Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Oct. 9-15)

Authoritarianism/Democratic Backsliding

• New Data Highlight Growing Worldwide Rule of Law Crisis
  by Elizabeth Andersen (@AndersenBetsy) and Alicia Evangelides
• Appetite for Obstruction: How Autocrats Subvert Democracy’s Infrastructure
  by Christopher Walker (@Walker_CT)

Surveillance & Privacy

• Surveillance and Privacy Scholars: Four Things the Government Needs From You
  by Adam Klein

Haiti

• Filmmaker: Ex-US Envoy’s Words Tell the Story of Our Lives in Haiti
  by Raoul Peck

Afghanistan

• Afghanistan: The Difficult Chapter Ahead
  by Ambassador Cameron Munter (ret.) (@MunterCameron)
• The Overhyping of Over the Horizon
  by Douglas London (@douglaslondon5)
• Taliban Governance of NGOs – What to Expect and How to Respond
  by David Moore

Social Media

• SEC Complaints: Fallout from the Facebook Files – Part 3
  by April Falcon Doss (@AprilFDoss)

Trump Litigation and Investigations

• Reopen the Obstruction of Justice Case Against Trump
  by Mark Medish and Jonathan M. Winer (@JonathanMaWiner)

U.S. Human Rights Litigation: Colombia

• New Ruling Sheds Light on State-Paramilitary Cooperation in Colombia – and on the TVPA
  by Daniel McLaughlin (@DMcLaughlinSF)

U.S. Human Rights Litigation: Liberia

• Historic Judgment in Liberian Massacre Case Advances US Law
  by Elise Baker (@elise__baker), Ela Matthews (@elamatthews01) and Nushin Sarkarati (@NushinSarkarati)

International Criminal Law: Democratic Republic of Congo

• Incorporating Digital Technology in the Investigation of International Crimes: Lessons from the Democratic Republic of Congo
  by Chiara Gabriele (@Chiara_Gab), Kelly Matheson (@Kelly_Matheson) and Raquel Vázquez Llorente (@vazquezllorente)

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