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May 8 2024

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Featured Articles

Armed Groups and International Law: Introduction to the Symposium

by Katharine Fortin and Ezequiel Heffes

May 8th, 2024
For Another Year, DoD Fails to Make Condolence Payments to Civilian Harm Victims

by Joanna Naples-Mitchell and Annie Shiel

May 7th, 2024
No, Trump Was Not Good for US Alliances. And Without Changes, Trump 2.0 Will Be Worse.

by Lisa Homel and Ambassador Daniel Fried

May 3rd, 2024
Keeping Count: Major Adverse Legal Findings Against Donald Trump (Nov. 2020-2024)

by Tom Joscelyn and Ryan Goodman

May 2nd, 2024
The Kremlin’s Hand: How Russia Fuels Srebrenica Genocide Denial and Balkan Instability

by Sead Turčalo

May 1st, 2024
Why No “Plain Statement Rule” Bars a President’s Prosecution for Murder

by Albert W. Alschuler

Apr 30th, 2024
Master Calendar of Trump Court Dates: Criminal and Civil Cases

by Norman L. Eisen, Ryan Goodman, Siven Watt and Francois Barrilleaux

Apr 28th, 2024
An Oversight Model for AI in National Security: The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

by Faiza Patel and Patrick C. Toomey

Apr 26th, 2024
Trump Trials Clearinghouse

by Norman L. Eisen, Ryan Goodman, Siven Watt and Francois Barrilleaux

Apr 26th, 2024
Report of the Independent Task Force on National Security Memorandum-20 Regarding Israel

by Noura Erakat and Josh Paul

Apr 24th, 2024
America’s Sanctions Habit is Hurting Peacemaking

by Delaney Simon

Apr 24th, 2024
American Autocracy Threat Tracker

by Norman L. Eisen, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Siven Watt, Andrew Warren, Jacob Kovacs-Goodman and Francois Barrilleaux

Apr 24th, 2024
Sanctions Against Russia: The Coalition Can Do Better – for Ukraine and Global Order

by Anna Tkachova

Apr 23rd, 2024
‘Election Fraud, Pure and Simple’: Trump’s Prosecutors Move Beyond Stormy Daniels in Wide-Lens Trial Opening

by Adam Klasfeld

Apr 22nd, 2024
Russia’s Eliminationist Rhetoric Against Ukraine: A Collection

by Clara Apt

Apr 18th, 2024
Trump’s Challenge to Democracy through the Lens of Transitional Justice

by Jonathan Hafetz

Apr 18th, 2024
41 Star Witnesses and Bit Players in Trump’s NY Criminal Trial

by Norman L. Eisen, Adam Klasfeld and Jacob Kovacs-Goodman

Apr 17th, 2024
Q&A with Eliav Lieblich on Iran-Israel Hostilities

by Eliav Lieblich

Apr 16th, 2024
Trump’s Forbidden Legal Strategy: What New York Law Won’t Let the Jury Do

by Adam Klasfeld

Apr 15th, 2024
Dispatches from the Trump Trial Courtroom in New York

by Adam Klasfeld

Apr 14th, 2024
Russian Human Rights Activist Vladimir Kara-Murza Marks Two Years Behind Bars

by Evgenia Kara-Murza

Apr 10th, 2024
Deportation, Detention, and Other Crimes: In Ukraine, the Past and Present of International Criminal Law Converge

by Andrew Boyle

Apr 9th, 2024
In Shifting US Ties with Niger and Africa, Focus on Human Rights and Democracy to Strengthen Partnerships

by Ikechukwu Uzoma

Apr 8th, 2024
The SAFE Act Is No “Compromise” and Won’t Leave Americans Safer

by George Croner

Apr 5th, 2024
The Year(s) of Section 702 Reform, Part VI: (Another) Looming Deadline

by Noah Chauvin and Elizabeth Goitein

Apr 5th, 2024
Planning for Ukrainian Reintegration

by Ronald A. Brand

Apr 3rd, 2024
Trump’s Promise to Free Jan. 6 Inmates in DC Jail — Almost All of Them Assaulted Law Enforcement Officers

by Tom Joscelyn, Fred Wertheimer and Norman L. Eisen

Apr 2nd, 2024
The UK Is Failing to Recoup Ill-gotten Gains Linked to the Syrian Regime

by Natalia Kubesch

Apr 1st, 2024
“Famine is Setting in”: The International Court of Justice Returns to Gaza

by Adil Ahmad Haque

Mar 30th, 2024
Gaza’s Famine is Underway

by Jeremy Konyndyk

Mar 28th, 2024
The ‘Year of Climate’ in International Courts

by Rebecca Hamilton

Mar 27th, 2024
A Complete Guide to the Manhattan Trump Election Interference Prosecution

by Norman L. Eisen, Andrew Warren and Siven Watt

Mar 27th, 2024
Beating Putin’s Game of Nuclear Chicken

by Douglas London

Mar 21st, 2024
Section 620I: No Military Assistance to States Restricting U.S. Humanitarian Assistance

by Brian Finucane

Mar 19th, 2024
Does the ICC Have Jurisdiction Over the Starvation War Crime in Sudan?

by Tom Dannenbaum

Mar 19th, 2024
Did Macron and Tusk Just Chart a Path for Liberals Elsewhere on Immigration?

by Leo Greenberg

Mar 18th, 2024
Key Takeaways from the Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community

by Christopher S. Chivvis

Mar 15th, 2024
Video: Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines Remarks and Fireside Chat on the 10-Year Anniversary of Just Security

by Just Security

Mar 13th, 2024
Video: Social Media, Government Jawboning, and the First Amendment at the Supreme Court

by Just Security

Mar 13th, 2024
A Troubling Omen for Ukraine in the EU’s Balkan Membership Struggles

by Mieczysław (Mietek) Boduszyński and Jasmin Mujanović

Mar 13th, 2024
Israeli Civilian Harm Mitigation in Gaza: Gold Standard or Fool’s Gold?

by Larry Lewis

Mar 12th, 2024
No Simple End: The ICJ and Remedies for Illegal Practices in the Occupied Territories

by Yuval Shany and Amichai Cohen

Mar 12th, 2024
With Haiti on the Brink of Collapse, a Reckoning for US Policy on Haiti

by Beatrice Lindstrom

Mar 9th, 2024
Under the Weather – The National Security Risks from Climate Change Could Go Well Beyond What the U.S. Government Thinks

by Bryan Frederick and Caitlin McCulloch

Mar 7th, 2024
Disclosing Secrets: Deterrence, Diplomacy, and Debate – Reflections on Remarks by DNI Avril Haines

by Brianna Rosen

Mar 1st, 2024
Transferring Russian Assets to Compensate Ukraine: Some Reflections on Countermeasures

by Federica Paddeu

Mar 1st, 2024
Rethinking Risk: Reducing Harm to Nonprofits in the Push to Counter Terrorism Financing

by Lia van Broekhoven, Sangeeta Goswami, Floor Knoote and Thalia Malmberg

Feb 28th, 2024
Canada’s Special Economic Measures Act Under International Law

by Preston Lim

Feb 27th, 2024
Membership in a Non-State Armed Group in the DoD Law of War Manual

by Jenny Maddocks

Feb 26th, 2024
Reparations for Ukraine: Three Proposals from Europe

by Philippa Webb

Feb 26th, 2024
Israel, the United States, and the Fourth Geneva Convention

by Brian Finucane

Feb 23rd, 2024
Russian Opposition Searches for Shreds of Hope After Navalny’s Death

by Ekaterina Kotrikadze

Feb 23rd, 2024
International Law in the Face of Russia’s Aggression in Ukraine: The View from Lviv

by Olga Butkevych, Rebecca Hamilton and Gregory Shaffer

Feb 22nd, 2024
Decisions Without Enforcement: Ukrainian Judiciary and Compensation for War Damages

by Ivan Horodyskyy

Feb 21st, 2024
How to Make Russia Pay to Rebuild Ukraine

by Maggie Mills, Thomas Poston and Oona A. Hathaway

Feb 20th, 2024
Navalny’s Death and the Kremlin

by Ambassador Daniel Fried

Feb 16th, 2024
How Israel Took the Terrorists’ Bait

by Matthew Levinger

Feb 13th, 2024
The Real “Robert Hur Report” (Versus What You Read in the News)

by Andrew Weissmann and Ryan Goodman

Feb 10th, 2024
Protected Persons and the ‘Geographic Nexus’ Requirement in the DoD Law of War Manual

by Eliav Lieblich

Feb 6th, 2024
Taking Stock of ICJ Decisions in the ‘Ukraine v. Russia’ Cases—And implications for South Africa’s case against Israel

by Oona A. Hathaway

Feb 5th, 2024
Between Rhetoric and Effects: The ICJ Provisional Measures Order in South Africa v. Israel

by Amichai Cohen and Yuval Shany

Feb 1st, 2024
The Facts About Electronic Surveillance Reform

by Senator Ron Wyden

Jan 31st, 2024
Planning Ahead: How the US May Recover Its Diplomatic Standing at the UN After the Gaza War

by Richard Gowan

Jan 30th, 2024
Top Experts’ Views of Int’l Court of Justice Ruling on Israel Gaza Operations (South Africa v Israel, Genocide Convention Case)

by Just Security

Jan 26th, 2024
Unpacking the Int’l Court of Justice Judgment in South Africa v Israel (Genocide Case)

by Ryan Goodman and Siven Watt

Jan 26th, 2024
Congress Must Strengthen Oversight on Intelligence Sharing and Civilian Harm

by Steven Katz and John Ramming Chappell

Jan 25th, 2024
A Lawyer for Political Prisoners on Why He Fled Russia

by Vadim Prokhorov

Jan 24th, 2024
The Democratic Price of Countering Authoritarianism

by Thomas Carothers

Jan 22nd, 2024
Signals of Support for Gender Justice in the Draft Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity

by Paloma van Groll

Jan 19th, 2024
Success or Failure in Ukraine?

by Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr. and David Bernell

Jan 12th, 2024
Успіх чи невдача в Україні?

by Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr. and David Bernell

Jan 12th, 2024
Assessing the DoD Law of War Manual’s Approach to Treaties and Customary International Law

by Sean Murphy

Jan 10th, 2024
Constitutional Law Scholars on the Impeachment Proceedings Against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas

by Joshua Matz and Laurence H. Tribe

Jan 10th, 2024
How Long Will Trump’s DC Immunity Appeal Take? Analyzing the Alternative Timelines

by Norman L. Eisen, Matthew A. Seligman and Joshua Kolb

Jan 9th, 2024
How the KKK Produced the Department of Justice

by Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware

Jan 8th, 2024
Introduction to Expert Statements on Role of Extremism in Social and News Media, submitted to January 6th House Select Committee

by Meghan Conroy and Justin Hendrix

Jan 6th, 2024
Old Constitutional Provisions and Presidential Selection: The folly of exhuming Section 3 of the 14th Amendment

by Samuel Issacharoff

Jan 5th, 2024
It’s Not Just Technology: What it Means to be a Global Leader in AI

by Kayla Blomquist and Keegan McBride

Jan 4th, 2024
Selective Use of Facts and the Gaza Genocide Debate

by Amichai Cohen and Yuval Shany

Jan 2nd, 2024
Nine Stories That Deserved More Attention in 2023 – and That May Shape 2024

by Megan Corrarino

Dec 29th, 2023
U.S. Policymakers’ Lessons from Yemen for Gaza

by Wa’el Alzayat and Jeremy Konyndyk

Dec 22nd, 2023
Unhuman Killings: AI and Civilian Harm in Gaza

by Brianna Rosen

Dec 15th, 2023
Poland’s New Government Will Face Hurdles to Restore Rule of Law and Judicial Independence

by Jasmine D. Cameron, Judge Dariusz Mazur and Anna Wójcik

Dec 12th, 2023
Learning from Justice O’Connor

by Jane Stromseth

Dec 2nd, 2023
Tracking COP28: Notable Moments and Key Themes

by Clara Apt

Nov 30th, 2023
Giving Tuesday: Please Support Just Security With a Tax-Deductible Donation

by Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman

Nov 28th, 2023
The Year of Section 702 Reform, Part V: The HPSCI Majority FISA Working Group Report

by Elizabeth Goitein and Noah Chauvin

Nov 27th, 2023
Threat from Within? Unreformed Counterterrorism Infrastructure Raises Concerns About Misuse

by Faiza Patel

Nov 21st, 2023
It’s Time to Close the Door on Biden’s Saudi Defense Deal

by Shahed Ghoreishi

Nov 16th, 2023
Is AI the Right Sword for Democracy?

by Arthur Holland Michel

Nov 13th, 2023
DOJ Will Use Trump’s Continued Embrace of Jan. 6 Rioters to Prove Its Case

by Tom Joscelyn, Norman L. Eisen and Fred Wertheimer

Nov 10th, 2023
Why the United Nations Keeps Failing Victims of Atrocity Crimes

by Karen Smith

Nov 9th, 2023
Law and Policy Guide to US Arms Transfers to Israel

by John Ramming Chappell, Annie Shiel, Seth Binder, Elias Yousif, Bill Monahan and Amanda Klasing

Nov 8th, 2023
The Year of Section 702 Reform, Part IV: The Government Surveillance Reform Act

by Elizabeth Goitein and Noah Chauvin

Nov 7th, 2023
The US Must Adapt Foreign Policy and Aid to an Aging World

by Daniel Balson and Jane Buchanan

Nov 7th, 2023
Stolen Childhoods: The Emerging Generational Crisis in Sudan’s War

by Dr. Hiba Alamin, Dr. Hafeez Abdelhafeez and Dr. Abdallah Tom

Nov 3rd, 2023
Rethinking Counterterrorism

by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

Nov 2nd, 2023
Biden’s Executive Order on AI Gives Sweeping Mandate to DHS

by Justin Hendrix

Nov 1st, 2023
The Discomforts of Politics: What Future for Atrocity Prevention?

by Alexander Bellamy

Oct 31st, 2023
Law and Survival in Israel and Palestine

by Janina Dill

Oct 26th, 2023

Key Topics

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Resources

Trackers

American Autocracy Threat Tracker

by Norman L. Eisen, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Siven Watt, Andrew Warren, Jacob Kovacs-Goodman and Francois Barrilleaux

Apr 24th, 2024
Russia’s Eliminationist Rhetoric Against Ukraine: A Collection

by Clara Apt

Apr 18th, 2024
Tracking UNGA 78: Notable Moments and Key Themes

by Gwendolyn Whidden, Katherine Fang and Clara Apt

Sep 27th, 2023
January 6 Clearinghouse

by Ryan Goodman, Justin Hendrix and Norman L. Eisen

Mar 14th, 2024

Series

Symposium: International Law in Ukraine – The View from Lviv

by Just Security

Apr 5th, 2024
Introducing Just Security’s Series on Reparations in Russia’s War Against Ukraine

by Megan Corrarino

Feb 20th, 2024
It’s Time to Establish a Syria Victims Fund

by Joumana Seif

Feb 19th, 2024
The Future of Atrocity Prevention: A Joint Symposium

by Gwendolyn Whidden

Oct 31st, 2023
Introducing the Symposium on AI Governance: Power, Justice, and the Limits of the Law

by Brianna Rosen

Oct 18th, 2023
Introduction to Symposium: Ending Perpetual War

by Brianna Rosen

Sep 11th, 2023
Joint Symposium on U.S. Cooperation with the International Criminal Court’s Ukraine Investigation

by Just Security

Jul 17th, 2023
U.N. General Assembly and International Criminal Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine

by Just Security

May 9th, 2023
Introducing the Symposium on U.S. Support for the ICC’s Trust Fund for Victims

by Paul R. Williams, Milena Sterio, Yvonne Dutton, Alexandra Koch, Lilian Waldock, Floriane Lavaud, Ashika Singh and Isabelle Glimcher

Feb 13th, 2023
Antisemitism and Threats to American Democracy

by Eileen B. Hershenov and Ryan B. Greer

Jan 26th, 2023
Toward a Values-Based Foreign Policy: Developing an Ethical Checklist

by Ambassador Peter Mulrean (ret.) and William J. Hawk

Jan 4th, 2023
Tracking COP27: Notable Moments and Key Themes

by Clara Apt and Katherine Fang

Nov 18th, 2022
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Reflections on Tribal Sovereignty in Haaland v. Brackeen

by Amanda L. White Eagle

Oct 10th, 2022
Ending Perpetual War

by Brianna Rosen

Oct 25th, 2022
The Case for Creating an International Tribunal to Prosecute the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine (Part I)

by Oona A. Hathaway

Sep 20th, 2022
Introduction to Symposium: Still at War – Where and Why the United States is Fighting the “War on Terror”

by Tess Bridgeman and Brianna Rosen

Mar 24th, 2022
After a Year of Privation With the Taliban’s Return, the People of Afghanistan Deserve Better from the US and the World

by Nasir A. Andisha and Marzia Marastoni

Aug 15th, 2022
Introduction to Just Security’s Series on Executive Order 9066, 80 Years After Signing

by Megan Corrarino

Feb 18th, 2022
Congress Can and Should Address the Threat from Unauthorized Paramilitary Activity

by Mary B. McCord

Jan 24th, 2022
The Good Governance Papers: A January 2022 “Report Card” Update

by Emily Berman, Tess Bridgeman, Megan Corrarino, Ryan Goodman and Dakota S. Rudesill

Jan 20th, 2022
Symposium Recap: Security, Privacy and Innovation – Reshaping Law for the AI Era

by Laura Brawley, Antara Joardar and Madhu Narasimhan

Oct 29th, 2021
Towards a New Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity: Next Steps

by Leila Nadya Sadat

Sep 13th, 2021
Introduction to Symposium: How Perpetual War Has Changed Us — Reflections on the Anniversary of 9/11

by Tess Bridgeman, Rachel Goldbrenner and Ryan Goodman

Sep 7th, 2021
New Just Security Series: Beyond the Myanmar Coup

by Just Security

Jul 19th, 2021
New Just Security Series: Reflections on Afghanistan on the Eve of Withdrawal

by Kate Brannen

Jun 30th, 2021
Introducing a Symposium on the UN Global Counterterrorism Strategy

by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and Kate Brannen

Jun 14th, 2021
The Méndez Principles: Leadership to Transform Interrogation via Science, Law, and Ethics

by Steven J. Barela and Mark Fallon

Jun 1st, 2021
Introduction to Just Security’s Series on Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

by Christine Berger

May 29th, 2021
Spotlight on Sri Lanka as UN Human Rights Council Prepares Next Session

by Beth Van Schaack

Feb 1st, 2021
Nestlé & Cargill v. Doe: Introduction to a Symposium

by Beth Van Schaack and Chris Moxley

Nov 16th, 2020
COVID-19 and International Law Series: Introduction

by Oona A. Hathaway, Preston Lim, Mark Stevens and Alasdair Phillips-Robins

Nov 10th, 2020
The Good Governance Papers: An Introduction

by Emily Berman, Tess Bridgeman, Ryan Goodman and Dakota S. Rudesill

Oct 14th, 2020

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