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  • Issue Brief posted May 16, 2013 by Brett D. Schaefer, Steven Groves U.N. Human Rights Experts: More Transparency and Accountability Required

    Recent statements by United Nations Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Richard Falk rekindled a debate over how such experts should be held accountable when their behavior violates the conduct expected of them. Moreover, the scrutiny elicited by Falk’s statements has exposed the fact that funding for special procedures deserves more transparency, especially regarding…

  • Backgrounder posted April 10, 2013 by Steven Groves Drone Strikes: The Legality of U.S. Targeting Terrorists Abroad

    The debate over the circumstances in which lethal force may be used against terrorist organizations operating from foreign territory is not new. Nor is it a new reality that the United States must confront armed, non-state actors that threaten its national security and the lives of its people. Lethal force, including targeted drone strikes, may lawfully be used against an…

  • Backgrounder posted December 4, 2012 by Steven Groves The U.S. Can Mine the Deep Seabed Without Joining the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea

    Abstract: The United States can mine the deep seabed without acceding to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). For more than 30 years, through domestic law and bilateral agreements, the U.S. has established a legal framework for deep seabed mining. In fact, U.S. accession would penalize U.S. companies by subjecting them to the whims of an…

  • Testimony posted November 27, 2012 by Steven Groves Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Treaty Doc. 112-7)

    Testimony before theUnited States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations July 12, 2012 Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee: Thank you for inviting me to testify before you today regarding the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD or Convention). I had the opportunity to testify before this Committee a…

  • Commentary posted September 19, 2012 by Brett D. Schaefer, Steven Groves Obama's Appeasement

    The attacks on United States embassies in the Middle East raise questions about President Obama’s policy in the region. But the administration’s reaction to these events is troubling as well. Its strong condemnation of a video it claims incited the violence, its attempt to censor the video, and its weak defense of freedom of speech — all these actions damage America’s…

  • Issue Brief posted July 9, 2012 by Steven Groves, Nicolas Loris Law of the Sea Treaty: Bad for American Energy Policy

    The Obama Administration is pushing for accession to the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which would expose the United States to baseless environmental lawsuits, including suits based on alleged U.S. contributions to global climate change. Accession would also require the U.S. to transfer billions of dollars in oil and gas royalties generated on its…

  • Commentary posted May 19, 2012 by Steven Groves Law of the Sea Treaty Once Again Rears its Ugly Head in U.S. Senate

    It's bad enough when American tax dollars are blown on government-created debacles such as Solyndra and "Operation Fast and Furious." But at least in those instances the expenditures carried a bare modicum of democratic legitimacy. What if, on the other hand, the U.S. Treasury was raided for billions of dollars, which were then redistributed to the rest of the world…

  • Backgrounder posted May 14, 2012 by Steven Groves U.S. Accession to U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea Unnecessary to Develop Oil and Gas Resources

    Abstract: Proponents of U.S. accession to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) insist that the U.S. must join the convention in order to secure title to oil and gas resources located on the U.S. extended continental shelf (ECS). However, that argument has no basis in fact or law. Under international law and long-standing U.S. policy and practice,…

  • Backgrounder posted March 12, 2012 by Steven Groves Accession to U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea Would Expose the U.S. to Baseless Climate Change Lawsuits

    Abstract: Among the many reasons why the U.S. should not accede to the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is the reality that it would expose the United States to international environmental lawsuits that would harm its environmental, economic, and military interests. Having failed to impose their agenda on the U.S., climate change alarmists and other…

  • WebMemo posted December 16, 2011 by Steven Groves, Theodore R. Bromund, Ph.D. U.N. Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons: What the U.S. Should Do

    On November 25, after four years of intensive negotiations, the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), a U.N.-based process through which participating nations adopt protocols to regulate or limit the use of conventional weapons, failed to reach an agreement on a new protocol to regulate cluster munitions. The U.S. had backed the new protocol but was defeated…

  • Commentary posted October 10, 2011 by Steven Groves The Law of the Sea

    The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, also known as the Law of the Sea Treaty (or LOST), presents a dilemma for some national security conservatives.  On one hand, LOST “codifies” key navigational rights and freedoms that are important to the U.S. Navy​—​and the Navy brass actively supports ratification of the treaty on those grounds. On the other…

  • Backgrounder posted August 24, 2011 by Steven Groves Accession to the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea Is Unnecessary to Secure U.S. Navigational Rights and Freedoms

    Abstract: For more than 200 years, the United States has successfully preserved and protected its navigational rights and freedoms by relying on naval operations, diplomatic protests, and customary international law. U.S. membership in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) would not confer any maritime right or freedom that the U.S. does not already…

  • Commentary posted July 6, 2011 by Steven Groves Law of Sea Treaty Could Cost U.S. Trillions

    It’s the year before a presidential election, so it must be time to debate the Law of the Sea Treaty (“LOST”) again. As recently as last Thursday the Chief of Naval Operations pleaded for the U.S. to join the treaty. The Obama Administration has supported Senate action on LOST since at least May 2009 when it released its Treaty Priority List.The last time LOST came up was…

  • Backgrounder posted June 7, 2011 by Steven Groves U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea Erodes U.S. Sovereignty over U.S. Extended Continental Shelf

    Abstract: If the U.S. becomes a member of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, it will be required to transfer a large portion of the royalties generated on the U.S. extended continental shelf to the International Seabed Authority. These royalties may likely total tens or even hundreds of billions of dollars. The Authority may then distribute those funds…

  • Backgrounder posted April 28, 2011 by Steven Groves, Theodore R. Bromund, Ph.D. The United States Should Not Join the Convention on Cluster Munitions

    Abstract: The Convention on Cluster Munitions is a misbegotten treaty that neither advances the laws of war nor enhances security. It is an unverifiable, unenforceable, all-or-nothing exercise in moral suasion, not a serious diplomatic instrument. It creates perverse incentives for insurgents to use civilian populations as human shields, undermines effective arms control…

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