Georgia (Country)

"The risk: An erroneous ruling by the Court would do severe damage to the Georgia and Ukraine investigations and international humanitarian law more generally. The opportunity:…

"Звернення до суду щодо агресією 'в обхідний спосіб' може 'працювати' у сенсі отримання сприятливих…

"Litigating aggression backwards may 'work' in the sense of obtaining favorable judgments, but it can also create subtle distortions over what is at stake that are only likely…

Countries that have cleaned up their act under pressure from the index rankings illustrate the need for such a gauge.

It would be self-defeating if allies where to push back on Russian challenges to the rules-based order by undermining a rare example of it.

A troubling decision by the European Court of Human Rights on its power to adjudicate alleged rights violations related to armed conflict.

If the war were limited to Azerbaijan and Armenia, the world might be forgiven for sitting this out. But Turkey, Russia, Iran and others are in deep, too.

Ombudspersons face similar risks across the region, as autocratic ruling parties seek to remove independent checks on their control.

"The attack on Georgia shows the opportunity costs of states not firmly grounding their reactions in the language of international law."

Yesterday the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court filed a request seeking authority from its Pre-Trial Chamber to begin an investigation into possible war crimes and/or…

As we all await the release of the executive summary of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s report on CIA torture, I’d like to offer a brief interlude to consider…