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United States v. Donald Trump

A "Model Prosecution Memo" on the Conspiracy to Pressure Vice President Pence
Standing before an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in Monday night, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya fist bumps Ambassador Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China to the UN, as US ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations Mona Juul look on. February 21, 2022.

Russia’s “Occupation by Proxy” of Eastern Ukraine – Implications Under the Geneva Conventions

All state parties to the Geneva Conventions now have a role to play via enforcing grave breaches regime.

80 Years Later, Preventing Another Executive Order 9066 Requires Recognizing Its Lessons

Japanese American incarceration and subsequent redress campaign offer timely lessons for U.S. public and policymakers.

Books Bans and Censored Curricula Won’t Change History – or the Racism We Still Live With

A powerful family story of incarceration under Executive Order 9066 shows how the past is very much present.
People march during a Stop Asian Hate rally in downtown Detroit, Michigan on March 27,2021, as part of a nation wide protest in solidarity against hate crimes directed towards Asian Americans in the wake of the Atlanta, Georgia spa shootings that left eight dead. They carry signs reading, “All of us vs. racism #StopAsianHate” and “Stop AAPI Hate.”

Combating Anti-Asian Violence through UN Human Rights Mechanisms

The prospect of complaints against States parties should spur more effective responses to anti-Asian attacks and other structural racial discrimination.
Barracks behind barbed wire, against bright blue sky and mountains.

80 Years After Executive Order 9066, the Supreme Court Still Shuts Its Eyes to Reality

The myth of facial neutrality ignores how racism and other prejudices shape national security policy.

Introduction to Just Security’s Series on Executive Order 9066, 80 Years After Signing

A collection of Just Security essays reflect on national security policy past and present, 80 years after Order that led to mass incarceration of Japanese Americans.
A Yemeni man looks at graffiti protesting against US drone strikes on September 19, 2018 in Sana'a, Yemen.

What I Told Congress about U.S. Lethal Strikes

Congress should take steps to end America’s war-based approach to counterterrorism policy.

Deploring the Violence, Abandoning the Victim

A forthcoming rulemaking provides the opportunity for the US to realign its asylum procedures with a simple international - as well as moral - obligation: to save human lives.…

A Transitional Period Constitutional Question in Sudan

Sudan's military derailed a transition to civilian control in October. The former Minister of Justice takes a deep dive into the legal ambiguity in key founding documents that…
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“Freedom Convoy” Occupation Highlights Canada’s Security Challenges

Poor responses to recent protests in Ottawa show need for deep law enforcement and national security reforms.

Does the Law Matter?: Coup Edition

Attacks on democracy call for engagement with the law, not jaded dismissals of it.
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