Human Rights

[Editor’s Note: This article is part of a Just Security series, COVID and International Law. All articles in the series can be found here.] States around the world have had…

What better way of protecting the truth than by offering a safe haven for journalists who risk their lives to inform us.

[Editor’s Note: This article is part of a Just Security series, COVID and International Law. All articles in the series can be found here.] Nearly all States have faced significant…

The world has not come close to ending such heinous crimes, but the trials established the principle that perpetrators can and must be brought to justice.

[Editor’s Note: This article is part of a Just Security series, COVID and International Law. All articles in the series can be found here.] COVID-19 continues to grow at…

Uribe was released under pressure last month, but attempts to thwart transitional justice will only undermine efforts to sustain the 2016 peace agreement.

States’ responses to COVID-19 are governed by international law; likewise, State responses will impact these rules and norms. What are the legal constraints on State action to…

Civil society fights hard to be heard above the din of war, displacement, political dysfunction and the ebbs and flows of international aid.

On human rights, infrastructure, and transparency, modest but welcome signals from a board that will have such a pivotal role in public discourse.

Now is the time to fundamentally reform how the executive branch addresses the transnational matter of upholding human rights and advancing democracy at home and abroad. The project…

International legal norms risk marginalization in the rush to embrace ill-defined counterterrorism standards in multiple settings.

Analysis of the Government of Finland's new statement on international law in cyberspace.