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Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh meets with Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in her office on Capitol Hill on August 21, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Rear Admiral Hutson: Why Senators Should Vote No on Kavanaugh

Why the U.S. military and national security are poorly served by Kavanaugh's support for extreme Presidential Powers.

Sep. 14, 2018 John D. Hutson, Rear Admiral, JAGC, USN (Ret.)

Denise Wright, a co-ordinator for the Northern Ireland Refugee and Asylum Forum holds a 'We Welcome You' sign as she helps ready a welcoming room for Syrian refugees at an undisclosed location on December 14, 2015 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Hand-made cards hang on the wall behind her.

It’s a Start – Why the Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration Matter

Both documents contain significant weaknesses. But they emerge at a time of urgency and provide a route for the crucial discussions that will still be needed going forward, because…

Sep. 12, 2018 Linda Bishai

The UK Government Needs to Learn that Secrecy is Not the Answer to Increased Litigation

Following the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, large scale deployments of British troops on combat missions seem unlikely until national memories are healed and budgets are rebalanced.…

Sep. 12, 2018 Abigail Watson

A man walks up the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on January 31, 2017.

International Law Roundup: Part III

In addition to discussing developments at the international criminal tribunals, addressed in Parts I and II of this series, the IHL Dialogs also offered insights into human rights…

Sep. 9, 2018 Beth Van Schaack

New UN Report Says All Parties to Yemen Conflict May be Responsible for War Crimes

The report, written by the group of eminent experts (GEE) appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council to investigate the conflict in Yemen, calls on the international community…

Sep. 7, 2018 Rahma Hussein, Alex Moorehead and 2 more

International Criminal Law Roundup: Part II

This is Part II of an international criminal law roundup focused on the ad hoc international and hybrid tribunals. Part I was dedicated to developments at the ICC. Part III will…

Sep. 7, 2018 Beth Van Schaack

International Criminal Law Roundup Series: Part I

[UPDATED] To turn our lens to international criminal law for a moment, I recently attended the annual International Humanitarian Law Dialogs in Chautauqua, New York. This year’s…

Sep. 6, 2018 Beth Van Schaack

Niger Facing Pressure to Ensure U.S. and French Drone Strikes Comply with Human Rights Law

Thanks to the diligent work of journalists, Just Security readers probably know by now that the United States has a squadron of armed drones based in the West African nation of…

Sep. 6, 2018 Rahma Hussein, Alex Moorehead and 1 more

Does Pervasive Secrecy Impede Intelligence Collection?: How Intelligence Agencies Could Use Crowdsourcing to Foil WMD Attacks

For decades, the edifice of the U.S. intelligence community (IC) has been built on a single principle: that intelligence is best when it is secret. Within the IC, this principle…

Sep. 5, 2018 Jonathan Fischbach

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