Drone Wars: The Constitutional and Counterterrorism Implications of Targeted Killing

Drone Wars: The Constitutional and Counterterrorism Implications of Targeted Killing

 

Hearing Before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the

Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights

 

Date:               April 16, 2013

Time:               10:00 a.m.

Location:         Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226 (room location is tentative; check Senate Judiciary Committee website to confirm – http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/)

 

Description:  U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), the Assistant Majority Leader and Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights, will hold the first-ever Senate hearing on the use of drones in targeted killings. The hearing will address the legal and policy issues raised by drone strikes, including the constitutional and statutory authority for targeted killings, the scope of the battlefield in the conflict with Al Qaeda and associated forces, and the international precedent set by U.S. drone policy. The hearing will also explore proposals to increase transparency regarding U.S. drone policy and establish a legal architecture to regulate drone strikes.

 

Hearing Attendance:  This hearing is open to the public.  Please encourage advocates and interested members of the community to attend.  A large audience filling both the hearing room and overflow room is critical to showing interest in U.S. drone policy.  For our planning purposes, please provide an estimate of the number of attendees from your organization by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, 2013 by filling out this form. If it is not feasible to estimate the number of attendees from your organization, please send the link to the form to members so that they may individually RSVP for the hearing.

 

Statements for the Record:  Chairman Durbin invites advocates and stakeholders to offer their perspectives and experiences on the issue by submitting written testimony to be included in the hearing record.  These statements help educate Committee members about the issue and are important to demonstrating community interest.  Statements must be less than 10 pages, in PDF or Word Document form, and should be emailed to Stephanie Trifone at Stephanie_Trifone@Judiciary-dem.Senate.gov as early as possible, but no later than Monday, April 15, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. Please note that the Subcommittee cannot accept previously published information as a statement for the record.

  

Senator Dick Durbin is Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights. The Subcommittee has jurisdiction over all constitutional issues, and all legislation and policy related to civil rights, civil liberties and human rights. The Ranking Member of the Subcommittee is Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX).