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Encryption Helps Ukrainians Resist Russia’s Invasion, but a European Plan Threatens the Underlying Trust Any Tech User Needs

The intended crime-fighting proposals could force encrypted-messaging services to abandon basic confidentiality or pull out of the market.
Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya speaks during a meeting of the General Assembly

Історична резолюція Генеральної Асамблеї ООН закликає до виплати репарацій Україні

Генеральна Асамблея проголосувала за притягнення Росії до відповідальності за порушення міжнародного…
Internally displaced women carry jerrycans in the makeshift camp where they are sheltered in the village of Erebti, Ethiopia, on June 09, 2022.

For Biden’s Africa Strategy to Succeed, Prioritize Human Rights

The United States has an opportunity to put human rights at the center of its foreign policy on Africa.
Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya speaks during a meeting of the General Assembly

Historic UNGA Resolution Calls for Ukraine Reparations

The resolution is an important sign of accountability for Russia's grave violations of international law in Ukraine.
Human rights activists welcome diplomats with protest boards as Saudi Arabia marks its statehood day with a reception in a hotel on September 22, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands. One protester holds a sign saying, "Warning: You are entering a human rights danger zone." In August, a Saudi tribunal sentenced Salma al-Shehab, a Saudi citizen in the final year of her PhD studies at Leeds University's School of Medicine, to 34 years in prison over tweets that called for reform in the kingdom. The mother of two was arrested while on holiday in Saudi Arabia in 2021. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

America’s Autocratic Persian Gulf ‘Partners’ Are Actually Liabilities

Support for leaders who remain in power only via repression and cooptation is a recipe for instability, not strategic success.
an internally displaced flood-affected family sits outside their tent at a makeshift tent camp in Jamshoro district of Sindh province.

Tackling Climate Change Displacement at COP27

COP27 offers an important opportunity to address challenges surrounding climate-induced migration.
Torso shot of person in red jacket and PRESS vest, with camera. Shattered glass in foreground.

Regarding Pathways of International Accountability for Violence Against Journalists

Former President of the International Criminal Court (2018-2021) on how international law might be used to combat the "impunity that all too often attends the cycle of violence…
overhead shot of flooded houses

Loss and Damage at COP27: What’s Been Lost, What Can We Salvage From the Damage?

States should fund serious progress on loss and damage now to avoid future bills related to climate change.
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Paul Weme, NATO Headquarters, salutes the American flag during a Veterans Day ceremony

Reflections on Becoming a Veteran after Decades of Forever War

I wholeheartedly believe that my husband is still here with me today because of his military family, and we are terrified to be leaving it.
The Liberia flagged bulk carrier Asl Tia en-route to China transits the Bosphorus carrying 39,000 metric tons of sunflower meal from Ukraine after being held at the entrance of the Bosphorus due to Russia pulling out of the Black Sea Grain agreement on November 02, 2022

Право міжнародних договорів у воєнний час: приклад Чорноморської зернової ініціативи

Ми показуємо, як право міжнародних договорів зіграло конструктивну фонову роль у стабілізації глобальних…
An activist holding a placard reading "No to imitation of judicial reform!" stages a picket in front of Kiev's President Hotel during the Congress of Judges of Ukraine as law enforcement officers guard the site on March 9, 2021. Activists protested against the meeting, which was to elect members of the High Council of Justice and the Constitutional Court, whom demonstrators suspect of corruption. (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Fight Can Overcome US Skeptics

Amid likely GOP control of the House, strong steps would help Ukraine get the assistance it needs, while advancing reforms and EU accession.
The Liberia flagged bulk carrier Asl Tia en-route to China transits the Bosphorus carrying 39,000 metric tons of sunflower meal from Ukraine after being held at the entrance of the Bosphorus due to Russia pulling out of the Black Sea Grain agreement on November 02, 2022

The Law of Treaties in Wartime: The Case of the Black Sea Grain Initiative

The law of treaties can play a constructive role in stabilizing global crises in the face of the most difficult of circumstances: an armed conflict raging between two of the treaty’s…
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