On November 20, the Security Council adopted Resolution 2249, condemning ISIS’s recent attacks and exhorting all states to prevent and suppress the group’s terrorist activities. The Resolution is in some ways a predictable response to recent developments, but it contains one interesting provision that is worth parsing from an international law perspective.

Citation
Ashley S. Deeks, Threading the Needle in Security Council Resolution 2249, Lawfare (November 23, 2015).