Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (May 20-26)

A digest of recent analysis of national security and rights related news and developments at Just Security.

International Court of Justice: South Africa v. Israel

• Halt: The International Court of Justice and the Rafah Offensive
  by Adil Ahmad Haque (@AdHaque110)

Symposium: International Criminal Court and the Israel-Hamas War

• Announcing a Symposium on the International Criminal Court and Israel-Hamas War
  by Just Security
• The Prosecutor’s Uphill Legal Battle?: The Netanyahu and Gallant ICC Arrest Warrant Requests
  by Amichai Cohen (@amichaic) and Yuval Shany (@yuvalshany1)
• Timeline of Int’l Criminal Court Arrest Warrant Applications for Gaza War: What Comes Next and How We Got Here
  by Rebecca Hamilton (@bechamilton), Tess Bridgeman (@bridgewriter) and Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw)
• Nuts & Bolts of Int’l Criminal Court Arrest Warrant Applications for Senior Israeli Officials and Hamas Leaders
  by Tom Dannenbaum (@tomdannenbaum)
• The ICC Arrest Warrants: Even a Strong U.S. Reaction Should Not Include Sanctions
  by Todd Buchwald
• What the ICC Prosecutor Charged – and Didn’t Charge – in Gaza Warrants
  by David Luban (@DavidLuban)
• Sec. Blinken’s View on Sanctions Against the ICC: A More Complete Picture
  by Tess Bridgeman (@bridgewriter) and Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw)

United Nations / Crimes Against Humanity

• A Draft Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity Draws More Engagement from States
  by Leila Nadya Sadat (@leilasadat1)
• Support Grows for Gender Justice at UN Session on Draft Crimes Against Humanity Treaty
  by Kelly Adams
• More States Open to Considering Gender Apartheid for Draft Crimes Against Humanity Treaty
  by Akila Radhakrishnan (@akila_rad) and Alyssa Yamamoto

Climate Change

• Q&A: ‘The Oceans Court’ Issues Landmark Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
  by Catherine Amirfar and Duncan Pickard (@dpickard9)

Congressional Oversight

• Budget Cuts as Alternative Congressional Oversight Enforcement Mechanism
  by Andy Wright (@AndyMcCanse)

Trump Trials

• How Prosecutors Turned Michael Cohen’s Greatest Liabilities into Their Assets
  by Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports)

Disinformation

• Anatomy of MAGA Conspiracy of Assassination Attempt Against Trump: What It Tells Us
  by Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) and Tom Joscelyn (@thomasjoscelyn)

Social Media / Extremism

• Tech Platforms Must Do More to Avoid Contributing to Potential Political Violence 
  by Yaël Eisenstat (@YaelEisenstat), Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) and Daniel Kreiss (@kreissdaniel)

DHS / Artificial Intelligence

• As DHS Implements New AI Technologies, It Must Overcome Old Shortcomings
  by Spencer Reynolds (@sreynoldsBCJ) and Faiza Patel (@FaizaPatelBCJ)

Data Privacy

• Assessing the Intelligence Community’s Policy Framework for Commercially Available Information 
  by Emile Ayoub (@eayoubg)

Western Balkans

• Xi’s Visit and a New Poll: The Geopolitical Contest for the Western Balkans
  by Sead Turčalo (@sturcalo)

Podcast

•  The Just Security Podcast: A Request for ICC Arrest Warrants and the Israel-Hamas War 
  Tess Bridgeman (@bridgewriter) and Paras Shah (@pshah518) interview with Todd Buchwald, Tom Dannenbaum (@tomdannenbaum) and Rebecca Hamilton (@bechamilton)
• The Just Security Podcast: Courtroom Views from Inside Trump’s New York Criminal Trial
  Paras Shah (@pshah518) interview with Terri Austin (@Terridaustin) and Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports)