Armed Conflict

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Three Takeaways from Russia’s Latest Criminal Charges Against Bill Browder

On Monday, Russian prosecutors announced new charges against U.S.-born British financier Bill Browder. For years, the Kremlin has targeted Browder using Interpol’s “red notice”…

A Long Time Coming: Understanding the Landmark Ruling from the Khmer Rouge Trials

On Friday morning in Phnom Penh, the Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)—more commonly known as the Khmer Rouge Trials―delivered a…

The Pentagon Put Someone in Charge of Its Civilian Casualty Policy. Now What?

For all the time and attention that the Defense Department has rightly spent addressing civilian casualties, no single official at the Pentagon has ever been formally charged with…

Misogynist Apartheid — Saudi Arabia’s Original Human Rights Sin

The murderous brutality of the Saudi regime is rightly condemned for the killing and dismembering of courageous dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the merciless Saudi war…

‘Tactic to Terrorize’: Child Abduction in Cameroon Must Stop

On November 5, around 78 students were kidnapped from a school in Cameroon, allegedly by separatist rebels. The students were released days later, but the story does not end there…

“Protecting Children”: A Welcome Addition to Efforts to Redress Wartime Harms

[This essay is the second in an online mini forum that Just Security is hosting on the new book, Protecting Children in Armed Conflict. Other participants in the mini forum include…

Update: The Military, the Mexican Border and Posse Comitatus

Unlike the earlier deployment of National Guard personnel, the use of federal forces raises new issues concerning what they are permitted to do.

Jamal Khashoggi, the U.S. Supreme Court and the Limits of Inviolability

Jamal Khashoggi’s murder could complicate the Sudan v. Harrison case, which is set for oral argument before the Supreme Court on November 7.

Need for Change to Protect Children in Armed Conflict

[This essay by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Shaheed Fatima QC is the opening of an online mini forum that Just Security is hosting on their new book, Protecting Children in…

Why the ICC Investigation of Forced Displacement in Myanmar Is a Big Deal

In September, Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced that she was opening a preliminary examination of forcible deportations of the…

How Dangerous—and How New—Is the Defense Department’s “Collective Self-Defense” Theory?

The Defense Department’s reliance on a broad interpretation of “collective self-defense” appears to authorize military operations further removed from congressional approval…

U.S. Military’s “Collective Self-Defense” of Non-State Partner Forces: What Does International Law Say?

Earlier this month, Senator Tim Kaine made public a letter he wrote to Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis asking for clarification on the meaning of “collective self-defense of…
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