Rule of Law

Compliance with international humanitarian law must be about fulfilling its humanitarian purpose, not skirting its limits.

The shocking attack should spur a stock-taking by Slovaks and the EU to reverse the country's rapid slide toward autocracy.

Legal experts Ryan Goodman, Marty Lederman, Mary McCord, and Steve Vladeck unpack what Trump v. United States means for presidential immunity.  

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that the Supreme Court's majority granted “former President Trump all the immunity he asked for and more.” 

The Court set forth a legal framework for the criminal justice system to respond to a president committing federal crimes while in office.

Increased mining investment in the Western Balkans can either support crucial political and economic reforms, or further reward illiberal regimes.

A successful counter-gang strategy must rebuild community trust, protect human rights, and lay the groundwork for long-term peace and stability.

The head of the Ukrainian Bar Association outlines progress and challenges in this parallel fight to the military battle against Russia.

Winning the most votes ever and controlling Congress and most state legislatures, the first woman to hold the office will have the power.

While legislating is traditionally seen as a role of the State, armed groups impose “rebel law” over ~64 million people in contested regions.

Through the jury instructions, the falsified records became inseparable from what prosecutors described as a “subversion of democracy.”

Experts Terri Austin and Adam Klasfeld share their views from inside the courtroom in Trump's New York trial and preview what comes next.