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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Membership in a Non-State Armed Group in the DoD Law of War Manual
A critical assessment of the U.S. DoD Law of War Manual's approach to membership status in non-State armed groups.
Reparations for Ukraine: Three Proposals from Europe
Three European proposals seek to overcome or circumvent the key barrier to confiscation of Russian State-owned assets – the high level of immunity from enforcement that attaches…
Israel, the United States, and the Fourth Geneva Convention
The United States must clearly articulate whether the Fourth Geneva Convention applies to territories occupied by Israel.
UN Fact-Finding Mission Should Recognize Gender Persecution in Iran
The 55th Session of the U.N. Human Rights Council should also include renewing the mandate of the fact-finding mission.
National Security at the United Nations This Week (Feb. 19-Feb. 23)
Our weekly series on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security, human rights, and the rule of law.
“The time for decisive action is now”: Former U.N. Experts Open Letter on Rafah
"Given the catastrophic humanitarian and human rights situation in Rafah, we wish to take the extraordinary step of expressing ourselves collectively ..."
Міжнародне право в умовах російської агресії в Україні: Погляд зі Львова
Оголошуємо про проведення симпозіуму з українськими та міжнародними експертами з міжнародного…
International Law in the Face of Russia’s Aggression in Ukraine: The View from Lviv
Announcing a symposium featuring Ukrainian and international voices on international law, building on a December 2023 convening in Lviv, Ukraine.
A Zone of Silence: Obstetric Violence in Gaza and Beyond
Obstetric harm to pregnant, birthing, and post-partum women and girls in war remains at the sidelines of global political conversations.
Sovereign Immunity and Reparations in Ukraine
It would be hard to “unring” the bell of unilateral (and largely self-judging) exceptions to the protections traditionally afforded one State’s sovereign held by, or on the…
Decisions Without Enforcement: Ukrainian Judiciary and Compensation for War Damages
When considering a future international compensation mechanism or any other suggested model, it is necessary to decide what status the decisions of Ukrainian courts should have…
The US Recovered Over $600 Million in ISIS-Linked Funds – They Should Go to Syrian and Iraqi Victims
The DOJ must lead by example and use its discretion to divert at least a portion of the seized $687 million in Lafarge to non-U.S. victims of ISIS and ANF.