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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vice President Mike Pence listen as President Donald Trump speaks about the government shutdown on January 25, 2019, from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC.

EXCLUSIVE: Draft Charter of Pompeo’s “Commission on Unalienable Rights” Hides Anti-Human Rights Agenda

Just Security has obtained the draft Charter for the Commission. Professor Hamilton writes: If the Commission follows the ideological roots of the "natural law" theory it is grounded…
A woman walks through a structure erected for newly arrived IDPs (Internally Displaced People) where people and children sit in clusters on the floor in Pulka on August 1, 2018.

Is Justice the Antidote to Sexual Violence in Conflict? Why Amal Clooney is Only Half Right

While many survivors of sexual violence do want accountability, it isn’t always their first priority, particularly when boiled down to prosecutions and disconnected from their…
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and Iraqi human rights activist Nadia Murad Basee Taha attend a United Nations Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters, April 23, 2019 in New York City.

Gutting the Substance of a Security Council Resolution on Sexual Violence

The United States has abandoned any meaningful commitment to victims and survivors of conflict-related sexual violence, in the interest of appeasing domestic anti-abortion constituencies.…
A Security Council vote at the United Nations, 12 September, 2003.

Gender-Based Violence and Sanctions: A Potential UN Security Council Framework

Proposals to add a separate category on sexual and gender-based violations (SGBV) to the sanctions regimes for Sudan, Somalia, and Libya in the past six months have revived the…
Activists rally against the transgender military service ban at the Reflecting Pool of the U.S. Capitol April 10, 2019 in Washington, DC. Their signs read, “Stand with transgender service members, recruits and their families.”

How the Pentagon Made Transgender Rights Disappear

The Pentagon's new limits on transgender military service amount to a ban that is anything but "gender-blind."
Murdered women’s shoes are seen during a demonstration demanding justice for the 5.929 women killed in the past 15 years in Honduras, in the framework of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women which was commemorated on the eve worldwide, in Tegucigalpa, on November 26, 2018.

Gendered Security and the Right to Life: Analysis of UN Human Rights Committee’s General Comment

UN human rights body goes far in recognizing how gender and women's rights intersect with (national) security issues, but far enough?
Silhouettes of soldiers on a transgender flag

Untangling the Issues in the “Transgender in the Military” Litigation

A few weeks ago, the Department of Justice made something of a splash by filing petitions for certiorari “before judgment” in three of the pending cases challenging then-Secretary…

Beyond Killing: The Critical Role of Gender in the Recognition, Prevention and Punishment of Genocide

“When we have the unique capabilities to help avert a massacre, then I believe the United States of America cannot turn a blind eye. We can act, carefully and responsibly,…

Misogynist Apartheid — Saudi Arabia’s Original Human Rights Sin

The murderous brutality of the Saudi regime is rightly condemned for the killing and dismembering of courageous dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the merciless Saudi war…

States Are Challenging New Policy That Denies Asylum to Survivors of Domestic Violence

Eighteen states and the District of Columbia filed an amicus brief on September 28, in support of a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s new policy that denies asylum…

The Social Meaning of Confirming Kavanaugh is Inescapable

The social significance of what it would mean, especially for certain Senators, to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh is now set.

Here Are the 30 People the FBI Needs to Interview in its Kavanaugh Investigation

There are 30 witnesses who are known and who must, at a minimum, be included in any serious FBI inquiry of the sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
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