Gender

Beyond suing the Taliban and awaiting a potential ICJ case, the international community should meaningfully act on women's rights now.

After years of delay, the UN Sixth Committee cleared a path for negotiations on a global treaty regarding the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity.

The U.N.'s Sixth Committee recently adopted a resolution for negotiations on a treaty to prevent and punish crimes against humanity.

UN guidance requires States to reconcile claims for religious accommodation with the impact that refusals to provide abortion care and other reproductive health services have on…

This fall, a number of States expressed support for the inclusion of various gender justice proposals in a potential future treaty.

How can international law, and the ICC's planned slave crimes policy, best account for the unique challenges persons with disabilities face?

Leaving "gender" undefined may represent a groundbreaking opportunity to recognize gender-competent and intersectional feminist practice in international criminal law.

Could discussions about the revival of the Apartheid Convention provide a basis for rethinking the approach to the codification of gender apartheid?

The ICC's update to the prosecution of slavery crimes should include specific recognition of and protections for persons with disabilities.

Explore Just Security's coverage of the last three years of Taliban control in Afghanistan.

Unfocused efforts to break the logjam over human rights and diplomatic recognition raise questions about how to move forward.

The Taliban appear set to attend, in a UN capitulation to their demands to exclude Afghan women and civil society.