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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Rethinking the United Nations Cybercrime Treaty
The U.N. Convention Against Cybercrime clearly challenges the democratic vision for a free Internet and puts the United States on the spot.
Why Criminalize Ecocide? Experts Weigh In
Experts close to the efforts to make ecocide an international crime weigh in on what they believe criminalization can achieve.
Law of War Questions Raised by Exploding Pagers in Lebanon
The exploding pagers in Lebanon raise a number of factual and legal questions related to the obligations of the attacker under the law of armed conflict.
The Just Security Podcast: Strategic Risks of AI and Recapping the 2024 REAIM Summit
Just Security Senior Fellow Brianna Rosen shares key takeaways from the 2024 REAIM Summit and strategic risks of AI in the military domain.
In the Woomera Manual, International Law Meets Military Space Activities
An editor of the new Woomera Manual analyzes cutting-edge developments in the international law of outer space.
Vlogging International Criminal Justice? Digital Optics at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), tasked with addressing the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge regime, has ventured into uncharted territory: TikTok.
“With Utmost Urgency”: Arrest Warrants and Amicus Observations at the International Criminal Court
"The Court should issue arrest warrants based on the evidence before it with utmost urgency. It is widely and correctly seen as an institutional failure not to do so."
Adding Gender to Apartheid in International Law: But Where?
Could discussions about the revival of the Apartheid Convention provide a basis for rethinking the approach to the codification of gender apartheid?
The Growing Threat of State Domestic Terrorism Laws to the First Amendment
Since political violence is already criminalized under other state and federal laws, state domestic terrorism laws are arguably unnecessary. These laws create serious, and often…
Putting the Second REAIM Summit into Context
The upcoming REAIM Summit on responsible AI in the military domain is a valuable multistakeholder forum that can catalyze diplomatic and normative processes.
France’s New Western Sahara Position Marks a Turning Point in North Africa — But for Better or Worse?
It may aid stability as US and European support tips toward Morocco. But it has provoked Algeria, which is eyeing Russia and China.
Confirmation of Charges in Absentia for Joseph Kony: Paving the Way for Putin?
The ICC proceeding against Kony opens the door for in absentia confirmation of charges in other high-profile ICC cases, but it is a fact-specific analysis and so the prosecution…