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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Don’t Forget Your Friends: Risks and Opportunities in Security Partnerships
Any policy on civilian protection that lack a robust plan for working with partners would be incomplete. New frameworks, tools, and capabilities are needed to support partners…
Israel’s West Bank Ordinance: The Latest Effort to Suppress Palestinian Civil Society
The new law will severely curtail academic, economic, and personal contacts between Palestinians and the world. It fits a larger pattern.
Answering the Supreme Court’s Call for Guidance on the Alien Tort Statute
Proposed Alien Tort Statute Clarification Act would clarify Congress's intent on extraterritorial jurisdiction over violations of laws of nations.
Transitional Justice in Ukraine: Guidance to Policymakers
A successful mechanism must involve civil society and include the impact of Russia’s armed conflict preceding this year’s full invasion.
Перехідне правосуддя в Україні: рекомендації для полісімейкерів
Будь-яка успішна система перехідного правосуддя для України повинна враховувати той вплив збройного…
Mariupol and the Origins and Avenues of Ukraine’s Transitional Justice Process
Government and civil society began a holistic approach to peace and reconciliation three years ago. It's time now to update and implement.
Beyond a “Hate Crime”: “Replacement” Rhetoric and the Genocide Worry
Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, former President of the International Criminal Court, analyzes "replacement theory"-motivated killings through lens of international law on genocide.
A Memory of Solferino
Reviewing Hugo Slim, Solferino 21: Warfare, Civilians and Humanitarians in the Twenty-First Century (London: Hurst & Company, 2022). Amid the brutal siege, costing the lives…
Colombia’s `Second Independence?’ Likely Left Victory Marks Historic Shift
Pending a runoff, a ticket led by a former insurgent and Bogotá mayor with a Black feminist activist may seek new regional, global alliances.
American Tragedies
Buffalo, Uvalde, Laguna Woods among US communities shattered by mass shootings.
Toward a Better Accounting of the Human Toll in Putin’s War of Aggression
With the war entering its fourth month, the United Nations and others should address the killing of Ukrainian soldiers as well as Russian conscripts who Putin has effectively sent…
Human Rights Challenges Highlight Taiwan’s Ongoing Democratic Transition
An independent international review cited outstanding issues that point to the island's legacy of colonial and authoritarian rule.