Human Rights
Just Security’s expert authors offer in-depth analysis on critical human rights challenges, including those related to armed conflict, emerging technologies, abuses by authoritarian governments, repression of human rights advocates and independent media, human rights litigation, racial justice, gender equality, and more.
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Toby Cadman Rejoinder to Government of Bangladesh
On Jan. 31, I published an opinion piece on Just Security entitled “What Should the International Community do to Address Impunity in Bangladesh?” Mohammad Ziauddin, the ambassador…
Just Security Podcast: Sam Vinograd on Trump’s Weakness Toward Russia on Syria
Last Friday, I spoke with former National Security Council official Samantha Vinograd about President Trump’s reluctance to confront Russian President Vladimir Putin, and…
Using U.S. Courts to Promote Accountability for the 1990 Liberian Church Massacre and Beyond
Between 1989 and 2003, civil war consumed the small West African nation of Liberia, resulting in the estimated deaths of 150,000 to 250,000 men, women and children, and the displacement…
UN Releases Guidelines for Team Investigating ISIS Crimes in Iraq
Back in September, we covered the establishment by the U.N. Security Council of a novel "Investigative Team" to investigate international crimes (genocide, crimes against humanity…
Impunity for U.S.-Funded Warlords in Afghanistan
The U.S. is unable or unwilling to stop funding units in Afghanistan that engage in serious human rights violations, according to a new SIGAR report. Lt. Gen. Abdul Raziq, the…
Surveillance Law Backers’ ‘Willie Horton’ Tactics
In the aftermath of the renewal of a major U.S. surveillance law last month, anyone concerned about civil rights should be taking stock of both the government’s extensive surveillance…
Trump’s Immigration Wishlist Risks Running Afoul of U.S. Treaty Obligations
In his State of the Union speech, President Donald Trump reiterated his opposition to a “clean” Dreamers bill – one that protects young immigrants brought to this country…
Repatriation Doomed to Fail? Arrangement Between Bangladesh and Myanmar Leaves Rohingya in Dangerously Precarious Position
Rohingya refugees carry wood in Balukhali camp on January 14, 2018 in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images) Two months ago, the governments of Myanmar and…
Exodus Continued: FRONTLINE’s Next Chapter of the Refugee Story
In 2018, the United States, the world’s richest country by far, is expected to open its doors to .08 percent of the world’s 22.5 million refugees, over half of whom are under…
The UN Security Council, Global Watch Lists, Biometrics, and the Threat to the Rule of Law
Members of the United Nations Security Council meet at U.N. headquarters, April 5, 2017 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) While much of the world was not paying attention,…
Trump Administration’s Fuzzy Math on Terrorist Origins is More than Misleading – It’s Dishonest
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Jan. 16, 2018. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Just as the Senate Judiciary Committee was getting ready to conduct…
Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Just Security
In honor of Martin Luther King Day, Just Security is on a reduced schedule. We will address any major news development today, and will return at full steam tomorrow. In the meantime,…