Amos N. Guiora

Amos N. Guiora
Alma mater Kenyon College (1979; History) and Case Western Reserve University School of Law (1985)
Occupation Professor of Law
Employer The S. J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Known for Legal Aspects of Counterterrorism, Terror Financing, International Law, and Morality in Armed Conflict
Notable works Counterterrorism Law Across Borders: Differing Perspectives on Rights and Security, with Gregory McNeal, Aspen Publishers, 2010

Amos N. Guiora is an Israeli-American professor of law at The S. J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah, and an expert on drone attacks.[1][2]

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Education

He graduated Kenyon College in 1979 (Honors in History), and Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1985.[3]

Career

Guiora teaches Criminal Law, Global Perspectives on Counter-terrorism, Religion and Terrorism, and National Security Law.[3]

He is a widely cited expert on Legal Aspects of Counterterrorism, Terror Financing, International Law, and Morality in Armed Conflict.[3] He explained to the Los Angeles Times that Israel has dropped coercive techniques, and now spends months interviewing terrorism suspects and convicts, establishing a rapport with them and then getting them to open up.[4]

Guiora was formerly a Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Global Security at Case Western Reserve School of Law.[5][6][7] He served in the Israel Defense Forces Judge Advocate General's Corps (Lt. Col. Ret.).[5] He was Commander of the IDF School of Military Law, Judge Advocate for the Navy and Home Front Command, and the Legal Advisor to the Gaza Strip.[3][8][9] Guiora was involved in the capture of the Karine A, a PLO weapons ship.[3][10]

Views on targeted killing

As to his views on targeted killing, Guiora said: "targeted killing absolutely is the implementation, the manifestation of aggressive, preemptive self-defense based on Article 51 of the United Nations Charter".[11][12] Inasmuch as going into Gaza, for example, to arrest a notorious terrorist is "a highly dangerous military operation that would put more IDF soldiers in harm's way", he said, "International law does not require Israel to carry out high-risk arrests."[13].

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References

  1. ^ "Northwest Pakistan Sees Surge Of Drone Strikes". NPR. September 18, 2010. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129953845&ft=1&f=1004. Retrieved October 23, 2010. 
  2. ^ "U. Utah Law Profeessor Speaks Before Senate". CBS News. June 11, 2008. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/11/politics/uwire/main4174554.shtml. Retrieved October 23, 2010. 
  3. ^ a b c d e Amos N. Guiora SJ Quinney College of Law
  4. ^ CIA should tape more, experts say Los Angeles Times
  5. ^ a b "Online NewsHour: Israelis and Palestinians Declare Cease-fire at Egypt Summit". PBS. February 8, 2005. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june05/ceasefire_2-8.html. Retrieved October 23, 2010. 
  6. ^ "Torture'S No Good, Army Cadets Told". New York: Ny daily news. November 13, 2005. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2005/11/13/2005-11-13__torture_s_no_good__army_cad.html. Retrieved October 23, 2010. 
  7. ^ "New crisis in Gaza". Minnesota Public Radio. June 28, 2006. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/06/28/midmorning1/. Retrieved October 23, 2010. 
  8. ^ Long-sought militant killed in Syria Los Angeles Times
  9. ^ Dwoskin, Elizabeth (May 9, 2008). "Supporters Rally in Newark as an Imam's Trial Opens". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/nyregion/09imam.html. 
  10. ^ US eyes Israeli software as training tool for forces in Iraq The Christian Science Monitor, 29 September 2003
  11. ^ Neal Conan, Heard on Talk of the Nation (February 24, 2010). "How The U.S. Approaches Targeted Killings". NPR. http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=124047251. Retrieved May 20, 2010. 
  12. ^ Amos Guiora (2004). "Targeted Killing as Active Self-Defense". 36 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 31920. http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/cwrint36&div=20&id=&page=. Retrieved May 29, 2010. 
  13. ^ Marilyn H. Karfeld (October 7, 2004). "Israeli professor of law defends targeted killings". Cleveland Jewish News. http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2004/10/07/news/israel/oprof1008.txt. Retrieved May 20, 2010. 

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