Human Rights

Magnitsky-Style Sanctions Are a Precision Measure for Iran’s Crisis of Impunity

by Skylar Thompson and Natalia Kubesch

Nov 21st, 2024

Beyond Law: When States Use Ethics to Excuse War Crimes

by Jessica Wolfendale

Nov 20th, 2024

Abu Ghraib Torture Survivors’ Landmark Win Gives Hope for Alien Tort Statute Cases

by Oona A. Hathaway

Nov 20th, 2024

Early Warning in Atrocity Scenarios Must Account for the Effects of Technology, Good or Bad

by Federica D'Alessandra and Ross Gildea

Nov 19th, 2024

Thinking Beyond Risks: A Symposium on Tech and Atrocity Prevention

by Gwendolyn Whidden

Nov 19th, 2024

How Much (or How Little) Does the Biden Administration Want Justice in the 9/11 Case?

by Scott Roehm and Ian Moss

Nov 18th, 2024

Days, Not Weeks: Gaza, Starvation, and the Imperative to Act Now

by Tom Dannenbaum

Nov 18th, 2024

In ICJ Advisory Opinion on Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Separate Opinions Obscure Legal Rationale

by Yael Ronen

Nov 15th, 2024

Do Sanctions Work? It Depends. Burma and the West Bank Might Be Models.

by Brad Brooks-Rubin

Nov 13th, 2024

Sanctioning Human Trafficking Under the Global Magnitsky Program

by Nina Moraitou-Politzi, Amanda Strayer and Suchita Uppal

Nov 13th, 2024

Assessing Amnesties and Re-assimilation in Northeast Syria

by Roger Lu Phillips, Alan Haji and Judi Aldalati

Nov 7th, 2024

Journalist in Exile Laments Kyrgyzstan Crackdown, Now Extending to His 12-Year-Old Son

by Bolot Temirov

Nov 6th, 2024

Abu Ghraib Dejà Vu

by Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Stephen N. Xenakis, MD

Nov 4th, 2024

A Historic Day for Older People and Human Rights Across Africa

by Elie Mugabowishema and Jane Buchanan

Nov 4th, 2024

As Interpol Gets New Secretary General, What are the Risks of Abuses Over Reforms?

by Ted R. Bromund, Sandra Grossman and Ilan Greenberg

Nov 1st, 2024

Is The Pentagon’s Plan to Protect Civilians Living up to its Promises?

by Madison Hunke

Oct 31st, 2024

Seizing the Moment: Opportunities to Regulate Spyware and the ‘Pall Mall Process’

by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and Adriana Edmeades Jones

Oct 29th, 2024

The Just Security Podcast: Persons with Disabilities, the Slave Trade, and International Law

by Michael Ashley Stein, Janet Lord, Paras Shah and Clara Apt

Oct 25th, 2024

Fair and Fast Asylum Processing: Lessons from Switzerland

by Daniel Ghezelbash and Constantin Hruschka

Oct 24th, 2024

Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law in Arms-Transfer Decisions

by Maya Brehm and Eirini Giorgou

Oct 22nd, 2024

The Just Security Podcast: The Spread of Political Propaganda on Encrypted Messaging Apps

by Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat, Inga Kristina Trauthig, Paras Shah and Clara Apt

Oct 18th, 2024

European Court Intervention by Bosnia’s International High Representative Risks Limiting the Country’s Potential

by Kurt Bassuener

Oct 16th, 2024

The Just Security Podcast: Assessing the Origins, Dynamics, and Future of Conflict in Sudan

by Laura Nyantung Beny, Nisrin Elamin, Hamid Khalafallah, Matiangai Sirleaf, Paras Shah and Clara Apt

Oct 11th, 2024

Political Propaganda Runs Wild on Messaging Apps – Platform Owners Can Help Counter It

by Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat, Inga Kristina Trauthig and Samuel C. Woolley

Oct 11th, 2024

Thailand’s Chance to Send the Right Signal

by Ambassador David Scheffer

Oct 7th, 2024

Ukraine’s Approach to Russian ‘Passportization’ Requires Balancing National Security and Individual Rights

by Olga Poiedynok

Oct 4th, 2024

The UN’s New Pact for the Future: A Milestone That Can Set a Path for Change

by Richard Ponzio

Oct 2nd, 2024

The Essential Role of ‘Civic Space’ in Safeguarding Electoral Integrity: How a Decision in Africa Can Reverberate

by Sofía Jaramillo and Sarah Morsheimer

Oct 1st, 2024

The ‘Obligation to Prevent’ in a Future Crimes Against Humanity Convention

by Brenda Nanyunja and Vito Todeschini

Sep 27th, 2024

The Next Step for USAID’s New Digital Policy: Account for Conflict Risks and Include Peacebuilding

by Claire Guinta and Nick Zuroski