Gender

A declaration signed by leading international law and human rights experts calls for codifying gender apartheid as a crime against humanity and outlines key principles.

U.S. tech companies should take action to protect the Afghan women and girls who rely on their platforms for online education.

Five years after the fall of Kabul, the Taliban government still has not succeeded in achieving recognition at the United Nations.

If CEDAW fails in Afghanistan, at the very frontier of the violations it was designed to prevent, its protections risk collapsing into little more than paper promises.

A domestic service requirement for foreign service officers would help connect the U.S. diplomatic corps with the rest of the country beyond Washington.

The term "gender apartheid" doesn't appear to increase American support for Afghan women, but information that the Taliban's treatment violates international law does.

UN member states should expand the field of candidates for Secretary-General by nominating more women for the role.

Analysis of the future of the International Criminal Court including selection of a new prosecutor.

If the vote is understood as a judgment about the institution’s capacity to carry out its mandate, then the decision can be grounded in the interests of the Court.

From healthcare bans to funding cuts, the consequences of hate-driven policymaking opposing transgender rights ripple broadly across communities.

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is quietly becoming a normative force in the governance of digital economies.

The legal questions raised by these removals ultimately extend far beyond the careers of the officers involved.