A digest of recent analysis of national security and rights related news and developments at Just Security.
U.S. Democracy
- American Autocracy Threat Tracker
by Norman L. Eisen (@NormEisen), Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat), Siven Watt (@SivenWatt), Andrew Warren (@AndrewWarrenFL), Jacob Kovacs-Goodman (@JNKGoodman) and Francois Barrilleaux (@FrenchwaEB) - “True Threats” and the Difficulties of Prosecuting Threats Against Election Workers
by Berke Gursoy
Climate Change
- Climate Challenges & Opportunities in Morocco and Beyond
by Mark Nevitt (@MarkNevitt) - How the Inter-American Court Could Advance Protection for Climate-Displaced Individuals
by Felipe Navarro (@fnlux)
Israel-Hamas War
- ICC Arrest Warrant Requests in the Palestine Situation and Complementarity Anxieties: Why a new notification to Israel beforehand was not needed
by Alexandre Skander Galand (@galand_s) - Israel and the Leahy Law
by Charles O. (Cob) Blaha
Social Media
- The Oversight Board Needs Access to Facebook’s Algorithms to do its Job
by Faiza Patel (@FaizaPatelBCJ) and Julian Melendi (@JulianMelendi)
Ukraine
- Corruption in Ukraine: Myths and Reality
by Mykola Stetsenko
FISA Reform
- Is Secret Law the Solution to an Overbroad Surveillance Authority?
by Elizabeth Goitein (@LizaGoitein)
Congressional Oversight
- Transparency of International Agreements Under the Revised Case-Zablocki Act: An Assessment After Six Months
by Curtis A. Bradley (@curtisabradley), Jack Goldsmith (@jacklgoldsmith) and Oona A. Hathaway (@oonahathaway)
International Law
- Whose Justice? Rohingya Perspectives on Post-Atrocity Justice
by Rebecca Hamilton (@bechamilton) - Provision of Healthcare by Islamist Armed Groups: Between Sharia and International Law
by Marta Furlan
U.N. and Human Rights
- New UN Special Rapporteur’s Report Underscores Risks of Abusive Counterterrorism
by Cyprien Fluzin (@CyprienFluzin) - Next UN Afghanistan Talks in Doha Must Hold Taliban to Account on Human Rights
by Lisa Curtis (@LisaCurtisDC)
Trump Trials
- The Right to a Unanimous Verdict and the Jury Instructions in People v. Trump
by Seth Barrett Tillman
Podcast: Protecting Cultural Heritage
- The Just Security Podcast: Protecting Cultural Heritage During Armed Conflict
by Paras Shah (@pshah518) and Audrey Balliette interview with Bonnie Docherty (@bonnie_docherty)
FEATURED IMAGE: A collage of images from articles this past week. On the left Secretary of State Antony Blinken appearing during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on May 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C. The middle shows Rohingya refugees shouting slogans during a “Genocide Remembrance Day” rally marking the 5th anniversary since fleeing Myanmar from a military offensive, at a refugee camp in Ukhia on August 25, 2022. The right is IMAGE: Solar panels on a house roof in a Berber village in the Anti Atlas mountains of Morocco, North Africa.
