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The Just Security Podcast: Climate Change and Disability Rights
To explain how climate disasters impact people with disabilities, and how response systems can be improved, we have Professor Michael Ashely Stein.
Why President Biden Should Not Transfer Prohibited Cluster Bombs to Ukraine
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,…
Is Henry Kissinger a War Criminal?
For all the advances made by international justice, a powerful American former secretary of state still seems beyond its grasp.
Perspectives on Gender Persecution: Colombia’s Transitional Justice Process
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…
Pentagon Investigation into Syria Strike: A Litmus Test for Civilian Harm Response
The Pentagon's investigation into the May 3 drone strike in Syria is a litmus test for broader efforts to address civilian harm.
Meta’s Oversight Board Recommends Major Advance in International Accountability
The Oversight Board’s recommendation that Meta create a protocol to preserve and share graphic conflict-related content signals that we may be teetering on the edge of a powerful…
Le monde réagira-t-il à une possible agression de la République démocratique du Congo par le Rwanda?
La communauté internationale devrait répondre avec urgence à l'agression potentielle par le Rwanda envers la RDC.
Will the World Respond to Potential Rwandan Aggression Against the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
The international community should respond to potential Rwandan aggression against the Democratic Republic of Congo with urgency.
US Cooperation with the ICC to Investigate and Prosecute Atrocities in Ukraine: Possibilities and Challenges
The start of a series examining the current legal regime, new legislation, points of consensus, and related Court doctrines and policies.
The Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare Facilitates Interoperability
The Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare seeks to lay out the complex and at times overlapping legal frameworks around war at sea. Its aim is to prepare for and deter war…
Could the Nova Kakhovka Dam Destruction Become the ICC’s First Environmental Crimes Case?
The Nova Kakhovka Dam destruction, already labelled an act of “ecocide” by some, will undoubtedly reinforce calls for the ICC to focus more on environmental crimes and further…
The Sudan Conflict is an Existential Crisis for Refugee Protection in Africa
The African Union and the United Nations refugee protection systems can take active steps to address the problem of displaced people in Sudan now.