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Just Security’s expert authors provide analysis on the legal, policy, and strategic dimensions of armed conflict, including the Russia-Ukraine war, the Israel-Hamas war, counterterrorism operations, conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, and other armed conflicts across the globe, with a focus on international humanitarian law, war crimes and accountability, mitigating and remedying civilian harm, and the humanitarian impacts of warfare.

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A boxing glove with the label, “Sanctions” punches the flag of Sudan on a squishy ball.

Not So Fast: Trump Administration Continues U.S. Sanctions Toward Sudan

After months of speculation, the Trump administration has decided that the current U.S. sanctions against Sudan will remain in place – at least for now. The State Department…
Jul. 21, 2017

Nikki Haley is Wrong to Boast About Peacekeeper Budget Cuts: A View From the Central African Republic

Nikki Haley, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, bragged on Twitter recently about cuts to UN peacekeeping funding, saying: “Just 5 months into our time here,…
Jul. 20, 2017 , and 3 more

Lessons From Mosul: How to Reduce Civilian Harm in Urban Warfare

Fighting in densely populated areas poses a number of significant challenges to forces trying to adhere to the rules that govern warfare. Even assuming that international humanitarian…
Jul. 20, 2017

State Dept. Office of Global Criminal Justice on the Chopping Block–Time to Save It

Word out of Washington is that the Trump Administration has started to restructure the State Department and particularly the Under-Secretariat for Civilian Security, Democracy…
Jul. 17, 2017
An aerial view of the destroyed Al-Jinah Mosque.

Letter to the Editor: There Is Much More to a Civilian Casualty Investigation than Eyewitness Accounts

I applaud and agree with Sarah Knuckey’s, Ole Solvang’s, Jonathan Horowitz’s and Radhya Almutawakel’s recent post (“Pentagon Admits Major Investigation Flaw: imeshey…
Jul. 17, 2017

A Brief Guide to the New Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

The majority of the world’s countries just adopted a new treaty banning nuclear weapons, placing them in the same category of international law as other weapons of mass destruction…
Jul. 14, 2017

Hidden from the Public: The United Kingdom’s Drone Warfare

The use of armed drones by the United States, both within the conflict zones of Iraq and Syria, and further afield in Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen, continues to be characterized…
Jul. 10, 2017
An Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fires flares during a flight supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, June 21, 2017.

Fragmented Wars: International Law and Multi-Territorial Conflict Against Non-State Armed Groups

The legal issues surrounding military operations against non-State armed groups abroad are continuing to generate policy and legal debates. In an article just published in International…
Jul. 6, 2017

US-UAE Partnership and Alleged Torture: Recommended Next Steps for the Administration and Congress

An important foreign military partner in our armed conflict against al-Qaida in Yemen—the United Arab Emirates—has faced a series of allegations that it is engaged in systematic…
Jul. 5, 2017 and

International Cyber Law Politicized: The UN GGE’s Failure to Advance Cyber Norms

On June 23, after years of slow yet meaningful progress in developing State consensus regarding the application of international law norms to cyberspace, the UN Group of Governmental…
Jun. 30, 2017 and
Heavy smoke rises following an airstrike by the US-led coalition aircraft in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, October 18, 2014.

Pentagon Admits Major Investigation Flaw: They Rarely Talk to Air Strike Witnesses or Victims

In a transcript of a Pentagon Press Briefing, released this week by Airwars, Central Command’s Deputy Director for Operations made a striking admission about U.S. investigations…
Jun. 29, 2017 , and 2 more

Safe Zones – Only Ever a Temporary Fix When Nothing Else Is Available

Fleeing a conflict zone is dangerous. The route to safety, to a country where a refugee can obtain protection, can be deadly. Over 3,700 people died trying cross the Mediterranean…
Jun. 29, 2017 and
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