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People demonstrate for the liberation of 13 convicted environmentalists with a banner depicting murdered Honduran environmental leader Berta Caceres as they arrive for a hearing in the country's capital, Tegucigalpa, on February 28, 2019. Thirteen environmental leaders of the Guapinol community, Tocoa municipality, Colon department, who oppose the mining exploitation of the Montana de Botaderos National Park by the company Inversiones Los Pinares, were arrested on charges of usurpation, burning, aggravated theft and illicit association. (Photo by ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP via Getty Images)

The US Must Help Fight the Criminalization of Activism in Central America, Not Make It Worse

Without safeguards, promoting private-sector investment to slow migration risks fueling a crisis for human rights defenders.

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Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (August 13-19)

Trump documents investigation • January 6th • Taliban takeover anniversary • Russia - Ukraine • Domestic terrorism • Election law • Latin America's green wave • Human…
Members of the National Guard, holding shields, form a line during the night of January 6. Behind them is the Capitol building.

Seditious Conspiracy vs. Insurrection: Assessing the Evidence Against Trump

The Justice Department’s current investigation of criminal efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election apparently is taking two paths. One investigative…
A photo of women holding up green bandanas as they protest for abortion rights before the Colombian Constitutional Court. The bandana in the foreground reads "Poder Elegir", or "[we] can choose." A woman smiles behind the bandana, out of focus.

How Latin America Could Inspire and Inform the US Fight for Reproductive Justice

After the reversal of Roe, activists offer lessons from Latin America on building a grassroots reproductive rights movement.

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Trump Associate’s Stated Plan to Publicly Release “Declassified” Documents

New revelations "could have significant legal implications for the Justice Department’s ongoing criminal investigation."

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and MBS sit opposite each other in chairs in front of Saudi flag

Is MBS Entitled to Head of State Immunity?

A leading transnational law scholar on why MBS is not entitled to head of state immunity, the act of state doctrine does not bar claims in a civil suit arising from Khashoggi's…
People embrace near a memorial for the shooting victims outside of Tops grocery store on May 20, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. 18-year-old Payton Gendron was accused of the mass shooting that killed 10 people at the Tops grocery store on the east side of Buffalo on May 14th and was investigated as a hate crime.

Oversight Reports Raise Questions About Value of DHS Counterterrorism Efforts

Twenty years after DHS was cobbled together in the wake of 9/11, it’s time to seriously examine which of its programs really protect us.
A view of the Russian Central Bank headquarters in downtown Moscow on May 26, 2022. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

Politics, Not Law, Is Key to Confiscating Russian Central Bank Assets

The political and legal complications of using such proceeds to compensate Ukraine aren't trivial, but neither are they insurmountable.

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