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New UN Guidance Calling for Restraints on Conscientious Objection to Abortion Care

UN guidance requires States to reconcile claims for religious accommodation with the impact that refusals to provide abortion care and other reproductive health services have on…
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To ‘End’ War in Ukraine, Trump Might Be Tougher on Putin Than Critics Think

An analysis of the Trump administration's possible approach to Russia in pressing for negotiations with Ukraine.
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Magnitsky-Style Sanctions Are a Precision Measure for Iran’s Crisis of Impunity

Magnitsky-style sanctions provide a principled and practical framework for accountability.
Smoke billows during an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese village of Khiam

Beyond Law: When States Use Ethics to Excuse War Crimes

Until distorted ethical narratives are challenged, powerful states will continue to commit war crimes with impunity.
A photo shows a group of about a dozen protestors carrying US and Ukrainian flags and a couple of flags combining the two countries' banners, and posters including one that reads, "Ukraine is fighting so your soldiers don't have to."

Biden’s Final Efforts on Ukraine — and Trump’s First Moves

The US easing of limits on use of a long-range missile system, ATACMS, may be too late, depending on Trump's approach when he takes office.
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Early Warning in Atrocity Scenarios Must Account for the Effects of Technology, Good or Bad

Atrocity-prevention systems developed before the spread of new technologies need to more systematically account for their impacts.
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Thinking Beyond Risks: A Symposium on Tech and Atrocity Prevention

Governments and civil society can harness new and established technologies, even while proactively mitigating associated risks.
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Progress on Gender Justice Continues as States Consider Next Steps on Draft Crimes Against Humanity Treaty

This fall, a number of States expressed support for the inclusion of various gender justice proposals in a potential future treaty.
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Days, Not Weeks: Gaza, Starvation, and the Imperative to Act Now

The humanitarian situation in Gaza has sharpened third states’ obligation to use their leverage now to reverse the trajectory, writes Dannenbaum.
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In ICJ Advisory Opinion on Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Separate Opinions Obscure Legal Rationale

The Advisory Opinion marks an important development in international law. It is therefore disappointing that this development occurs ex cathedra and in a manner that reveals so…
A photo shows Trump sitting at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, signing a document in a formal folder.

Will Renewed `Maximum Pressure’ Sanctions Yield Maximum Results? Not Likely.

Trump may find that the global economic dynamics that might have supported such a strategy the last time aren't the same today.
A sign for COP29, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, is on display outside Olympic Stadium on November 8, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan

Punching Above Their Weight: Caribbean States’ Ambitious COP29 Global Finance Goal

COP29 marks an opportunity for the Global North to pay for its fair share of global climate finance and help small island developing states.
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