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By Professor Ben Saul, the Challis Chair of International Law at University of Sydney and United Nations Special Rapporteur.

If allowed to go unchecked, the Caribbean strikes could encourage additional unlawful executions by the United States and other leaders.

Rebecca Ingber and Brian Finucane join Tess Bridgeman to unpack what you need to know about the U.S. strike on a purported drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean.

Applying a new label to an old problem does not transform the problem. Nor does it grant the U.S. president or the U.S. military expanded legal authority to kill civilians.

The leading association of American lawyers added its voice to the chorus of concern surrounding the proliferation of commercial spyware.

The NSO Group's efforts to curry favor and evade accountability in the United States must fail due to its role in global human rights abuses.

We urgently need a system where the developers of spyware tools are forced either to require their State customers to provide credible guarantees on future human rights compliance,…

"The United States should know that it cannot successfully pursue its security interests in the Asia-Pacific region at the expense of the basic rights of its partners’ citizens."

Determined victims and creative lawyers used a U.S, law, the Torture Victims Protection Act, to hold a powerful mayor accountable.

Section 502B(c) is a potent tool to accelerate congressional oversight of support to countries with concerning human rights records. 

What does international law say about spying? To answer that question we have Asaf Lubin, an expert on international law and espionage. 

The Biden administration can do more to develop and implement a “values-based” approach to foreign policy.