Crimes Against Humanity

In the draft crimes against humanity treaty, States have a historic opportunity to strengthen protections for reproductive autonomy within the framework of international law.

The contempt cases may assist the Special Prosecutor's Office and the judges of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in carrying out their mandates and building the judicial record.

While the Draft Articles include a provision for enslavement, the slave trade and enslavement are distinct international crimes that should be enumerated as crimes against humanity.

States and international organizations must make the Responsibility to Protect a priority and integrate it into wider policy and programming.

Civil society is calling on States to apply a gender-competent, survivor-centric, and intersectional lens to a new convention on crimes against humanity.

Prevention and the responsibility to protect are subordinated to other UN agendas, and special advisers too often sidelined.

An update on the U.N. General Assembly's Sixth Committee session in October, and what to expect for a proposed crimes against humanity treaty.

This arc reveals both the African Union’s strengths and weaknesses in stopping atrocity crimes, and what it might yet accomplish.

Reinvigorating the atrocity prevention agenda requires focusing on accountability.

For the over 2 million civilians in Gaza, Israel's "complete" siege has created dire humanitarian conditions.

Top expert analyzes IDF directive for civilians in northern Gaza to evacuate.

It is crucial that UN member States take responsibility to address the situation in Ethiopia as the risk of genocide grows.