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Key UN Committee Clears Path for Crimes Against Humanity Treaty Negotiations
After years of delay, the UN Sixth Committee cleared a path for negotiations on a global treaty regarding the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity.
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Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Nov. 25-29)
Sudan crisis • Symposium: Tech and atrocity prevention • Birthright citizenship • United Nations / Reproductive rights • ICC / Disability rights • Podcast: Crimes against…
Sudan’s War Victims Survived Killings; Now They Face Starvation
Children dying in a camp in southern Sudan shows the toll as the warring parties willfully obstruct food and other aid.
Early Edition: November 27, 2024
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The Just Security Podcast: A Major Breakthrough Towards a Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity
The U.N.'s Sixth Committee recently adopted a resolution for negotiations on a treaty to prevent and punish crimes against humanity.
Camera-Fitted Drones May Help Locate Graves of Mexico’s Disappeared
Technologies such as multispectral cameras and drones can replicate the methods of manual search groups more safely and efficiently.
New UN Guidance Calling for Restraints on Conscientious Objection to Abortion Care
UN guidance requires States to reconcile claims for religious accommodation with the impact that refusals to provide abortion care and other reproductive health services have on…
Early Edition: November 26, 2024
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Birthright Citizenship and Undocumented Immigrants
"If the new administration goes through with this proposal whether by executive action or legislation, courts should and most likely would strike it down."
Slavery Often Creates Disability – The International Criminal Court Should Address this Overlooked Connection
Slavery often crates the physiological, psychological, interpersonal, or environmental conditions that lead to disability.
Early Edition: November 25, 2024
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