International and Foreign

An update on the U.N. General Assembly's Sixth Committee session in October, and what to expect for a proposed crimes against humanity treaty.

The excesses of atrocity should not distract from the quieter, quotidian violence that started long before the 2023 Israel-Hamas War.

A guide to the humanitarian law conditions on U.S. arms sales and security assistance to Israel.

In armed conflicts, humanitarian crises, and climate-induced disasters, older people often suffer disproportionately. First in a series.

The right of self-defense does not permit a disproportionate loss of civilian life, writes Professor Adil Haque in this essay on what U.N. Member States can say.

Death, displacement, and hunger demands action to overcome physical and logistical roadblocks to humanitarian aid.

This arc reveals both the African Union’s strengths and weaknesses in stopping atrocity crimes, and what it might yet accomplish.

The failure of past counterterrorism policies and practice has led to unending cycles of violence.

Countries must accelerate repatriation of their citizens, but governments need assistance to enhance their support systems for families.

Reinvigorating the atrocity prevention agenda requires focusing on accountability.

Introducing a collaboration with the Programme on International Peace and Security at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict.

"Conversations of this nature are useless if their participants fail to acknowledge their differences of opinion about underlying assumptions."