International Law
Just Security offers expert analysis of international law and its role in addressing global challenges. Our coverage includes litigation in international and regional tribunals, the process of international law-making, analysis of compliance and accountability for international law violations–including international criminal justice, and challenges to the international legal order.
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Cutting Edge Issues in Year 20 of the Guantánamo Habeas Litigation
After 20 years of Guantánamo litigation, legal questions around detention authority and due process still remain.
There Is a Way to Close Guantanamo
An outline of steps to end the policy of law of war detention, close Guantanamo, and end one of the grimmest chapters of the endless war era.
Defending the Rule of Law Requires Ending Guantanamo Detention
After 20 years, continued Guantanamo detention is unjustifiable.
The International Community and Israel: Giving Permission to a Permanent Occupation
UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories reflects on 50+ years of international inaction on the Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine.
Taking Stock: Accountability for January 6th and the Risks of Recurrence
The absence of accountability is not neutrality, but an invitation to escalate wrongdoing and for others to follow suit.
Civilian Casualties in U.S. Air Wars: A Wake-up Call for Canada and its Future Use of Armed Drones?
Last month’s New York Times report that the American air wars in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan have been plagued by flawed intelligence, poor targeting, and thousands of civilian…
Time for the Biden Administration to Disavow the Dangerous Soleimani Legal Opinions
The legal opinions' fundamental error: distorting accepted legal framework to fit inapposite facts. Still on the book, the opinions remain a loaded weapon for another president…
Democracy, Rule of Law, Justice: Lessons from 2021 for the Year Ahead?
A curated selection of Just Security articles offers insights for 2022 on issues of racial justice, democracy and the rule of law, diplomacy, foreign policy, and more.
Amid Civilian Harm Revelations, Defense Bill Takes Measured Steps on Oversight and Accountability
Recent months have seen a flood of revelations concerning civilian harm resulting from U.S. military operations. The last U.S. airstrike of the war in Afghanistan, which killed…
The Use of Biometric Technologies for Counter-terrorism Purposes in a Human Rights Vacuum
CTED's "best practices" on biometrics miss a key dimension: international human rights law guidance.
On International Migrants Day, Reimagining Migration Beyond Imperialism, Militarism, and Racism
A clarion call for redemptive migration policy.
In South Sudan, Keep UN Peacekeepers Focused on Evolving Risks for Civilians
The transfer of "protection of civilian" sites to the government amid continuing threats requires extra vigilance from UNMISS.