Courts & Litigation
Just Security’s expert authors offer analysis and informational resources on key litigation impacting national security, rights, democracy, and the rule of law. Our content spans domestic and international litigation, from cases at the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, and other international and regional tribunals, to those in U.S. courts involving executive branch actions, transnational litigation, and more.
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Military Personnel and the Putsch at the U.S. Capitol
If active duty, reserve, retired, or former military personnel participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, how should they be held accountable? Courts martial may be available for…
Responding to the Capitol Attack: Accountability Without Overreaction
There are many indisputable facts about last week’s violent and deadly incursion into the Capitol building. It is beyond debate that the fiasco included multiple criminal acts.…
Nestlé & Cargill v. Doe Series: Remedying the Corporate Accountability Gap at the ICC
[Editor’s Note: This article is part of a Just Security series on the consolidated cases of Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe I and Cargill Inc. v. Doe I, which was argued before…
On Guantanamo’s 19th Anniversary, A Renewed Call to Close It
Nineteen years ago today, the administration of President George W. Bush sent the first detainees to the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center for the purpose of detaining them beyond…
The Constitutional Case for Impeaching Donald Trump (Again)
We are, it seems, hurtling toward impeaching Donald J. Trump for a second time in thirteen months. It is entirely right that he should be impeached again, but in the whirl of the…
The Incapacitation of a President and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment: A Reader’s Guide
An authoritative analysis of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment on the incapacitation of a president, and how it was intended to function.
Father-Son Separation at US Border Illustrates Lasting Harm That Demands Redress
The abuses they faced under the Trump administration's immigration policy echo those revealed in a new Human Rights Watch investigation.
Ugandan Human Rights Lawyer Fights Charges on Eve of Presidential Election
Following a now-predictable pattern in the leadup to the polls, authorities have hastened arrests of political opponents and critics of President Museveni.
ICC Associates Win Temporary Reprieve from Draconian US Sanctions
A judge granted a preliminary injunction in a case challenging the Trump administration’s sanctions against court personnel and others.
Judges Doing What Judges Do: A Unified Theory of the 2020 Election Season
Dozens of judges, from all political persuasions, uniformly rejected the extravagant claims of President Donald Trump to set aside the presidential election results, or to compel…
The Promises of FOIA in 2021: A Ready Pathway to Accountability
It's not just a matter of choice for Biden admin. Here's what the Freedom of Information Act — and pending litigation — requires the executive branch to disclose about Trump…
Why the State Dept Should Reject Saudi Crown Prince MBS’s Claimed “Immunity”
The State Department refused to recognize head-of-state immunity for another Crown Prince, the UAE’s Mohamed bin Zayed in 2010. The same adherence to international law should…