International Justice

The U.N.'s Sixth Committee recently adopted a resolution for negotiations on a treaty to prevent and punish crimes against humanity.

UN guidance requires States to reconcile claims for religious accommodation with the impact that refusals to provide abortion care and other reproductive health services have on…

Slavery often crates the physiological, psychological, interpersonal, or environmental conditions that lead to disability.

What do the ICC's arrest warrants for Israeli PM Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Gallant mean in practice, what alleged crimes are they sought for, what happens next at the…

Magnitsky-style sanctions provide a principled and practical framework for accountability.

Until distorted ethical narratives are challenged, powerful states will continue to commit war crimes with impunity.

Governments and civil society can harness new and established technologies, even while proactively mitigating associated risks.

This fall, a number of States expressed support for the inclusion of various gender justice proposals in a potential future treaty.

The humanitarian situation in Gaza has sharpened third states’ obligation to use their leverage now to reverse the trajectory, writes Dannenbaum.

The Advisory Opinion marks an important development in international law. It is therefore disappointing that this development occurs ex cathedra and in a manner that reveals so…

A court case shows the complexity of weighing a constitutional guarantee against the obligation to protect the State in war.

Using amnesties, trials, and “parole boards” for detainees in northeast Syria would be consistent with the requirements of international law.