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Early Edition: March 29, 2022

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer hold a joint press conference following their talks in Moscow on March 24, 2022. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / POOL / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Neutrality in Humanitarian Actions Means Talking to All Parties to a Conflict

Criticism of ICRC's diplomacy with Russia misunderstands the role of humanitarian actors.
A couple sits in the dark with winter clothing and their belongings and some food close by. Iryna Holoshchapova, a Ukrainian refugee who fled the embattled city of Mykolaiv, shows a video on her smartphone of a friend's apartment block in Mykolaiv on fire following a Russian attack as she, her son Tibor and mother Halina rest in a heated tent at the Medyka border crossing on March 9, 2022 in Medyka, Poland

Ukraine May Mark a Turning Point in Documenting War Crimes

Hendrix's interviews foreground local Ukraine researchers who have been documenting Russian war crimes over many years before now.
A couple sits in the dark with winter clothing and their belongings and some food close by. Iryna Holoshchapova, a Ukrainian refugee who fled the embattled city of Mykolaiv, shows a video on her smartphone of a friend's apartment block in Mykolaiv on fire following a Russian attack as she, her son Tibor and mother Halina rest in a heated tent at the Medyka border crossing on March 9, 2022 in Medyka, Poland

Україна може стати поворотним моментом у документуванні воєнних злочинів

Інтерв’ю починаються з українських дослідників, які багато років документують російські військові…

Hijab Bans, Hindutva, and the Burden of Hindsight

The rising risk of genocide against Muslims in India requires a response from governments and media companies.
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Переговори щодо війни в тіні міжнародного права

"Ми вважаємо, що справжня мета різноманітних норм міжнародного права полягає в тому, щоб зробити…
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Bargaining About War in the Shadow of International Law

International law offers important tools to prod adversaries to avoid military options for resolving disputes.

Early Edition: March 28, 2022

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Russia-Ukraine • Counterterrorism Symposium: Still at War • Corruption • Racism • Mexico – Press Freedoms
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend the G20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, on November 30, 2018. - Global leaders gather in the Argentine capital for a two-day G20 summit beginning on Friday likely to be dominated by simmering international tensions over trade.

Embracing Autocrats to Help Ukraine Is a Losing Proposition

Downplaying human rights in the name of building an alliance to oppose Russia’s invasion risks strengthening the global autocratic threat of which the Ukraine conflict is only…
Image: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - MARCH 24: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (C), U.S. President Joe Biden (C-R) and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) looks on during a video call with Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, during a NATO summit on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, on March 24, 2022 in Brussels, Belgium. Heads of State and Government take part in the North Atlantic Council (NAC) Summit, where they will decide on the next steps to strengthen NATO's deterrence and defence. (Photo Denzel/Bundesregierung via Getty Images)

Does the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ Require States to go to War with Russia?

In short: No. Here's how to understand what the R2P commitment does require in Ukraine and beyond.
Men dressed in suits sit around a large table with stacks of documents in front of each of them. Iona Nikitchenko and Aron Trainin (center, center left) during deliberations at the London Conference, 1945.

Как Советский Союз помог установить преступление агрессивной войны

"Что не всегда признается, так это жизненно важная роль, которую Россия, или, точнее, Советский Союз,…
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