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December 5 2022

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by Jeffrey Vagle and Matt Blaze

Oct 17th, 2014

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UN Talks on Crimes Against Humanity Treaty Make Progress, But Also Reveal Hurdles

by Richard Dicker and Paloma van Groll

Dec 5th, 2022
COP27 Produces a Historic Result for Vulnerable Countries: A Loss and Damage Fund

by Lisa Benjamin

Dec 2nd, 2022
Russia’s Assault on Ukraine Exposes US, Allied Gaps in Preparing for Great-Power War

by Ambassador (ret) John E. Herbst and Jennifer Cafarella

Nov 30th, 2022
Giving Tuesday: Please Support Just Security with a Tax-Deductible Donation

by Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman

Nov 29th, 2022
More Turbulence Ahead for Twitter as the EU’s Digital Services Act Tests Musk’s Vision

by Karen Gullo and Christoph Schmon

Nov 23rd, 2022
Fighting Tunisia’s Rampant Corruption with Autocracy – Kais Saied’s Chimera

by Imad Daïmi

Nov 22nd, 2022
Incendiary Speech That Spurs Violence is Rising in US, But Tools Exist to Shrink It

by Susan Benesch

Nov 21st, 2022
Tracking COP27: Notable Moments and Key Themes

by Clara Apt and Katherine Fang

Nov 18th, 2022
Mar-a-Lago Model Prosecution Memo

by Andrew Weissmann, Ryan Goodman, Joyce Vance, Norman L. Eisen, Fred Wertheimer, E. Danya Perry, Siven Watt, Joshua Stanton, Donald Simon and Alexander K. Parachini

Nov 17th, 2022
Історична резолюція Генеральної Асамблеї ООН закликає до виплати репарацій Україні

by Chiara Giorgetti, Markiyan Kliuchkovsky, Patrick Pearsall and Jeremy K. Sharpe

Nov 16th, 2022
Historic UNGA Resolution Calls for Ukraine Reparations

by Chiara Giorgetti, Markiyan Kliuchkovsky, Patrick Pearsall and Jeremy K. Sharpe

Nov 16th, 2022
Amid the Russia-Ukraine War, a Dutch Court Prepares to Rule on Four Suspects in the 2014 Downing of Flight MH17

by Marieke de Hoon

Nov 15th, 2022
America’s Autocratic Persian Gulf ‘Partners’ Are Actually Liabilities

by Jon Hoffman and Abdullah Alaoudh

Nov 15th, 2022
Tackling Climate Change Displacement at COP27

by Camila Bustos and Jeffrey Chase

Nov 14th, 2022
Reflections on Becoming a Veteran after Decades of Forever War

by Heather Aliano

Nov 11th, 2022
The Missing Review of FBI’s January 6 Intelligence and Law Enforcement Failures

by Asha Rangappa

Nov 10th, 2022
Війна Путіна проти України та ризики поспішного ведення переговорів

by Ambassador Daniel Fried

Nov 9th, 2022
Putin’s War Against Ukraine and the Risks of Rushing to Negotiations

by Ambassador Daniel Fried

Nov 9th, 2022
The Egypt Climate Summit: Four Key Questions to Help Frame COP27

by Mark Nevitt

Nov 8th, 2022
Election Denying Officials Who Refuse to Certify Election Results Could Face Prosecution

by Jacek Pruski and Helen White

Nov 7th, 2022
The Biden Administration’s SIGINT Executive Order, Part II: Redress for Unlawful Surveillance

by Ashley Gorski

Nov 4th, 2022
How Support to Partner Forces Enables Secret War

by Katherine Yon Ebright

Nov 3rd, 2022
Climate Change Diplomacy Has an Authoritarianism Problem

by Kirk Herbertson

Nov 2nd, 2022
Russia’s Eliminationist Rhetoric Against Ukraine: A Collection

by Clara Apt

Nov 1st, 2022
The Biden Administration’s SIGINT Executive Order, Part I: New Rules Leave Door Open to Bulk Surveillance

by Elizabeth Goitein

Oct 31st, 2022
India’s Abuses at Home Raise Concerns About Its Global Counterterrorism Role

by Letta Tayler

Oct 27th, 2022
Ending Perpetual War

by Brianna Rosen

Oct 25th, 2022
The International Court of Justice: A Bright Light in Dark Times

by Ambassador Juan Manuel Gómez-Robledo Verduzco

Oct 24th, 2022
Countering Iran’s Brand of Digital Authoritarianism

by Cathryn Grothe

Oct 21st, 2022
Dawning Digital Data Access via New EU Law

by Steven J. Barela

Oct 20th, 2022
Addressing Putin’s Nuclear Threat: Thinking Like the Cold War KGB Officer That He Was

by Douglas London

Oct 18th, 2022
The Biden Drone Playbook: The Elusive Promise of Restrained Counterterrorism

by Luke Hartig

Oct 17th, 2022
Extremist Ideologies and the Roots of Mass Atrocities: Lessons for Ukraine

by Jonathan Leader Maynard

Oct 14th, 2022
Biden’s New Counterterrorism Policy Guidance Further Entrenches the Forever War

by Oona A. Hathaway

Oct 11th, 2022
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Reflections on Tribal Sovereignty in Haaland v. Brackeen

by Amanda L. White Eagle

Oct 10th, 2022
Biden’s Democracy Gap: How U.S. Policy Helps Underwrite Egypt’s Human Rights Crisis

by Muhammad Kamal

Oct 7th, 2022
At the UN: New Moves to Speak Up for a Crimes Against Humanity Treaty

by Richard Dicker and Paloma van Groll

Oct 6th, 2022
Averting Future Mass Atrocities in South Sudan as Peace Terms Stall

by Naomi Kikoler and Sarah McIntosh

Oct 6th, 2022
Припиніть говорити «анексовані території»: альтернативи терміну агресора

by Jens Iverson

Oct 5th, 2022
Stop Saying “Annexed Territories”: Alternatives to the Bully’s Term

by Jens Iverson

Oct 5th, 2022
The Urgency of Sustaining Momentum in the Fight Against Kleptocracy

by John K. Glenn

Oct 4th, 2022
Tracker: Evidence of Trump’s Knowledge and Involvement in Retaining Mar-a-Lago Documents

by Ryan Goodman and Clara Apt

Sep 29th, 2022
Аргументи щодо створення Спеціального трибуналу для переслідування злочину агресії, вчиненого щодо України

by Jennifer Trahan

Sep 26th, 2022
The Case for Creating a Special Tribunal to Prosecute the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine (Part III)

by Jennifer Trahan

Sep 26th, 2022
Was DeSantis Shipping Migrants to Martha’s Vineyard a Crime?

by Norman L. Eisen and Fred Wertheimer

Sep 26th, 2022
Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Sept. 17-23)

by Just Security

Sep 24th, 2022
Аргументи щодо створення Спеціального трибуналу для переслідування злочину агресії, вчиненого щодо України

by Astrid Reisinger Coracini

Sep 23rd, 2022
The Case for Creating a Special Tribunal to Prosecute the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine (Part II)

by Astrid Reisinger Coracini

Sep 23rd, 2022
Mexico’s Initiative for Dialogue and Peace in Ukraine

by Ambassador H.E. Juan Ramón de la Fuente and Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga

Sep 23rd, 2022
Tracking UNGA 77: Notable Moments and Key Themes

by Katherine Fang and Clara Apt

Sep 22nd, 2022
Has a Trump Tipping Point Been Reached? Analyzing The NY Attorney General’s Case Against Trump

by E. Danya Perry, Joshua Stanton and Norman L. Eisen

Sep 21st, 2022
As Turkey Backs Azerbaijan’s Recent Strikes on Armenian Towns, Where Are Russia, the EU, and the US?

by Ambassador (ret) John E. Herbst

Sep 21st, 2022
Річард Гоуен про Україну та те, як російська війна дається взнаки в ООН

by Richard Gowan

Sep 20th, 2022
Richard Gowan on Ukraine and How Russia’s War Reverberates at the United Nations

by Richard Gowan

Sep 20th, 2022
Аргументи щодо створення Міжнародного трибуналу для переслідування злочину агресії, вчиненого щодо України

by Oona A. Hathaway

Sep 20th, 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
The Failing Response to Violent Extremism in Africa – and the Need to Reform the International Approach

by Marc Sommers

Sep 19th, 2022
Gorbachev: The Leader We Needed in My Time

by Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr.

Sep 16th, 2022
UN Report on China’s Rights Abuses Against Uyghurs Illustrates Need for “Naming and Shaming”

by Aryeh Neier

Sep 14th, 2022
Human Rights Due Diligence: A Defense Industry Business Necessity

by Eian Katz

Sep 13th, 2022
AcidRain Malware and Viasat Network Downtime in Ukraine: Assessing the Cyber War Threat

by Sam Cohen

Sep 12th, 2022
Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Sept. 3-9)

by Just Security

Sep 10th, 2022
The Absence of Any Executive Privilege by a Former President For National Security Secrets

by Michael Stern

Sep 9th, 2022
Tit-for-Tat Hostilities In Syria: War Powers and International Law Implications

by Tess Bridgeman and Brian Finucane

Sep 8th, 2022
A UN Report Implicates the Chinese Government in Crimes Against Humanity. What Comes Next?

by Sophie Richardson

Sep 8th, 2022
January 6 Clearinghouse

by Ryan Goodman and Justin Hendrix

Sep 7th, 2022
When, Where and For What Mar-a-Lago Crimes Should Garland Indict Trump?

by Laurence H. Tribe, Philip Lacovara and Dennis Aftergut

Sep 6th, 2022
Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Aug. 27-Sept. 2)

by Just Security

Sep 3rd, 2022
Amid Devastating Floods, Pakistan’s Leaders Must Learn from the Past to Avoid Future Mistakes

by Jumaina Siddiqui

Sep 2nd, 2022
Strategic Ambiguity Isn’t Working to Deter China on Taiwan – It Will Invade Anyway. It’s Time to Commit

by Peter Devine

Sep 1st, 2022
A Crisis of Justice for Afghan Victims of War

by Shaharzad Akbar

Aug 31st, 2022
The World Should Protect Afghan Refugees Fleeing the Taliban’s Oppression

by Ambassador M. Ashraf Haidari

Aug 30th, 2022
A Damage Assessment of Trump’s “Declassification Defense”

by George Croner

Aug 29th, 2022
Terrorism Might Be the Least of Our Problems a Year After America’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan

by Douglas London

Aug 29th, 2022
Assessing Trump’s Claim of ‘Executive Privilege’ on FBI Access to MAL Docs

by Michael Stern

Aug 28th, 2022
Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (August 20-26)

by Just Security

Aug 27th, 2022
Need for US Ethics Reform Is Far from History: Kushner-MBS Deal Reflects Broken System

by Virginia Canter and Gabe Lezra

Aug 26th, 2022
Abusive “Counterterrorism” Crackdowns Choke Independent Civil Society in the Middle East

by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

Aug 25th, 2022
Справедливість щодо злочину агресії сьогодні, стримування агресивних війн завтра: українська перспектива

by Gaiane Nuridzhanian

Aug 24th, 2022
Let’s Talk About Compliance with International Humanitarian Law

by Ezequiel Heffes

Aug 24th, 2022
Justice for the Crime of Aggression Today, Deterrence for the Aggressive Wars of Tomorrow: A Ukrainian Perspective

by Gaiane Nuridzhanian

Aug 24th, 2022
Human Rights in the Crosshairs

by James A. Goldston

Aug 23rd, 2022
America Resurgent: From Afghanistan to Ukraine

by Ambassador (ret.) Lee Wolosky

Aug 22nd, 2022
Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (August 13-19)

by Just Security

Aug 20th, 2022
How Latin America Could Inspire and Inform the US Fight for Reproductive Justice

by Ximena Casas Isaza and Catalina Martinez

Aug 19th, 2022
Trump Associate’s Stated Plan to Publicly Release “Declassified” Documents

by Ryan Goodman

Aug 18th, 2022
Is MBS Entitled to Head of State Immunity?

by William S. Dodge

Aug 18th, 2022
Oversight Reports Raise Questions About Value of DHS Counterterrorism Efforts

by Faiza Patel and Spencer Reynolds

Aug 17th, 2022
Myths & Misunderstandings Relating to Mar-a-Lago Documents Investigation

by J. William Leonard

Aug 16th, 2022
Independent State Legislatures and Presidential Elections: Addressing Misconceptions About Current Law and Prospects for Reform

by Genevieve Nadeau and Helen White

Aug 16th, 2022
Trump and the Insurrection Act: The Legal Framework

by Albert W. Alschuler

Aug 16th, 2022
The Road to a Better Future for Afghanistan Starts with Women’s Education

by Shabana Basij-Rasikh

Aug 16th, 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
Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (August 6-12)

by Just Security

Aug 13th, 2022
The Best Way to Mark the Anniversary of Taliban Takeover? Launch a Global Campaign Against Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan

by Karima Bennoune

Aug 12th, 2022
Five Years After “Unite the Right”: Reflections on Charlottesville for Today’s Threat Landscape

by Nicholas Rasmussen and Sarah Kenny

Aug 12th, 2022
DHS IG Cuffari’s Actions Exhibit Clear Pattern: Unwillingness or Inability to Meet the Mission

by Liz Hempowicz

Aug 11th, 2022
Expert Backgrounder: Criminal Statutes that Could Apply to Trump’s Retention of Government Documents

by Asha Rangappa, Norman L. Eisen and Bradley P. Moss

Aug 9th, 2022
Banning Content Platforms is Not a Solution to Hate Speech on the Internet, Even When the Platform is Meta

by Julie Owono

Aug 9th, 2022
Biden’s Weak Stand in Saudi Arabia Could Kick MBS’ Repression Machine Into Overdrive – But It’s Not Too Late to Act

by Khalid Aljabri

Aug 8th, 2022

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Trackers

Litigation Tracker: Pending Criminal and Civil Cases Against Donald Trump

by Karl Mihm, Jacob Apkon and Sruthi Venkatachalam

Dec 4th, 2022
Tracking COP27: Notable Moments and Key Themes

by Clara Apt and Katherine Fang

Nov 18th, 2022
Russia’s Eliminationist Rhetoric Against Ukraine: A Collection

by Clara Apt

Nov 1st, 2022
The January 6th Hearings: Criminal Evidence Tracker – Trump Subpoena Edition

by Noah Bookbinder, Norman L. Eisen, Debra Perlin, E. Danya Perry, Jason Powell, Donald Simon, Joshua Stanton and Fred Wertheimer

Oct 27th, 2022

Series

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
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
The President and Immigration Law: Introduction to a Just Security Series

by Cristina Rodríguez and Adam Cox

Oct 12th, 2020
Toward a New Approach to National and Human Security: Introduction

by Scott Roehm, Rita Siemion and Hina Shamsi

Sep 11th, 2020
Racing National Security: Introduction to the Just Security Symposium

by Matiangai Sirleaf

Jul 13th, 2020
Geneva Convention III Commentary: What Significance for Women’s Rights?

by Catherine O'Rourke

Oct 21st, 2020
Advancing Rights and Justice During a Pandemic: An Online Event Series

by Sarah Knuckey and Jayne Huckerby

May 27th, 2020
Introduction to Just Security Series on UN Yemen Report

by Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman

Sep 12th, 2019
Introducing Joint Symposium on Chatham House’s “Proportionality in the Conduct of Hostilities” Report

by Just Security

Jan 28th, 2019
The Constitutional Challenge to Robert Mueller’s Appointment (Part I): Introduction

by Marty Lederman

Oct 25th, 2018

Timelines

January 6th Intelligence Failure Timeline

by Erik Dahl

Jun 7th, 2022
Timeline: Rep. Jim Jordan, a Systematic Disinformation Campaign, and January 6

by Justin Hendrix, Nicholas Tonckens and Sruthi Venkatachalam

Aug 29th, 2021
Mark Meadows Timeline: The Chief of Staff and Schemes to Overturn 2020 Election

by Ryan Goodman and Juilee Shivalkar

Aug 8th, 2021
The Official and Unofficial Timeline of Defense Department Actions on January 6

by Kate Brannen and Ryan Goodman

May 11th, 2021
#StopTheSteal: Timeline of Social Media and Extremist Activities Leading to 1/6 Insurrection

by Atlantic Council's DFRLab

Feb 10th, 2021
Incitement Timeline: Year of Trump’s Actions Leading to the Attack on the Capitol

by Ryan Goodman, Mari Dugas and Nicholas Tonckens

Jan 11th, 2021
Timeline of the Coronavirus Pandemic and U.S. Response

by Ryan Goodman and Danielle Schulkin

Nov 3rd, 2020
Timeline: The Trump Administration and the U.S. Postal Service

by Chris Shenton

Aug 24th, 2020
Timeline: Trump, Barr, and the Halkbank Case on Iran Sanctions-Busting

by Ryan Goodman and Danielle Schulkin

Jul 27th, 2020
Timeline on Jared Kushner, Qatar, 666 Fifth Avenue, and White House Policy

by Ryan Goodman and Julia Brooks

Mar 11th, 2020

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