Rule of Law

It's time for Washington to recognize the role of Serb nationalism in fomenting renewed tensions across the region.

Of the many abuses that sprung from the Patriot Act’s toxic soil, the most pernicious and enduring is the growth of secret laws. The insistence that the government must not only…

The lack of uniform procedures for sealing federal court records has resulted in excessive secrecy that has caused considerable harm.

Review: Casey Michel's book, “American Kleptocracy,” tells the tale of US financial secrecy via two of the world’s great kleptocrats.

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.