Human Rights

Applying Ukraine Precedent, DOJ Should Use Funds Forfeited from Lawbreakers in Syria to Assist Victims

by Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp and Alyssa Yamamoto

Mar 6th, 2024

Another Funding Delay in Congress that Thwarts US Strategy in the Pacific: the Marshall Islands

by Camilla Pohle

Mar 4th, 2024

Before Leaving Somalia, African Union Should Provide Compensation for Civilian Harm

by Abdullahi Abdille Shahow

Feb 28th, 2024

Rethinking Risk: Reducing Harm to Nonprofits in the Push to Counter Terrorism Financing

by Lia van Broekhoven, Sangeeta Goswami, Floor Knoote and Thalia Malmberg

Feb 28th, 2024

UN Fact-Finding Mission Should Recognize Gender Persecution in Iran

by Skylar Thompson

Feb 23rd, 2024

National Security at the United Nations This Week (Feb. 19-Feb. 23)

by Don Chen

Feb 23rd, 2024

Russian Opposition Searches for Shreds of Hope After Navalny’s Death

by Ekaterina Kotrikadze

Feb 23rd, 2024

A Zone of Silence: Obstetric Violence in Gaza and Beyond

by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

Feb 21st, 2024

The ABA Urges Action Against Abusive Commercial Spyware, and Policymakers Should Listen

by Carrie DeCell

Feb 16th, 2024

The Just Security Podcast: A Syrian War Crimes Verdict in a Dutch Court

by Fritz Streiff, Hope Rikkelman, Paras Shah and Clara Apt

Feb 16th, 2024

As Senate Considers New Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Human Rights Focus Would Strengthen US Policy

by Ousmane Diallo and Kate Hixon

Feb 14th, 2024

How Israel Took the Terrorists’ Bait

by Matthew Levinger

Feb 13th, 2024

As Low- and Middle-Income Countries Grapple with the Megatrend of Aging, Development Finance Institutions Are Key

by Vijeth Iyengar, Isabel Schmidt and Peter Rundlet

Feb 6th, 2024

The Just Security Podcast: Russia’s Political Prisoners and Their Lawyers: Vladimir Kara-Murza’s Case Highlights the Risks

by Evgenia Kara-Murza, Vadim Prokhorov, Viola Gienger, Paras Shah and Clara Apt

Feb 5th, 2024

National Security at the United Nations This Week (Jan. 22-Jan. 26)

by Mary Szarkowicz

Jan 26th, 2024

Shaming without Naming: The Limits of Anonymous U.S. Visa Sanctions for Accountability

by Adam Keith

Jan 25th, 2024

A Lawyer for Political Prisoners on Why He Fled Russia

by Vadim Prokhorov

Jan 24th, 2024

The Democratic Price of Countering Authoritarianism

by Thomas Carothers

Jan 22nd, 2024

The Draft UN Cybercrime Treaty Is Overbroad and Falls Short On Human Rights Protection

by Tomaso Falchetta

Jan 22nd, 2024

Signals of Support for Gender Justice in the Draft Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity

by Paloma van Groll

Jan 19th, 2024

The Just Security Podcast: A Human Rights Law Returns to Spark Debate on U.S. Arms Sales

by John Ramming Chappell and Paras Shah

Jan 19th, 2024

Beyond Alleged Assassination Plots, India’s Modi is Silencing US Critics Digitally Too

by Ria Chakrabarty

Jan 16th, 2024

Can we defend the defenders? On the safety of front-line human rights workers

by Thomas Antkowiak

Jan 12th, 2024

15 Years Later, Sri Lanka Continues to Deny Justice to Murdered Journalist

by Ahimsa Wickrematunge and Catherine Amirfar

Jan 12th, 2024

National Security at the United Nations This Week (Jan. 8-12)

by Don Chen

Jan 12th, 2024

Success or Failure in Ukraine?

by Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr. and David Bernell

Jan 12th, 2024

Успіх чи невдача в Україні?

by Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr. and David Bernell

Jan 12th, 2024

Another Lost Year on Guantanamo

by Yumna Rizvi and Scott Roehm

Jan 11th, 2024

Accountability and Legacy at Guantanamo: Some Progress, Still A Long Way to Go

by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

Jan 11th, 2024

Does the US Response to India’s Alleged Extraterritorial Assassination Schemes Signal Impunity?

by Nathan Kohlenberg

Jan 10th, 2024

The Role of the United Nations in Atrocity Response: Limited, But Not Obsolete

by Gwendolyn Whidden

Jan 5th, 2024

A Leader is Brought to Justice 41 Years Later in Suriname

by Reed Brody

Jan 4th, 2024