Rule of Law

Russia's block on a recent human rights meeting is part of a pattern of authoritarian powers rending the fabric of rules-based institutions.

The 2021 WJP Rule of Law Index shows a global rule of law recession, including a deepening of the rule of law crisis in the United States.

Raoul Peck on Daniel Foote's call for the US to reset its policy and listen to the voices of Haitians trying to rebuild democracy.

Such a convention could help dispel a culture of impunity by reaffirming the gravity of such atrocities and filling gaps left by the Rome Statute.

Congress and the Treasury Department must curb law firms, financial advisors, and others implicated in the Pandora Papers secrecy gambits.

Countries that have cleaned up their act under pressure from the index rankings illustrate the need for such a gauge.

Turnout may be dismal, as many Iraqis feel elections fail as a channel for their voices or an instrument for change.

It tells other governments that they may not obtain retroactive impunity for their crimes by withdrawing from the ICC treaty.

It's time to get off this loop. But ending “endless wars” should not be equated with simplistic solutions.

How the international community and domestic power brokers undermined an initiative and sowed another seed of the ultimate collapse.

The Biden administration’s promise to attack the root causes of migration from Central America just got harder to keep.

Here's how the ICC can advance justice in Afghanistan despite the Taliban takeover.