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Early Edition

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August 16 2024

Curated News Roundup

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by Steve Vladeck

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by Steve Vladeck

Jun 1st, 2015

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Revoking the 9/11 Plea Deals: Human Rights Consequences

by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

Aug 16th, 2024
Collecting Just Security’s Afghanistan Coverage on Third Anniversary of Taliban Takeover

by Maya Nir

Aug 15th, 2024
Breaking the Deadlock: New Talks Needed to Help End Sudan’s Violence and Offer a Glimmer of Hope

by Quscondy Abdulshafi

Aug 13th, 2024
The Perils of Expertise: How the DOJ Indictment of Sue Mi Terry Can Chill the Think Tank World

by Gregory B. Craig

Aug 12th, 2024
Master Calendar of Trump Court Dates: Criminal and Civil Cases

by Norman L. Eisen, Ryan Goodman, Siven Watt and Francois Barrilleaux

Aug 9th, 2024
Justice for Trans-border Torture Requires Rethinking the International Criminal Court’s Jurisdiction in the Israel-Palestine Conflict

by Smadar Ben-Natan and Itamar Mann

Aug 7th, 2024
Our Lives Depend on the Cloud. Now What?

by John Pendleton and Ariel Levite

Aug 6th, 2024
Wake Up Call: UN Security Council’s Report on ISIS and al-Qaeda

by Tom Joscelyn

Aug 5th, 2024
The Just Security Podcast: Assessing the Laws of War

by Cordula Droege, Tess Bridgeman, Paras Shah and Harrison Blank

Aug 2nd, 2024
The Just Security Podcast: The Evolution of U.S. Hostage Policy

by Diane Foley, Luke Hartig, Viola Gienger, Paras Shah and Harrison Blank

Aug 1st, 2024
The Aftermath of the Haniyeh Killing: How to Avoid a New Middle East War

by Brianna Rosen

Jul 31st, 2024
Donald Trump’s Dangerous Views on Disability and the Power to Think Differently

by Paras Shah

Jul 31st, 2024
Collecting Just Security’s Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Term

by Harrison Blank and Tess Bridgeman

Jul 29th, 2024
A Prudential Way Forward in Trump v. United States

by Philip Bobbitt

Jul 29th, 2024
Space May be Opening for Negotiations with Iran

by Gregory Brew

Jul 29th, 2024
What the Draft UN “Pact for the Future” Tells Us About International Insecurity

by Richard Gowan

Jul 26th, 2024
International Court of Justice’s Call on All States to End Israel’s Occupation and Find a Path to Peace

by Binaifer Nowrojee

Jul 25th, 2024
United States v. Nixon at Fifty: Why Judge Cannon Is Wrong About the Attorney General’s Authority to Select a Special Counsel

by Marty Lederman

Jul 24th, 2024
Azerbaijan’s Aliyev Extends Arbitrary Detentions Even as He Prepares to Host Global Climate Conference COP29

by Zhala Bayramova, Ibad Bayramov and Emin Bayramli

Jul 23rd, 2024
American Autocracy Threat Tracker

by Norman L. Eisen, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Siven Watt, Joshua Kolb, Andrew Warren, Jacob Kovacs-Goodman and Francois Barrilleaux

Jul 22nd, 2024
Assessing the Civilian and Political Institutions of Armed Non-State Actors under International Law

by Katharine Fortin

Jul 22nd, 2024
Political Violence in the United States Is Rising – and It Might Be Up to Americans to Say “Enough!”

by Rachel Kleinfeld

Jul 19th, 2024
The State Department’s Civilian Harm Incident Response Guidance: How to Make a Good Thing Better

by Charles O. (Cob) Blaha

Jul 18th, 2024
Three Flaws in the Supreme Court’s Decision on Presidential Criminal Immunity

by Andrew Weissmann

Jul 17th, 2024
How ‘Economic Security’ is Re-shaping Presidential Power

by Kathleen Claussen and Timothy Meyer

Jul 16th, 2024
Judge Cannon Finds Special Counsel Unconstitutional in Trump Classified Documents Case: What’s Next for Jack Smith?

by Adam Klasfeld

Jul 15th, 2024
After the NATO Summit, Allies Need to Step Up Their Game on Ukraine, Russia, and China

by David J. Kramer and Ambassador (ret) Ian Kelly

Jul 15th, 2024
The Value and Costs of Intelligence Diplomacy: CIA Director Burns in the Spotlight

by Douglas London

Jul 12th, 2024
The Just Security Podcast NATO’s Washington Summit: Russia’s War on Ukraine Tests Alliance

by Ambassador Daniel Fried, Viola Gienger and Paras Shah

Jul 12th, 2024
War and What We Make of the Law

by Cordula Droege

Jul 10th, 2024
At the NATO Summit, Strategy and Politics in Play

by Ambassador Daniel Fried

Jul 9th, 2024
The International Criminal Court’s Jurisdiction in Palestine and the ‘Oslo Accords Issue’

by Adil Ahmad Haque

Jul 9th, 2024
Death Toll Climbs in Ukraine With Russia’s `Double-Tap’ Strikes

by Mercedes Sapuppo and Shelby Magid

Jul 8th, 2024
Engaging Africa in the ICC Prosecutor’s New Policy Paper on Complementarity and Cooperation

by Geoffrey Lugano

Jul 8th, 2024
The Just Security Podcast: Presidential Immunity After Trump v. United States

by Marty Lederman, Mary B. McCord, Steve Vladeck, Ryan Goodman, Paras Shah, Audrey Balliette and Harrison Blank

Jul 3rd, 2024
Not Just Trump: America’s Growing Problem With Race

by Ambassador P. Michael McKinley (ret.)

Jul 3rd, 2024
Assessing Jus Ad Bellum Proportionality: A Factored Approach

by Charlie Trumbull

Jul 2nd, 2024
Humanitarian Notification in Gaza is Broken: How to Document and Respond When Things Go Wrong

by Bailey Ulbricht and Allen Weiner

Jul 2nd, 2024
Divided Supreme Court Hands Trump Broad Immunity for Prosecution for Official Acts

by Adam Klasfeld and Paras Shah

Jul 1st, 2024
Foreign Affairs Deference After Chevron

by Kristen Eichensehr

Jun 28th, 2024
The Limited Effects of Fischer: DOJ Data Reveals Supreme Court’s Narrowing of Jan. 6th Obstruction Charges Will Have Minimal Impact

by Ryan Goodman, Mary B. McCord and Andrew Weissmann

Jun 28th, 2024
The United Nations in Hindsight: The Military Staff Committee, Striving for Relevance in a Changing Era

by Dawit Yirga

Jun 28th, 2024
AI at the Border: Racialized Impacts and Implications

by Priya Morley

Jun 28th, 2024
The Just Security Podcast: ICC Arrest Warrants for Russian Attacks on Ukraine’s Power Grid

by Kateryna Busol, Rebecca Hamilton, Paras Shah, Audrey Balliette and Harrison Blank

Jun 28th, 2024
Unpacking the Supreme Court’s Punt on Alleged Government ‘Coercion’ of Social Media Companies: What Murthy v. Missouri Did and Did Not Say

by Andrew Weissmann

Jun 27th, 2024
UN Special Rapporteur Report on Afghanistan Adds to Momentum to Recognize Gender Apartheid as a Crime Against Humanity

by Azadah Raz Mohammad and Gissou Nia

Jun 27th, 2024
Should Trump Get Jail Time? A Survey of Sentences for Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree

by Norman L. Eisen, Samara Angel, Riley Pynnonen and Alexandra Herrera

Jun 26th, 2024
Government Use of AI is Expanding: We Should Hope for the Best but Safeguard Against the Worst

by Michael Karanicolas

Jun 26th, 2024
The Assange Plea and Press Freedom

by Jameel Jaffer

Jun 25th, 2024
A Modern Rush for ‘Green Deal’ Minerals Challenges Troubled Governance in the Western Balkans

by Valery Perry

Jun 25th, 2024
Trump’s Special Counsel Hearings: Judge Appears Concerned Over Jack Smith’s Funding

by Adam Klasfeld

Jun 24th, 2024
The Missing AI Conversation We Need to Have: Environmental Impacts of Generative AI

by Rebecca Hamilton

Jun 24th, 2024
Symposium: ICC Prosecutor Launches Policy on Complementarity and Cooperation

by René Urueña

Jun 20th, 2024
Toward a Global Sanctions Compact for Long-Overdue Reform

by George A. Lopez, Alistair Millar and Erica Moret

Jun 18th, 2024
A Symposium on the International Criminal Court and the Israel-Hamas War

by Just Security

Jun 18th, 2024
Introducing the Symposium on AI and Human Rights

by Jessica Peake

Jun 17th, 2024
The Oversight Board Needs Access to Facebook’s Algorithms to do its Job

by Faiza Patel and Julian Melendi

Jun 14th, 2024
Corruption in Ukraine: Myths and Reality

by Mykola Stetsenko

Jun 13th, 2024
Is Secret Law the Solution to an Overbroad Surveillance Authority?

by Elizabeth Goitein

Jun 11th, 2024
Whose Justice? Rohingya Perspectives on Post-Atrocity Justice

by Rebecca Hamilton

Jun 11th, 2024
Next UN Afghanistan Talks in Doha Must Hold Taliban to Account on Human Rights

by Lisa Curtis

Jun 10th, 2024
With Watershed Election, Claudia Sheinbaum Must Address Mexico’s Human Rights Crisis

by Jan-Albert Hootsen

Jun 7th, 2024
Rebel Laws in Conflict: From Law-Taking to Law-Making and Law-Adapting

by Ezequiel Heffes

Jun 7th, 2024
Open Source AI: The Overlooked National Security Imperative

by Keegan McBride

Jun 6th, 2024
Clowns, Reverse Boycotts, and Involuntary Walkathons: How Communities are Making Political Violence Backfire

by Maria J. Stephan

Jun 5th, 2024
UN Recognition to Mark the Srebrenica Genocide Is Only the Beginning

by Sead Turčalo

Jun 3rd, 2024
Combatant Privilege vs. Criminal Responsibility for Organized Armed Groups

by Rogier Bartels

May 31st, 2024
Q&A: ‘The Oceans Court’ Issues Landmark Advisory Opinion on Climate Change

by Catherine Amirfar and Duncan Pickard

May 21st, 2024
Imprisoned Writer Serving 9 Years Illustrates Vietnam’s Crackdown on Expression

by Anh-Thu Vo

May 17th, 2024
On Georgia’s `Russian Law,’ Amendments Are a Trap: The West Should Just Say No

by Elene Kintsurashvili, Nathan Kohlenberg and Joshua Rudolph

May 15th, 2024
Comprehensive Timeline on False Electors Scheme in 2020 Presidential Election

by Ryan Goodman, Jacob Glick, Mary B. McCord and Rupa Bhattacharyya

May 15th, 2024
Violence as Redress: A Right to Rebellion for Armed Groups under International Law?

by Luke Moffett

May 14th, 2024
How the Georgian Government, Once a US Ally, Became an Adversary, Against the Wishes of Its Protesting Citizens

by Ambassador (ret) Ian Kelly and David J. Kramer

May 14th, 2024
The Machine Got it Wrong? Uncertainties, Assumptions, and Biases in Military AI

by Arthur Holland Michel

May 13th, 2024
Key Takeaways from Biden Administration Report on Israeli Use of US Weapons

by John Ramming Chappell

May 11th, 2024
Amid Russia’s Aggression Towards Ukraine, Can Religious Freedom Endure?

by Yuliia Fysun

May 10th, 2024
The Darfur Genocide Demands International Action and Accountability

by Mutasim Ali and Yonah Diamond

May 9th, 2024
Armed Groups and International Law: Introduction to the Symposium

by Katharine Fortin and Ezequiel Heffes

May 8th, 2024
For Another Year, DoD Fails to Make Condolence Payments to Civilian Harm Victims

by Joanna Naples-Mitchell and Annie Shiel

May 7th, 2024
No, Trump Was Not Good for US Alliances. And Without Changes, Trump 2.0 Will Be Worse.

by Lisa Homel and Ambassador Daniel Fried

May 3rd, 2024
Keeping Count: Major Adverse Legal Findings Against Donald Trump (Nov. 2020-2024)

by Tom Joscelyn and Ryan Goodman

May 2nd, 2024
The Kremlin’s Hand: How Russia Fuels Srebrenica Genocide Denial and Balkan Instability

by Sead Turčalo

May 1st, 2024
Why No “Plain Statement Rule” Bars a President’s Prosecution for Murder

by Albert W. Alschuler

Apr 30th, 2024
An Oversight Model for AI in National Security: The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

by Faiza Patel and Patrick C. Toomey

Apr 26th, 2024
Report of the Independent Task Force on National Security Memorandum-20 Regarding Israel

by Noura Erakat and Josh Paul

Apr 24th, 2024
America’s Sanctions Habit is Hurting Peacemaking

by Delaney Simon

Apr 24th, 2024
Sanctions Against Russia: The Coalition Can Do Better – for Ukraine and Global Order

by Anna Tkachova

Apr 23rd, 2024
‘Election Fraud, Pure and Simple’: Trump’s Prosecutors Move Beyond Stormy Daniels in Wide-Lens Trial Opening

by Adam Klasfeld

Apr 22nd, 2024
Russia’s Eliminationist Rhetoric Against Ukraine: A Collection

by Clara Apt

Apr 18th, 2024
Trump’s Challenge to Democracy Through the Lens of Transitional Justice

by Jonathan Hafetz

Apr 18th, 2024
41 Star Witnesses and Bit Players in Trump’s NY Criminal Trial

by Norman L. Eisen, Adam Klasfeld and Jacob Kovacs-Goodman

Apr 17th, 2024
Q&A with Eliav Lieblich on Iran-Israel Hostilities

by Eliav Lieblich

Apr 16th, 2024
Trump’s Forbidden Legal Strategy: What New York Law Won’t Let the Jury Do

by Adam Klasfeld

Apr 15th, 2024
Dispatches from the Trump Trial Courtroom in New York

by Adam Klasfeld

Apr 14th, 2024
Russian Human Rights Activist Vladimir Kara-Murza Marks Two Years Behind Bars

by Evgenia Kara-Murza

Apr 10th, 2024
Deportation, Detention, and Other Crimes: In Ukraine, the Past and Present of International Criminal Law Converge

by Andrew Boyle

Apr 9th, 2024
In Shifting US Ties with Niger and Africa, Focus on Human Rights and Democracy to Strengthen Partnerships

by Ikechukwu Uzoma

Apr 8th, 2024
The SAFE Act Is No “Compromise” and Won’t Leave Americans Safer

by George Croner

Apr 5th, 2024
The Year(s) of Section 702 Reform, Part VI: (Another) Looming Deadline

by Noah Chauvin and Elizabeth Goitein

Apr 5th, 2024
Planning for Ukrainian Reintegration

by Ronald A. Brand

Apr 3rd, 2024

Resources

Trackers

American Autocracy Threat Tracker

by Norman L. Eisen, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Siven Watt, Joshua Kolb, Andrew Warren, Jacob Kovacs-Goodman and Francois Barrilleaux

Jul 22nd, 2024
Russia’s Eliminationist Rhetoric Against Ukraine: A Collection

by Clara Apt

Apr 18th, 2024
January 6 Clearinghouse

by Ryan Goodman, Justin Hendrix and Norman L. Eisen

Mar 14th, 2024
Tracking UNGA 78: Notable Moments and Key Themes

by Gwendolyn Whidden, Katherine Fang and Clara Apt

Sep 27th, 2023

Series

Symposium: ICC Prosecutor Launches Policy on Complementarity and Cooperation

by René Urueña

Jun 20th, 2024
Introducing the Symposium on AI and Human Rights

by Jessica Peake

Jun 17th, 2024
Symposium: International Law in Ukraine – The View from Lviv

by Just Security

Apr 5th, 2024
A Symposium on the International Criminal Court and the Israel-Hamas War

by Just Security

Jun 18th, 2024
2024 and Beyond: Just Security’s US Election Protection Coverage

by Allison Mollenkamp

Dec 4th, 2023
Introducing Just Security’s Series on Reparations in Russia’s War Against Ukraine

by Megan Corrarino

Feb 20th, 2024
It’s Time to Establish a Syria Victims Fund

by Joumana Seif

Feb 19th, 2024
The Future of Atrocity Prevention: A Joint Symposium

by Gwendolyn Whidden

Oct 31st, 2023
Introducing the Symposium on AI Governance: Power, Justice, and the Limits of the Law

by Brianna Rosen

Oct 18th, 2023
Introduction to Symposium: Ending Perpetual War

by Brianna Rosen

Sep 11th, 2023
Joint Symposium on U.S. Cooperation with the International Criminal Court’s Ukraine Investigation

by Just Security

Jul 17th, 2023
U.N. General Assembly and International Criminal Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine

by Just Security

May 9th, 2023
Introducing the Symposium on U.S. Support for the ICC’s Trust Fund for Victims

by Paul R. Williams, Milena Sterio, Yvonne Dutton, Alexandra Koch, Lilian Waldock, Floriane Lavaud, Ashika Singh and Isabelle Glimcher

Feb 13th, 2023
Antisemitism and Threats to American Democracy

by Eileen B. Hershenov and Ryan B. Greer

Jan 26th, 2023
Toward a Values-Based Foreign Policy: Developing an Ethical Checklist

by Ambassador Peter Mulrean (ret.) and William J. Hawk

Jan 4th, 2023
Tracking COP27: Notable Moments and Key Themes

by Clara Apt and Katherine Fang

Nov 18th, 2022
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Reflections on Tribal Sovereignty in Haaland v. Brackeen

by Amanda L. White Eagle

Oct 10th, 2022
Ending Perpetual War

by Brianna Rosen

Oct 25th, 2022
The Case for Creating an International Tribunal to Prosecute the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine (Part I)

by Oona A. Hathaway

Sep 20th, 2022
Introduction to Symposium: Still at War – Where and Why the United States is Fighting the “War on Terror”

by Tess Bridgeman and Brianna Rosen

Mar 24th, 2022
After a Year of Privation With the Taliban’s Return, the People of Afghanistan Deserve Better from the US and the World

by Ambassador Nasir A. Andisha and Marzia Marastoni

Aug 15th, 2022
Introduction to Just Security’s Series on Executive Order 9066, 80 Years After Signing

by Megan Corrarino

Feb 18th, 2022
Congress Can and Should Address the Threat from Unauthorized Paramilitary Activity

by Mary B. McCord

Jan 24th, 2022
The Good Governance Papers: A January 2022 “Report Card” Update

by Emily Berman, Tess Bridgeman, Megan Corrarino, Ryan Goodman and Dakota S. Rudesill

Jan 20th, 2022
Symposium Recap: Security, Privacy and Innovation – Reshaping Law for the AI Era

by Laura Brawley, Antara Joardar and Madhu Narasimhan

Oct 29th, 2021
Towards a New Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity: Next Steps

by Leila Nadya Sadat

Sep 13th, 2021
Introduction to Symposium: How Perpetual War Has Changed Us — Reflections on the Anniversary of 9/11

by Tess Bridgeman, Rachel Goldbrenner and Ryan Goodman

Sep 7th, 2021
New Just Security Series: Beyond the Myanmar Coup

by Just Security

Jul 19th, 2021
New Just Security Series: Reflections on Afghanistan on the Eve of Withdrawal

by Kate Brannen

Jun 30th, 2021
Introducing a Symposium on the UN Global Counterterrorism Strategy

by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and Kate Brannen

Jun 14th, 2021
The Méndez Principles: Leadership to Transform Interrogation via Science, Law, and Ethics

by Steven J. Barela and Mark Fallon

Jun 1st, 2021
Introduction to Just Security’s Series on Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

by Christine Berger

May 29th, 2021

Key Topics

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