Human Rights

The Trump administration’s proposed reorganization of the State Department is not just a reshuffle. It’s a realignment of diplomatic priorities that seems set to constrain…

The web of factors for the diamond industry in any lifting of sanctions could be instructive for other sectors too.

States can leverage international standards and the EU's centering of human rights to protect consumers online.

Guidance on how to conduct digital investigations into sexual violence remains underdeveloped, leaving a dangerous gap.

Yazidi women, who survived acts of sexual violence and bore children from ISIS militants, face an Iraqi law that designates their children Muslim.

Israel’s decision to cut Gaza off from essential goods violates IHL and reactivates crimes charged in the ICC’s arrest warrant for Netanyahu, writes Dannenbaum.

Many of the emergency powers a president could unlock through pretextual invocations and arbitrary proclamations are injurious to a free, fair, and democratic society. The courts…

Last week, what had long seemed impossible to victims seeking justice for the killings from the Philippine “war on drugs” finally happened: the ICC's arrest of former President…

The fifth anniversary of the Doha Agreement highlights its profound impact on Afghanistan's trajectory.

There is no modern precedent for sending U.S. citizens who are convicted of crimes to other countries for punishment. Doing so is a crime.

The focus on open source investigation of serious international crimes often comes at the expense of more effective local expertise.

Reflections from Ukrainian and international legal scholars following the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.