International Law,
Government
Sep. 21, 2012
UN Security Council an untapped option in video fallout
The council could order its member states to, at least temporarily, bar global access to this video.
William Slomanson
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Email: bills@tjsl.edu
William Slomanson is also the author of California Procedure in a Nutshell (5th ed. 2014).
The U.S. is experiencing increasingly tense relations in countries with significant Muslim populations. The anti-Muslim video "Innocence of Muslims" was made by a private U.S. citizen. It nevertheless resulted in the death of a U.S. diplomat in Libya, U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, and placing 50 U.S. embassies around the world on high alert.
Events of this nature - a single Quran burning pastor in Florida, the U.S. military's accidental Quran burning in Afghanistan, U.S. soldiers ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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