Human Rights

Best practice guidelines can reduce the security risks for those documenting potential crimes and the complications for use of their material in war crimes trials.

The primary tools have been diplomatic condemnation, sanctions, and weapons shipments to Ukraine. More possibilities exist.

The prospect of complaints against States parties should spur more effective responses to anti-Asian attacks and other structural racial discrimination.

US policy, including sanctions, should reflect the new reality on the ground and the Biden administration's stated commitment to democracy.

Counterterrorism watchlisting practices continue to erode due process, human rights, and the rule of law around the world.

Addressing reprisals against women means addressing the role of counterterrorism law.

Witness testimony was key in reaching today's conviction of a former Syrian intelligence official for crimes against humanity. But the testimony placed witnesses and victims at…

It aims to show that sticking to principles on the one hand and seeking constructive dialogue on the other are not mutually exclusive.

The transfer of "protection of civilian" sites to the government amid continuing threats requires extra vigilance from UNMISS.

Western donors, civil society, and media partners need to update their views of those who've fled repression.

The $424.4 million plan focuses on media, corruption, reformers, technology, and political processes like elections.

Yet, regardless of the scale and acceleration of abuses, such concerns are marginalized or avoided at high-level US-Mexico meetings.