Atrocities

For knowledge, accountability, and reparation we need to reconceive of the consequences of violence for Gazan civilians as composite, aggregate, collective, and layered harms.

Digital open source data can be ethically deployed to strengthen investigations and prosecutions on gender crimes in Iran and elsewhere.

Analysis of jus ad bellum with Israel’s stated objectives for its current military operations in Gaza.

States should incorporate child-specific provisions within a future Crimes Against Humanity Convention to better protect children's rights.

US courts may offer avenues for holding Russia accountable for injuries caused by its unlawful invasion of Ukraine, subject to certain limitations.

The South Sudan government should be held strictly to its commitment to establish and politically support new truth commission legislation.

Technology can help bring justice for Ukrainian survivors of sexual and gender-based crimes, but the process is not without challenges.

Legal analysis shows how Russia’s actions meet the threshold for the crime of persecution under international law.

A recent decision from Israel's Supreme Court exposes some of the underlying tensions and inadequacies within international humanitarian law in countering conflict-induced civilian…

A newly-rebooted UN Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect should work with local communities to de-escalate tensions before atrocities occur.

A war survivor says the response to Dodik's separatism must be firm and unequivocal for the sake of regional and European security.

Generative AI can fuel new forms of manipulation, but also holds promise for mitigating atrocities and enabling early detection.