Rebecca Hamilton

Executive Editor

Rebecca Hamilton (@bechamilton) is an Executive Editor of Just Security and an Associate Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law (WCL). Her research and teaching focus on national security law, international law, and criminal law, and the ways that technology and new media are influencing developments in these areas. Her scholarship draws on her experience prosecuting genocide and war crimes, as well as her work in conflict zones as a foreign correspondent. She is the author of Fighting for Darfur: Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide (Palgrave Macmillan) which analyzes citizen activism and the effort to stop mass atrocities.

Hamilton previously served as a lawyer in the prosecutorial division of the International Criminal Court and has worked in the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Before joining WCL, Hamilton was an Associate-in-Law at Columbia Law School. She holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was a Knox fellow, and she did her undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney, where she received the University Medal. Prior to entering academia Hamilton worked as a journalist for the Washington Post and Reuters. A Pulitzer Center grantee, a former fellow at New America and at Open Society Foundations, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, she has also written for outlets including Foreign AffairsThe New Yorker, Foreign PolicyThe Atlantic, and The New Republic. She has appeared on PBS Newshour, NPR, BBC and CBS. Hamilton is also on LinkedIn.

Articles by this author:

The Just Security Podcast: International Law in the Face of Russia’s Aggression in Ukraine: The View from Lviv

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Mar 15th, 2024

Міжнародне право в умовах російської агресії в Україні: Погляд зі Львова

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Feb 22nd, 2024

International Law in the Face of Russia’s Aggression in Ukraine: The View from Lviv

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Feb 22nd, 2024

Where Is the ICC Prosecutor?

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Oct 11th, 2023

An Assessment of the United States’ New Position on An Aggression Tribunal for Ukraine

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Mar 29th, 2023

The ICC Goes Straight to the Top: Arrest Warrant Issued for Putin

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Mar 17th, 2023

МКС розпочинає з верхівки: видано ордер на арешт Путіна

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Mar 17th, 2023

Facebook Beware: The “Rest of World” is Hitting Back

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Feb 6th, 2023

The Crime of Aggression: Putting Lukashenko and His Senior Officials on Notice

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Oct 14th, 2022

Transitional Justice in Ukraine: Guidance to Policymakers

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Jun 2nd, 2022

Перехідне правосуддя в Україні: рекомендації для полісімейкерів

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Jun 2nd, 2022

Focus on Accountability Risks Overshadowing Ukraine’s Reconstruction Needs

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Apr 21st, 2022

Pressing US Officials on Russia and Int’l Criminal Court: The Interview We Should be Hearing

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Apr 6th, 2022

Model Indictment for Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine: Prosecutor v. President Vladimir Putin

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Mar 14th, 2022

Розслідування МКС в Україні: краш-тест для доказів, створених користувачами

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Mar 2nd, 2022

The Int’l Criminal Court’s Ukraine Investigation: A Test Case for User-Generated Evidence

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Mar 2nd, 2022

Senate Hearing on Sudan: Is the US Ready for a Needed Reset?

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Jan 31st, 2022

Sudanese Send Clear `No’ to Military Coup. What Will Security Forces Do Next?

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Nov 1st, 2021

How Many (More) Sudanese Have to Die for Democracy?

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Oct 29th, 2021

After the Coup in Sudan: Key (Short-Term) Indicators for Democratic Survival

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Oct 25th, 2021

The Path Not Taken: Reimagining the Post-9/11 World

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Sep 7th, 2021

Facebook’s Unconscionable Action in Australia – and What It Means for the Rest of the World

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Feb 18th, 2021

De-platforming Following Capitol Insurrection Highlights Global Inequities Behind Content Moderation

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Jan 20th, 2021

If We Could See Ourselves from the Outside

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Jun 4th, 2020