Accountability

United Nations member states must find ways to demand more inclusive, rights-compliant, and gender-responsive counterterrorism efforts.

How repressive States have begun to abuse multilateral human rights organizations, and what should be done to counter them.

The US failure to act on her killing will perpetuate the cycle of impunity and expose more journalists to the risk of injury or death.

"Democracies that resort readily to the criminal law against political rivals risk finding themselves at some stage categorized as ex-democracies."

The United States should make good on its commitment to follow through on the Special Rapporteur's Guantanamo report.

For all the advances made by international justice, a powerful American former secretary of state still seems beyond its grasp.

How does the the International Criminal Court Prosecutor's Policy on the Crime of Gender Persecution interact with domestic justice processes? The transitional justice process…

The Pentagon's investigation into the May 3 drone strike in Syria is a litmus test for broader efforts to address civilian harm.

Might the prospects of meaningful norms enforcement of ecocide at the International Criminal Court level be disproportionate to the investments needed – and challenges associated…

The Oversight Board’s recommendation that Meta create a protocol to preserve and share graphic conflict-related content signals that we may be teetering on the edge of a powerful…

A statement by Russian lawyers, scholars and advocates. "They strongly hope that their unified voice will be heard."

Part of Just Security’s work on accountability and election law. Originally published on March 29, 2023; updated version published on May 24, 2023. On April 4, 2023, Manhattan…