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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas speaks to the UN Security Council at the United Nations headquarters on February 11, 2020 in New York.

National Security at the United Nations This Past Week

Editor’s 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,…
Demonstrators lie on the ground a "lie-in" demonstration supporting gun control reform near the White House on February 19, 2018 in Washington, DC. Many of the demonstrators are teenagers.

How to Improve the Human Rights Committee Draft General Comment on Freedom of Assembly

Editor’s note from Ryan Goodman: Just Security is publishing a mini-forum on a significant document being drafted by the United Nations Human Rights Committee concerning the…
Student protesters call for a strike as they gather during an anti-government demonstration in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah in Dhi Qar province on February 8, 2020.

As ISIS Regroups, No Time to Cut U.S., U.N. Assistance to Iraq

Iraq is teetering, and the U.S. presence is uncertain. All the more reason to retain the kinds of U.N. and other civilian programs that prevent backsliding.
A Turkish military convoy passes through the town of Binnish in Syrias northwestern province of Idlib, near the Syria-Turkey border on February 10, 2020.

American Policy Paralysis in the Middle East Strikes Idlib

While observers of the Middle East focus on the spiraling escalation of US-Iran tensions, a humanitarian crisis with potentially far greater consequences is rapidly unfolding in…
A wide view of the Security Council as Ghassan Salamé (on screen), Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), briefs the Council meeting on the situation in Libya. 30 January 2020

National Security at the United Nations This Past Week

Editor’s 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,…
Egyptian police wave batons at demonstrators demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms on January 25, 2011 in central Cairo.

Crossing the Line from Use of Force to Torture in Response to Peaceful Demonstrations

Editor’s note from Ryan Goodman: Just Security is publishing a mini-forum on a significant document being drafted by the United Nations Human Rights Committee concerning the…
A man takes part in a protest against the walkover victory of Halimah Yacob as Singapore's President at Hong Lim Park in Singapore on September 16, 2017. He wears tape over his mouth and another over his chest, both reading, “Not my president.”

The Draft General Comment on Freedom of Assembly: Might Less Be More?

Former member of the UN Human Rights Committee, Harvard's Gerald Neuman, critically analyzes the Committee's draft document on peaceful assembly.
A wide view of the Security Council as Ghassan Salamé (on screen), Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), briefs the Council meeting on the situation in Libya. 30 January 2020

National Security at the United Nations This Past Week

Editor’s 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,…
People demonstrate to support the Polish Supreme Court Justice president in front of the Supreme Court building, on July 4, 2018 in Warsaw.

The Right of Peaceful Assembly: UN Committee Weighs in on the ‘Age of Protest’

The second in our series published on the UN draft document, with opportunity for public comments.
A representative of the Rohingya group greets Gambian Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou at the meeting held at the International Court of Justice on January 23, 2020 in The Hague, Netherlands.

Behind Myanmar’s Military Alibi: A Path for Compliance with the ICJ’s Order to Protect Rohingya

It will be important to identify the pathways for Myanmar to comply within a governmental system that gives its military extensive autonomy, while not allowing it to hide behind…
Hundreds of people gather in lower Manhattan for a "Lights for Liberty" protest against migrant detention camps and the impending raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this coming weekend in various cities on July 12, 2019 in New York City.

United Nations Sets Standards on Peaceful Assemblies and the Use of Less Lethal Weapons

Just Security is publishing a mini-forum on a significant document being drafted by the United Nations Human Rights Committee. We are honored to launch the series with this article…
Germany's deputy permanent representative to the UN Jürgen Schulz, France's permanent representative to the UN, Nicolas de Rivière, Britain's permanent representative to the UN, Karen Pierce, Poland's permanent representative to the UN, Joanna Wronecka, and Belgium's permanent representative to the UN, Marc Pecsteen speak to the press at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on November 20, 2019 about the security situation in Israel prior to a Security Council meeting on the "situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question."

National Security at the United Nations This Week

Security Council members condemn US policy shift on Israeli settlements, a Russia-sponsored cyber agreement that could pave the way for more Internet censorship moves forward,…
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