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What a “Feminist” Approach to Fighting COVID-19 Might Have Achieved
Imagine a global security structure based on principles of cooperation, human security, pragmatism, transparency, and inclusivity.

Advancing Rights and Justice During a Pandemic: An Online Event Series
Watch leading scholars and practitioners from around the world discuss the human rights and social justice implications. And then join in.

The US Cannot Withdraw from the WHO Without First Paying Its Dues
President Donald Trump must choose between freezing US contributions to the World Health Organization and following through on his threat of withdrawal. He cannot do both.

Human Rights Cannot Be Put on Hold
As a result of the current global pandemic, the U.N. Human Rights Council session, when the U.S. was set to be reviewed as part of the Universal Periodic Review, was postponed.

Mapping the Proliferation of Human Rights Bodies’ Guidance on COVID-19 Mitigation
When multiple bodies – especially intergovernmental organizations or oversight bodies within the same system – offer separate guidance on the same topics without coordinating…

A Conversation With U.N. Special Rapporteur David Kaye: COVID-19 and Freedom of Expression
Ryan Goodman, Just Security's co-editor-in-chief, recently posed a series of questions to David Kaye, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression.

To Fix the COVID-19 Testing Gap, Take a Lesson from GM (or the Pentagon)
The chaotic state of the current COVID testing marketplace is a direct impediment to outbreak control and economic recovery. The federal government should engage in the testing…

COVID-19 and the Shrinking Civic Space in Nigeria
With the same rapidity as its spread, COVID-19 seems to be taking over as the major driver of shrinking civic space in many parts of the world, displacing the popular buzzwords:…

Nixon Went to China. Trump Should Go to Wuhan.
This week the annual meeting of the World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) convenes in virtual format, under the shadow of a dangerous pandemic, and with…

Revisiting Export Controls in the COVID Era
A summary of U.S. Treasury’s new guidance for each country subject to U.S. sanctions.

COVID-19 and Health Systems: Responding to Unpredictable Predictability
Health systems across the world have been tested by this pandemic, and many have been found wanting, surprised by the pandemic’s ferocity and its unknowness, its seeming unpredictability.…

What the Pandemic Tells Us About the State of U.S. Cybersecurity
The Cyberspace Solarium Commission sees lessons on risk assessment, resilience, public-private collaboration, and more.