Diplomacy

As COP28 begins, our tracker provides expert analysis, updates on conference debates, and the latest climate coverage.

Some of the world’s largest democracies lack a clear vision for protecting civic space and human rights in the UN climate talks.

During COP28, the international community must protect space for the public to participate in the collective effort to fight climate change.

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

Top law-of-war experts give us their views on a statement made by a senior US official concerning humanitarian relief in Gaza and hostages.

The Biden administration's potential defense deal with Saudi Arabia would undermine U.S. diplomatic efforts in the Middle East and could pave the path for a regional nuclear arms…

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

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

Death, displacement, and hunger demands action to overcome physical and logistical roadblocks to humanitarian aid.

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.

Introducing a collaboration with the Programme on International Peace and Security at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict.