Armed Conflict
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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The Ukraine War and the Crime of Aggression: How to Fill the Gaps in the International Legal System
An expert analysis of the diplomatic and legal options for creating a tribunal for the crime of waging a war of aggression against Ukraine.

Війна в Україні та злочин агресії: Як заповнити прогалини в міжнародній правовій системі
An expert analysis of the diplomatic and legal options for creating a tribunal for the crime of waging a war of aggression against Ukraine.

Justice Will Be Crucial to a New Deal in Sudan
Sudanese politicians and military leaders are making a second serious attempt at negotiating a path toward civilian rule and democracy.

The Just Security Podcast: Closing the War Crimes Impunity Gap
Biden recently signed the Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act, fixing loopholes that allowed alleged war criminals to escape prosecution.

The Limits of Remote Warfare: Aligning Values with Interests
The Biden administration should be more circumspect in its reliance on lethal force as a foreign policy tool outside of traditional war zones.

Poland’s Position on International Law and Cyber Operations: Sovereignty and Third-Party Countermeasures
Poland's positions push the discussion forward on contested areas of law.

На шляху до створення Тимчасового Офісу Прокурора в Гаазі для розслідування злочину агресії проти України
Неважко уявити створення певного кримінального трибуналу, який теоретично міг би притягати до відповідальності…

Toward an Interim Prosecutor’s Office in The Hague for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine
A discussion of the diplomatic effort to create an Interim Prosecutor's Office in The Hague for the crime of waging a war of aggression against Ukraine.

Україна та Нідерланди очікують ключових рішень в справах проти Росії за роки війни
У той час як наближається річниця повномасштабної війни Росії проти України, в різних судах розглядається…

Ukraine, Netherlands Await Pivotal Rulings in Cases Against Russia from Previous Years of War
The European Court of Human Rights is due to rule on admissibility and, notable for other cases too, Russia’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Closing the Impunity Gap for War Crimes
The Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act will increase accountability prospects for atrocity crimes within the U.S. judicial system.

Twenty-One Years On, US Detention at Guantánamo Bay Remains Unconscionable
"The prison continues to cause profound and escalating damage to the aging and increasingly ill men still detained indefinitely there, most without charge and none having received…