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Early Edition: January 30, 2024

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Immigration Is Not an “Invasion” under the Constitution

The claim that a large increase in the number of migrants gaining entry at the southern border is an “invasion” is constitutional nonsense.
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Why the ICJ Ruling Misses the Mark: Mitigating Civilian Harm With An Enemy Engaged in Human Shielding

Former CENTCOM Commander General (ret.) Joseph Votel and Professor Claire Finkelstein critically analyze South Africa's positions before the International Court of Justice in…

Early Edition: January 29, 2024

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Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Jan. 22-27)

Israel-Hamas War and ICJ Ruling • Holocaust Remembrance Day • Russia-Ukraine War / Environmental War Crimes • Global Democracy • Political Prisoners / Russia • U.S.…
A local woman prepares to lay a candle among stelae at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also called the Holocaust Memorial, on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 26, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. Jan. 27, 2024 is the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, the biggest of the many concentration camps used by the Nazis during World War II to enslave and exterminate millions of Jews, political opponents, Roma and other Nazi-deemed undesirables. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Finding Light in the Darkness: A Meditation on Remembrance

(Adapted from an address delivered today at a joint Muslim-Jewish observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Srebrenica Memorial Center in Potoćari, Bosnia and…

The Just Security Podcast: ICJ Provisional Measures in South Africa v. Israel

Three experts join the show to unpack the ICJ provisional measures in South Africa's genocide case against Israel.
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Top Experts’ Views of Int’l Court of Justice Ruling on Israel Gaza Operations (South Africa v Israel, Genocide Convention Case)

In advance of the International Court of Justice’s ruling on Friday, we asked several leading experts if they would provide us with their views on the judicial order once…

Early Edition: January 26, 2024

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National Security at the United Nations This Week (Jan. 22-Jan. 26)

Keep up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security, human rights, and the rule of law.

Unpacking the Int’l Court of Justice Judgment in South Africa v Israel (Genocide Case)

Unpacking the judgment and placing its specific rulings in context.
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Shaming without Naming: The Limits of Anonymous U.S. Visa Sanctions for Accountability

The Biden administration needs to use visa sanctions more transparently if they are to have a serious political impact.
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