffer@JameelJaffer6 Oct 2021
It's disgraceful that the Court is taking this state secrets argument seriously. What's left of human rights law if government officials can avoid accountability for the worst human rights violations simply by refusing to acknowledge facts that everyone knows to be true?
Hina Shamsi (@HinaShamsi) profile pictureHina Shamsi@HinaShamsi6 Oct 2021
For almost 2 decades, survivors & victims of US torture have sought accountability & meaningful transparency from US courts. Too often, courts shamefully deferred to ludicrous govt secrecy & natsec claims. All good thoughts to Abu Zubaydah's team today latimes.com/politics/story/2…
Can the U.S. shield a 'state secret' that's not a secret? Supreme Court to decide

Can the U.S. shield a 'state secret' that's not a secret? Supreme Court to decide

Supreme Court hears case involving Guantanamo Bay prisoner Abu Zubaydah, who was subjected to waterboarding and other brutality.

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Saaga Group@GroupSaaga2 Oct 2021
If you want to understand the history of #mindcontrol & interrogation from the very beginning to how it evolved over time in the post 9/11 era look no further. You'll also learn about rapport based, information gathering tactics that are based on sound science & not #torture.
Mark Fallon (@glynco) profile pictureMark Fallon@glynco2 Oct 2021
Replying to @GroupSaaga @DrP_MD
Agreed! See ‘#Interrogation and #Torture: Integrating Efficacy with Law and Morality’ - Chapter 4 The HIG Project Editors: @StevenJBarela - @LieberCode - @GaggioliGloria - me! 😲 oxford.universitypressschola…
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Short profile of me in @AllTechIsHuman's Responsible Tech Guide! Featuring this pull quote: “I don't think that there's any correct educational path, and I hope that we continue to have a wonderful melting pot of disciplines working in responsible tech.” responsibletechguide.com/cas…
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Like technical debt, #EthicalDebt is the unpaid cost of future "bugs" that aren't fixed during technology design--but those bugs are harms to individuals or society. @LifeofNoods and I wrote about this concept for @WIRED, with zoombombing as a case study. wired.com/story/opinion-ethi…
Ethical Tech Starts With Addressing Ethical Debt

Ethical Tech Starts With Addressing Ethical Debt

The rise of “zoombombing” is just the latest example of why developers need to plan for harmful misuses as much as potential costly bugs.

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Mark Fallon@glynco17 Sep 2021
On #ConstitutionDay-reposting my 2020 @PennCERL #RuleOfLaw blog re historic significance. #TruthMatters 1787 - George Washington signs the Constitution 2001 - George Bush signs #torture MON Let’s ‘never forget’ to honor the U.S. Constitution • Penn Law disq.us/t/3zbwh54
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