Diplomacy
Just Security’s expert authors offer analysis of diplomacy and its role in addressing global challenges, from armed conflicts to international crises and more. Our coverage includes U.S. foreign policy, international organizations, and multilateral diplomacy related to critical global issues.
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Time to Move Beyond the Rhetoric of Protecting Civilians in Conflict
In his annual protection report to the United Nations Security Council, released this month, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued a clear call to parties to conflict…
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.
National Security at the United Nations This Week (May 15-22)
(Editor’s Note: This is the latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security,…
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…
The US Goes to Bat for Lebanon’s “Butcher of Khiam”
American intervention in Lebanon's trial of Amer Fakhoury undermines the rule of law and disregards obligations under the Convention against Torture.
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.
Oxford Statement on the International Law Protections Against Cyber Operations Targeting the Health Care Sector
In advance of Friday, May 22 Arria-Formula meeting of the United Nations Security Council.
How States Supporting Armed Proxies Can Reduce Civilian Casualties and Protracted Hostilities
Guardrails in providing security assistance and arms exports don’t just protect human rights but also advance national security.
Turkey Opened the Door to the European Court of Human Rights for Syrian Victims
With Turkey's occupation of parts of northern Syria, a new venue may now be available to victims: the European Court of Human Rights.
And Then There Were Seven: Rwandan Félicien Kabuga Arrested in France
The case illustrates the long arm of justice, via international tribunals created in the 1990s after the genocides in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
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…