Civilian Harm

Conditions on the ground in the Sudan conflict show that both sides are disregarding international children's rights law.

Accountability for the crime of aggression matters because acts of aggression can lead to other grave crimes, including war crimes and crimes against humanity.

As the Senate considers the NDAA, U.S. policymakers should rally around the passed House amendments poised to make progress for civilians.

Are they meaningful if condemnation is followed blithely by economic engagement with the same actors who committed the violations?

Rather than revert to the era when the U.S. last used cluster munitions, the U.S. and Ukraine, as well as Russia, should cease transfer and use of cluster munitions to protect…

Providing cluster munitions to Ukraine would be escalatory, counterproductive, and only further increase the dangers to civilians caught in combat zones and those who will, someday,…

For all the advances made by international justice, a powerful American former secretary of state still seems beyond its grasp.

Repeatedly, leaders were not held to account for their abuses, emboldening today's generals to again use violence in their power struggle.

How does the the International Criminal Court Prosecutor's Policy on the Crime of Gender Persecution interact with domestic justice processes? The transitional justice process…

The Pentagon's investigation into the May 3 drone strike in Syria is a litmus test for broader efforts to address civilian harm.

La communauté internationale devrait répondre avec urgence à l'agression potentielle par le Rwanda envers la RDC.

The international community should respond to potential Rwandan aggression against the Democratic Republic of Congo with urgency.