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The ICC’s 2022 Gender Persecution Policy in Context: An Important Next Step Forward

"Including the crime of gender persecution within the Rome Statute constitutes a significant step in the development of international criminal law related to the investigation…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a speech at the World Forum in The Hague, on May 4, 2023, as part of his first visit in Netherlands. He stands in brown clothing behind a lectern and a wall that both display the words in yellow "No Peace without Justice for Ukraine" against a blue background.

The Lithuanian Case for an International Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine

Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Justice writes about the U.S. approach to creating a tribunal compared to the model supported by Lithuania and others.

Early Edition: June 1, 2023

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Committee chairman Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) confers with ranking member Sen. James Risch (R-ID) during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill March 10, 2022 in Washington, DC.

It’s Time to Fix Congress’ Classification Infrastructure

As Congress works to reassert its authority over United States war making, it should improve its infrastructure and policies for handling sensitive information.
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Gender Persecution: Why Labels Matter

"If we do not specifically identify and condemn the discriminatory drivers of crimes, what hope do we have of dismantling them as part of our quest for an atrocity-free, more peaceful…

Early Edition: May 31, 2023

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The Cluster Munitions Treaty is adopted in Dublin, Ireland. A panel of individuals sits with a sign that reads "Cluster Munitions Dublin Diplomatic Conference" behind them.

Cluster Munition Convention Offers Roadmap for New Autonomous Weapons Treaty

Proponents of an autonomous weapons systems treaty should look to the Convention on Cluster Munitions' success for guidance and motivation.
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Dusting Off the Law Books on the Crime of Gender Persecution

"Now is the time to dust off the law books on the crime of gender persecution and bring justice to survivors and victims who have never in history received full recognition."

Early Edition: May 30, 2023

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Early Edition: May 29, 2023

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A collage of images from the past week. Men from the Bulgarian Jewish community pray during a commemoration ceremony at Sofia’s synagogue on March 10, 2013. Turkish opposition presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (bottom right) and Mansur Yavaş, the mayor of the capital Ankara, visit Anıtkabir, a complex in the city that contains the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, during Youth and Sports Day on May 19, 2023. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during a press conference to discuss his indictment of former President Donald Trump, outside the Manhattan Federal Court in New York, April 4, 2023.

Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (May 20-26)

Racial justice • Spying / Surveillance • US Treasury – Somalia • Russia-Ukraine war and United Nations • United Nations - process for Crimes Against Humanity • Authoritarianism…
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