Human Rights Archives

An Explainer: Senate’s Letter on Khashoggi and the Global Magnitsky Act

by Rob Berschinski

Oct 12th, 2018

Why Support for U.N.-backed Anti-Corruption Commission in Guatemala is Vital to U.S. Interests

by Brittany Benowitz

Sep 24th, 2018

From Sweeping Punishment to Real Justice in Countering Terrorism

by Cale Salih

Sep 20th, 2018

Post-9/11 Generation Reaches Enlistment Age in Unmoored ‘War on Terror’

by Rita Siemion

Sep 18th, 2018

Niger Facing Pressure to Ensure U.S. and French Drone Strikes Comply with Human Rights Law

by Rahma Hussein, Alex Moorehead and Jonathan Horowitz

Sep 6th, 2018

U.N. Peace Operations Should Get Off the Counter-Terror Bandwagon

by Larry Attree and Jordan Street

Sep 4th, 2018

Exclusive: U.N. Human Rights Experts Meet With Facebook on “Overly Broad” Definitions of Terrorist Content

by Isa Qasim

Sep 3rd, 2018

Zero Tolerance for Border Families but Welcome to Myanmar Military Perpetrators

by Benjamin Haas

Aug 28th, 2018

Condolence Payments for Civilian Casualties: Lessons for Applying the New NDAA

by Joanna Naples-Mitchell

Aug 28th, 2018

“ISIS Widows” and “Boko Haram Wives”: Overlooked Abuses in Iraq and Nigeria

by Lauren Aarons and Nicolette Waldman

Aug 23rd, 2018

The Trump Administration’s Brazen Duplicity in its “Human Rights Agenda”

by Ambassador (ret.) Keith Harper

Aug 21st, 2018

Google’s Dragonfly: A Bellwether for Human Rights in the Digital Age

by Sarah McKune and Ronald Deibert

Aug 2nd, 2018

Just Security Podcast: ACLU’s David Cole on Defending our Democratic Traditions

by John Reed

Jul 31st, 2018

How the U.S. and EU’s Cooperation with Sudan Rubberstamps Bad Behavior

by Mohammed Osman

Jul 30th, 2018

“We the Jewish People”–A deep look into Israel’s new law

by Eyal Benvenisti and Doreen Lustig

Jul 24th, 2018

Protecting Civilians in Cyberspace: Ideas for the Road Ahead

by Steven Feldstein and David Sullivan

Jul 3rd, 2018

What Is the Next Line of Defense Against Torture?

by Steven J. Barela

Jun 26th, 2018

A Belief Shattered: The International Criminal Court’s Bemba Acquittal

by Nadia Carine Fornel Poutou and Lucie Boalo Hayali

Jun 25th, 2018

In Saudi Arabia, Countering Terrorism Becomes Chimera for Rights Abuses

by Ben Emmerson QC and Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

Jun 18th, 2018

Letter to the Editor: A Perilous Peace Between the Koreas

by Mishana Hosseinioun

Jun 12th, 2018

“Resources for Resilience”: New Site Launched to Promote Resilience & Mental Health in the Human Rights Field

by Sarah Knuckey and Meg Satterthwaite

Jun 8th, 2018

Syria: Where Civilians Became a Commodity for Settling Accounts

by Bassam Alahmad

Jun 6th, 2018

The Israeli Supreme Court Decision on the Gaza Riots: Factual and Legal Confusion

by Solon Solomon

Jun 5th, 2018

Both the US’s Cloud Act and Europe’s GDPR Move Far Beyond Geography, but Will Not Solve Transatlantic Jurisdictional Conflicts

by Johannes Thumfart and Paul De Hert

Jun 4th, 2018

Analysis of Israel’s Supreme Court Decision Allowing Lethal Force in Gaza

by Amichai Cohen

May 27th, 2018

Academics and NGOs Call on Celebrities and Business Leaders to Condemn Saudi Abuses in Yemen

by Radhya Almutawakel, Rahma Hussein, Sarah Knuckey, Alex Moorehead and Baher Azmy

May 24th, 2018

Iranian Missiles and Ending the War in Yemen

by Gregory D. Johnsen

May 23rd, 2018

Sanctions, Human Rights and the Upcoming North Korea Nuclear Summit

by David McKean

May 16th, 2018

“I’m Going to Defend My Guys to My Last Breath” Morell’s Virtual Whitewash on the Destruction of CIA Videos

by Katherine Hawkins and Scott Roehm

May 4th, 2018

The First Transfer of a Guantánamo Prisoner By the Trump Administration

by Daphne Eviatar