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Starvation is Starvation is Starvation.

We, as the international community including Israel, should embrace an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to prevent civilians from starving.
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Three Options for Designing a Single Residual Mechanism for Atrocity Crimes

Different models for a single residual mechanism would come with different levels of responsibility for future prosecutions.
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Section 620I: No Military Assistance to States Restricting U.S. Humanitarian Assistance

The United States needs to take urgent steps to ameliorate conditions in Gaza, including by using its leverage with Israel. It also needs to faithfully apply U.S. law, including…
Sudanese refugees and ethnic South Sudanese who have fled the war in Sudan carry their belongings while boarding a boat at the shores of the White Nile River

Does the ICC Have Jurisdiction Over the Starvation War Crime in Sudan?

Use of starvation of civilians as a method of warfare demands accountability. The question in Sudan is how best to pursue it. In the meantime, the key imperative is for all of…
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Legal, Political, and Administrative Considerations for Establishing a Single Residual Mechanism for Atrocity Crimes

A single residual mechanism would need to consider legal political and administrative questions in order to succeed.
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Consolidating the Aftermath of Justice – The Idea of a Single Residual Mechanism for Atrocity Crimes

A single residual mechanism could consolidate the tasks of ad hoc and hybrid tribunals after their prosecutorial mandates conclude.
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Introducing the Symposium on the Creation of a Single Residual Mechanism for Atrocity Crimes

A single residual mechanism could succeed international ad hoc and hybrid criminal tribunals, bringing challenges and potential benefits.
Palestinians inspect the destruction in Rafah on February 18, 2024, following overnight Israeli air strikes

Israeli Civilian Harm Mitigation in Gaza: Gold Standard or Fool’s Gold?

What can Israel do to better protect civilians in war? A leading expert on civilian harm sheds light on the issue.
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Rethinking Risk: Reducing Harm to Nonprofits in the Push to Counter Terrorism Financing

After years of detrimental side effects from the Financial Action Task Force's power, a course correction is overdue.
Palestinian children collect food at a donation point provided by a charity group in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on November 30, 2023, amid a truce in fighting between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. One boy reaching for a plate of food looks gaunt. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

How Israel Took the Terrorists’ Bait

To thwart Hamas’s strategy, Israel must commit to protect civilians. And Biden must defend human rights and international law with action.
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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.
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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…
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