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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Afghan all-female robotics team members at Qatar's Education City Club House in Doha on September 7, 2021.

The Last Days in Afghanistan Should Not Deter Biden from Looking Beyond the 9/11 Paradigm

It's time to get off this loop. But ending “endless wars” should not be equated with simplistic solutions.
A world map titled “Freedom on the Net 2021” with countries highlighted in different colors designating “free,” “partly free,” “not free,” and “not assessed.” For an interactive version of the map, visit FreedomHouse.org

Revenge of the State: Freedom House Finds Tech Increasingly Serves Authoritarian Ends

Hendrix unpacks the report's broader themes and dives into country reports on United States, India, and China.
The Chair of Afghanistan's independent human rights commission, Sima Samar, hands Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, a document while United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, stands beside them witnessing the event. A flag stands behind them.

The Failure of Transitional Justice in Afghanistan: Impunity Turned Into Law

How the international community and domestic power brokers undermined an initiative and sowed another seed of the ultimate collapse.
Salvadors Police officers stand guard in front of the Supreme Court of Justice in San Salvador, on May 2, 2021.

Islands of Advances in a Sea of Setbacks: Central American Rule of Law

The Biden administration’s promise to attack the root causes of migration from Central America just got harder to keep.
Journalists wearing face masks stand outside of the temporary courtroom set up on September 2, 2021, inside the Palais de Justice of Paris - Paris' courthouse, ahead of the November 13, 2015 Paris attacks' trial scheduled to be held on September 8, 2021. Some set up cameras.

France’s `V13′ Trial for the 2015 Paris Terror Attacks: Managing Victims’ Expectations

The trial poses unique challenges for its scale, nature, media attention, and the participation of more than 1,800 victims as “civil” parties.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid addresses a press conference in Kabul on September 7, 2021. Flags of the Taliban stand on both sides of the desk he sits at.

Between Legitimacy and Control: The Taliban’s Pursuit of Governmental Status

Recognition of a government involves calculations of both law and politics. What factors will influence States' response to the Taliban?
A general view shows the Lafarge Cement Syria (LCS) cement plant in Jalabiya, some 30 kms from Ain Issa, in northern Syria, in February 19, 2018.

Corporate Criminal Liability for International Crimes: France and Sweden Are Poised To Take Historic Steps Forward

The growing trend seeking to hold corporations liable for their role in human rights abuses abroad is gaining new momentum.
In this photo taken on March 3, 2019, Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers take part in a drill exercise at a military base in the Guzara district of Herat province. Two soldiers stand on top of a building with guns while the others surround the base of the building with guns.

Afghanistan: A Tragic Lesson of the US Military’s Flawed Approach to Capacity Building

To avoid failing in other counterterrorism training missions, the US needs to invest in and empower assessment, monitoring, and evaluation.
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Asad Ahmad Khan holds a press conference at the Ministry of Justice in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on August 12, 2021.

The International Criminal Court and Afghanistan

Here's how the ICC can advance justice in Afghanistan despite the Taliban takeover.
A nurse wearing a face mask tends to a mother and her infant at the therapeutic feeding unit of NGO "Action contre La Faim" in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province.

Aligning Sanctions Laws with Humanitarian Principles: Pre-authorizing Aid in Afghanistan and Other Crises

It's time to flip the presumption - critical humanitarian assistance should continue even when sanctioned actors take over governing.
A small class of Afghan female students wearing facemasks attend a class on the first day after their school was reopened, which was earlier closed due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Herat on August 22, 2020. They sit socially distanced from each other at desks. A teacher walks around the classroom.

How the International Community Can Protect Afghan Women and Girls

What leverage do foreign aid donors have on the Taliban and how should they use it to press for the rights of Afghan women and girls?
Children in Roj Camp, Northeast Syria.

A Visit to Northeast Syria Shows the Urgency for Governments to Repatriate Their Citizens, Many of Them Children, to Thwart ISIS

A majority of the approximately 72,000 detainees from 57 countries are children, and the militant group is targeting youths for recruitment.
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