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Dispatches from a Racialized Border: The Invisible Threat

July 27, 2020 by

A two-year-old Honduran asylum seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 in McAllen, Texas.

Forced Family Separation During COVID-19: Preventing Torture and Inhumane Treatment in Crisis

July 8, 2020 by and

DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) plaintiffs come out of court as immigration rights activists take part in a rally in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on November 12, 2019.

The Supreme Court’s Ominous DACA Decision: Perils for Dreamers in What Comes Next

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Turned Away: The MS St. Louis and Its Echoes Today

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Press Briefing by Ms. E. Tendayi Achiume, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

A Conversation With U.N. Special Rapporteur E. Tendayi Achiume: COVID-19, Racism, and Xenophobia

May 29, 2020 by

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO General Director leads a virtual press conference on COVID-19. A tablet shows the press conference, and a computer screen in the background shows the virus.

National Security at the United Nations This Week (May 15-22)

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Tents at Sea: How Greek Officials Use Rescue Equipment for Illegal Deportations

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Arid ground in Mongolia, Zavkhan province.

The Trump Administration’s Indefensible Legal Defense of Its Asylum Ban

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Trump’s COVID-19 Immigration Proclamation May Be Legal, But It’s Still an Abuse of Power

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Extrajudicial Executions from the United States to Palestine 

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Bashar al-Assad is Criminally Responsible for Syria’s COVID-19 Crisis

August 5, 2020 by and

Trump participates in a meeting with Senior Military Leadership and the National Security Team in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington DC, May 9th, 2020.

Beyond Color-Blind National Security Law

August 3, 2020 by

Can the International Criminal Court Hold the Trump Administration in Contempt?

July 30, 2020 by

Getting Serious About Protecting Health Care in War

July 28, 2020 by

The Caesar Sanctions Help Reinforce Norms Enshrined in International Law

July 21, 2020 by

World Health Organization (WHO) press conference

National Security at the United Nations This Week (July 3-10)

July 10, 2020 by

Aerial view of a market street (with heavily damaged buildings nearby) in Ariha in the southern countryside of Syria's Idlib province before sunset during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, as people who had fled advancing government forces months earlier return to the town.

The New U.S. “Caesar” Sanctions on Syria Are Illegal

July 8, 2020 by

Protesters light candles as they mourn their martyrs in Tahrir Square as nationwide protests entered a third month on December 6, 2019, in Baghdad, Iraq.

Iraqi Researcher’s Death Adds Urgency to Penalizing Iran-Backed Militias With New U.K. “Magnitsky” Law

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National Security at the United Nations This Week (August 1-7)

August 7, 2020 by

Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen on a screen for a virtual Security Council meeting.

National Security at the United Nations This Week (July 25-31)

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Left: Hakeem stands near his tent in the settlement for displaced families, where he lives and works with Oxfam and Right: A’eshah with her family having their lunch.

USAID Has Suspended Aid to 80 Percent of Yemenis: An Appalling Abuse of Humanitarian Principles

July 22, 2020 by

A socially distanced UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East.

National Security at the United Nations This Week (July 10-17)

July 17, 2020 by

Virrual press conference by H.E. Mr. Riad Al-Malki, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine.

National Security at the United Nations This Week (June 19-26)

June 26, 2020 by

Virtual press briefing by the President of the UN General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande

National Security at the United Nations This Week (June 5-12)

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Yes, Congress, There Is Something You Can Do About Reckless Arms Sales

June 9, 2020 by and

National Security at the United Nations This Week (May 29-June 5)

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Secretary-General António Guterres (left) speaks with Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.

National Security at the United Nations This Week (May 22-29)

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USTR Robert Lighthizer swears in Deputy USTR C.J. Mahoney, who is accompanied by his wife Becca.

Questions the Senate Should Ask State Legal Adviser Nominee CJ Mahoney

July 20, 2020 by and

US Capitol Building

An Incremental Step Toward Stopping Forever War?

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The Soleimani Strike and the Case for War Powers Reform

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Congress Speaks: Trump Currently Has No Authority to Launch War with Iran

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New Online Resource: War Powers and Presidential Practice

February 24, 2020 by and

White House ‘1264 Notice’ and Novel Legal Claims for Military Action Against Iran

February 14, 2020 by

What the State Department Legal Adviser Promised Congress on Iran

January 14, 2020 by

The 30-Day Clock: Recent Law Requires Trump Admin. to Make Full Public Report on Soleimani and Shahlai Strikes

January 13, 2020 by and

How to Recover a Role for Congress and the Courts in Decisions to Wage War

January 10, 2020 by and

In the Drive to Curb Police Abuses, Rein in Their Tech Too

August 7, 2020 by

New Technologies, New Problems – Troubling Surveillance Trends in America

August 6, 2020 by and

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What Comes Next: The Aftermath of European Court’s Blow to Transatlantic Data Transfers

July 17, 2020 by

Aerial view of people in white and red to form the Canadian flag.

A Deep Dive into Canada’s Overhaul of Its Foreign Intelligence and Cybersecurity Laws

June 2, 2020 by and

A person holds a sign reading, "Stop the Attacks on People's Democratic Rights!" in front of ABS-CBNs main office on May 5, 2020 in Manila, Philippines.

A Bipartisan Push in Congress to Fight the ‘Parallel Pandemic’ of Human Rights Abuses Abroad

June 1, 2020 by and

Members of the Bavarian police and the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, intercept a vehicle and pin a man to the ground at a checkpoint during a demonstration as part of the GETEX anti-terror exercises during a media event on March 9, 2017 in Murnau, Germany.

The Terrorist as a “Potentially Dangerous Person”: The German Counterterrorism Regime

May 28, 2020 by

The outside facade of the German Federal Constitutional Court

An Ongoing Problem: Germany’s Protection of Foreigners’ Communication Abroad

May 14, 2020 by

ODNI’s 2019 Statistical Transparency Report: The FBI Violates FISA…Again

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WhatsApp v. NSO Group: State Immunity and Cyber Spying

April 16, 2020 by and

AFRICOM’s Improved Civilian Casualty Reporting System Still Leaves Gaps for Somalia

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A Yemeni man looks at graffiti protesting against US drone strikes on September 19, 2018 in Sana'a, Yemen.

U.S. Fails to Acknowledge Killing Yemeni Civilians

May 15, 2020 by and

Coronavirus Adds Urgency to Ending Egypt’s Detention and Torture of Children

May 5, 2020 by and

The Long Road to Peace in Afghanistan: Civil Society’s Role

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Amid War Crimes Allegations, Afghan Government Lacks Proper Mechanisms to Investigate

November 27, 2019 by

Ending Suffering of Afghanistan’s Civilians is Necessary Condition for Peace Talks

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Yemen: Where Coalitions Come to Die

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The International Security Echo-Chamber: Getting Civil Society Into the Room

July 31, 2019 by , and

U.S. Congress Should Stop Security Assistance to Guatemala Until Rule of Law is Restored

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