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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The Just Security Podcast: Russia’s Political Prisoners and Their Lawyers: Vladimir Kara-Murza’s Case Highlights the Risks
In Russia and other repressive countries, the situation is often dire for the lawyers trying to defend political prisoners.
National Security at the United Nations This Week (Jan. 29-Feb. 2)
ICJ issues judgment in 2017 Ukraine-Russia case, UN officials emphasize importance of UNRWA funding in Gaza, ICC Prosecutor speaks on Sudan, and more.
The Biden Administration Must Use Civil Rights Enforcement to Push Back Against Texas’s Racist Invocation of Invasion
Texas Governor Greg Abbott's invocation of "invasion" is based in the white supremacist "great replacement" conspiracy theory.
Why the ICJ Ruling Misses the Mark: Mitigating Civilian Harm With An Enemy Engaged in Human Shielding
Former CENTCOM Commander General (ret.) Joseph Votel and Professor Claire Finkelstein critically analyze South Africa's positions before the International Court of Justice in…
Finding Light in the Darkness: A Meditation on Remembrance
(Adapted from an address delivered today at a joint Muslim-Jewish observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Srebrenica Memorial Center in Potoćari, Bosnia and…
The Just Security Podcast: ICJ Provisional Measures in South Africa v. Israel
Three experts join the show to unpack the ICJ provisional measures in South Africa's genocide case against Israel.
Top Experts’ Views of Int’l Court of Justice Ruling on Israel Gaza Operations (South Africa v Israel, Genocide Convention Case)
In advance of the International Court of Justice’s ruling on Friday, we asked several leading experts if they would provide us with their views on the judicial order once…
National Security at the United Nations This Week (Jan. 22-Jan. 26)
Keep up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security, human rights, and the rule of law.
Unpacking the Int’l Court of Justice Judgment in South Africa v Israel (Genocide Case)
Unpacking the judgment and placing its specific rulings in context.
Shaming without Naming: The Limits of Anonymous U.S. Visa Sanctions for Accountability
The Biden administration needs to use visa sanctions more transparently if they are to have a serious political impact.
A Lawyer for Political Prisoners on Why He Fled Russia
After handling many prominent cases, one involving Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza illustrates the dire threats and the need for support.
No Longer the Silent Victim: How Ukrainian Prosecutors Are Revitalizing Environmental War Crime Law
Prosecutions for environmental destruction have been notably absent from war crimes trials to date. In Ukraine, this is about to change.