Use of Force

States should continue to work on confidence building measures in outer space and should ban anti-satellite tests, which are harmful to humankind.

Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Justice writes about the U.S. approach to creating a tribunal compared to the model supported by Lithuania and others.

As U.S. officials grapple with the fallout from the latest drone strike, Congress and senior administration officials should demand answers.

It is our moral obligation to fight impunity and go after international criminals. It also makes sense politically, as only full accountability can pave the way towards a just…

President Zelenskyy opposes a “hybrid” tribunal to try the crime of aggression—but can the U.N. create a court without Security Council support?

What international law has to say about other States’ assistance to Russia’s war efforts

Violence in Sudan has reached the level of an armed conflict -- a threshold at which international humanitarian law applies.

To explain the M23 conflict, and what the United States can do to pressure Rwanda to withdraw, we have Daniel Levine-Spound and Ari Tolany.

When it comes to doing the right thing and pursuing the rule of law, the form a tribunal takes should not dictate its ability to function:

The United States should take immediate steps to halt all security cooperation activities with Rwanda until concrete conditions are met.

IHL needs to be respected in the heat of battle. How to achieve that goal - and reduce civilian suffering during hostilities - should become an urgent focus of international attention.

Whatever shape an aggression tribunal takes, we applaud the U.S. position which will likely create momentum to prosecute Russian aggression.