Important new report by the UNSR on Extra-Judicial Executions, @AgnesCallamard, that focuses on targeted killings by armed drones. Among other things, it concludes that the US strike against Qasem Soleimani in Iraq violated Art. 2(4) of the UN Charter. https://twitter.com/AgnesCallamard/status/1280761521514205185?s=20

The report discusses, and engages with, differing views re which legal regime(s) (e.g., IHL, IHRL, both?) apply—or should apply—when drone strikes are at issue. Its conclusions are informed, in part, by important exchanges w/ int'l law experts in recent months. #AcademicTwitter

To get a sampling of some of these exchanges, take a look at @eliavl's great thread which praises the UNSR's "landmark report" and provides some analysis re several areas of disagreement: https://twitter.com/eliavl/status/1280779483277131776?s=20

And here's another thread by @AdHaque110 which applauds the UNSR's "courageous and intellectually serious" report and highlights issues that will likely require further discussion and debate in the near future: https://twitter.com/AdHaque110/status/1280818233449295879?s=20