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National Security at the United Nations This Week
Editors’ Note: This is the latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security,…
Climate Change: Our Greatest National Security Threat?
Climate change is a grave national security threat. But there are reasons to hope that we may yet be able to address climate security, including through innovative legal solutions.
Gender-Based Violence and Sanctions: A Potential UN Security Council Framework
Proposals to add a separate category on sexual and gender-based violations (SGBV) to the sanctions regimes for Sudan, Somalia, and Libya in the past six months have revived the…
National Security at the United Nations This Week
The ICC rejects prosecutor Bensouda's request to open an investigation into the situation in Afghanistan, the UN calls for a ceasefire amid escalations in Libya, and Sudanese President…
National Security at the United Nations This Week
The latest UN news on progress and setbacks in Libya, the upcoming NPT review conference, UN Security Council action on terrorist financing, China's efforts to stifle discussion…
An Insider’s View of the Life-Cycle of Self-Defense Reports by U.N. Member States
Important essay by Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Legal Adviser of the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations, written in his personal capacity.
Diverging State views…
National Security at the United Nations This Week
Editors’ Note: This is the latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security,…
National Security at the United Nations This Week
A national conference on the future of Libya on the horizon, the US assumes the presidency of the Conference on Disarmament, UN criticism of U.S. sanctions on Venezuela, the UN…
National Security at the United Nations This Week
North Korea is evading UN sanctions, DRC violence could amount to crimes against humanity, calls for a Security Council referral to the ICC of the situation in Myanmar, China prevents…
National Security at the United Nations This Week
Responding to repression of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, China, censuring Saudi Arabia at the Human Rights Council, stalled progress in de-escalating Yemen's civil war, OPCW findings…
National Security at the United Nations This Week
The UN inquiry on 2018 Gaza protests is out; the ICJ tells the UK to relinquish the Chagos Islands; the Security Council rejects competing Venezuela resolutions; the UN will investigate…
“Just fall, that is all!” Is Sudan on the Brink of Change?
Sudan has entered the third month of widespread and sustained protests across the country, and there is now some indication that President Omar al-Bashir’s grip on power is weakening.…