Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Jan. 24-30, 2026)

Minnesota / ICE and CBP Operations

• Collection: ICE and CBP Operations in Minnesota and Other States
  by Just Security
• What a Proper Investigation of Alex Pretti’s Killing Would Look Like
  by Julia Gegenheimer
• The Top 10 Questions the Trump Administration Needs to Answer About Minnesota
  by Andrew Weissmann and Ryan Goodman
• The Smearing of Alex Pretti and NSPM-7
  by Tom Joscelyn and Ryan Goodman

U.S. Actions Related to Venezuela

• Can the U.S. Government Be Sued for Wrongful Death in a Caribbean Boat Strike?
  by Edward Swaine
• The Law of Naval Warfare and the U.S. Capture of Neutral Merchant Vessels: The Case of the Marinera
  by Rob McLaughlin, Conor McLaughlin and Michael Schmitt
• Is President Maduro a Prisoner of War?
  by Tracey Begley, Benjamin R. Farley and Michael Schmitt

Iran

• Writers’ Voices Increasingly Missing in Iran Protests As Regime Targets Democracy Advocates
  by Summer Lopez

Syria

• We Told You So: Now What for Northeast Syria?
  by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin KC (Hons) and Anne Charbord

Symposium: Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity

• The Road to a New Convention on Crimes Against Humanity
  by Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga

Symposium: International Courts and Ending Wars

• Pursuing Truth, Not Peace: International Courts’ Limited Ability to Help End Wars
  by Arthur Traldi
• International Human Rights and Criminal Courts and the End of War
  by Courtney Hillebrecht

Global Governance

• Responding to the Trump Administration’s Cuts to International Judicial Work
  by Preston Lim
• “America Alone” Runs Counter to U.S. Public’s Preferences for Robust Global Engagement
  by Beth Van Schaack and Claudia Sung
• Has the U.S. Actually Withdrawn from the World Health Organization?
  by Jean Galbraith and Laurence Helfer

Trump Executive Actions

• The Trump Administration’s Deregulatory Playbook
  by Kate Welty and Max Sarinsky
• Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions (Updated)
  by Just Security

Emerging Technologies

• Artificial Guilt? A Practitioner’s Guide to Criminal Liability in the Age of GenAI
  by Joshua Geltzer and Jeff Habenicht
• The UN Cybercrime Convention – A Way to Bring Russia to (the International Court of) Justice?
  by Isabella Brunner