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The US Needs a Strategy for (Human) Security Cooperation

The result is a frequent perception of enabling rights abuses and atrocities committed by foreign military partners.
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The Just Security Podcast: Two Years After the Myanmar Coup

On the two-year anniversary of the coup, we speak with Akila Radhakrishnan and Angela Mudukuti from the Global Justice Center.
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Afghan Lawyers on Rule of Law’s Frontlines Need Urgent International Support

Legal actors are still working to advance justice in Afghanistan - they deserve more support from the international community, not less.

Lawyers Under Threat: Highlighting Their Plight

The annual Day of the Endangered Lawyer focuses attention on an increasingly frequent tool of autocrats: targeting their opponents' lawyers.

Justice Will Be Crucial to a New Deal in Sudan

Sudanese politicians and military leaders are making a second serious attempt at negotiating a path toward civilian rule and democracy.
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The Just Security Podcast: Closing the War Crimes Impunity Gap

Biden recently signed the Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act, fixing loopholes that allowed alleged war criminals to escape prosecution.

In the Global Resistance to Autocracy, Turkey’s Boğaziçi University Faculty Deserves Pride of Place

Entering their third year of protests against Erdogan's dictates, they encapsulate many aspects of the global struggle for democracy.

Україна та Нідерланди очікують ключових рішень в справах проти Росії за роки війни

У той час як наближається річниця повномасштабної війни Росії проти України, в різних судах розглядається…

Ukraine, Netherlands Await Pivotal Rulings in Cases Against Russia from Previous Years of War

The European Court of Human Rights is due to rule on admissibility and, notable for other cases too, Russia’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
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Closing the Impunity Gap for War Crimes

The Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act will increase accountability prospects for atrocity crimes within the U.S. judicial system.

From Egypt, Sisi’s Long Arm of Repression Targets Americans Too

A US citizen's arrest and release in the UAE illustrates the expanding global reach of Egypt’s authoritarian regime.
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.

Forced Abortion as an International Crime: Recent Reports from Northern Nigeria

"Calls for accountability for ... forced abortion in Nigeria form part of a broader trend in scholarship and practice, where reproductive violence is increasingly being recognized…
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