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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In the Case Against Syria, a New Tool for Enforcing Human Rights
One of the key dilemmas of international law has always been whether and how international law obligations can be enforced against States that refuse to comply. In the case against…
Поступки щодо територій, правопорядку та світового миру: доля міжнародного права спочиває на кордонах України
Будь-які форми територіальних поступок за нинішніх умов були б юридично недійсними та суперечили…
Compromises on Territory, Legal Order, and World Peace: The Fate of International Law Lies on Ukraine’s Borders
Any form of territorial concessions in the present environment would be legally void and contrary to duties imposed on states.
Hidden Women: Carceral Secrecy and (In)Security
Harm exposure is concentrated in Black and Latine communities through the hyper incarceration of racial minorities and women and the racialized and gendered spaces in which they…
Why the Crimes Against Humanity Treaty Should Codify Gender Apartheid
The draft Crimes against Humanity treaty has the opportunity to recognize gender-based oppression for what it is: a type of apartheid.
Key Takeaways from September 28 House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on AUMF Reform
The HFAC hearing clarified the shallowness of the Biden administration’s conception of AUMF reform, divisions between the political branches and within the House, and the risks…
National Security Law and the Originalist Myth
Any genuine project of national security reform requires more than reviving a fictive eighteenth century of checks and balances. It instead entails treating foreign interventionism…
The NY Trump Civil Fraud Trial: From Tipping Point to Toppling Over
What to expect in the coming days and weeks, including the risk-rewards Trump faces in testifying.
AI and the Future of Drone Warfare: Risks and Recommendations
The most immediate threat is not the “AI apocalypse” – where machines take over the world – but humans leveraging AI to establish new patterns of violence and domination…
The U.N. Human Rights Council and the ICC Can Do More for Afghanistan
The United Nations Human Rights Council should create an independent investigative mechanism for Afghanistan.
UN Human Rights Council Should Extend Investigation Commission on Ethiopia
Only a neutral body like the ICHREE can conduct a comprehensive investigation into the atrocities in Tigray and other conflicts in Ethiopia. Ending its mandate risks complicity…
The Elephant in the Courtroom: ICC Temporal Jurisdiction Over the Situation in the Philippines
The International Criminal Court's split opinion in the Situation in the Philippines highlights the possibility that the question of temporal jurisdiction is far from over and…