Human Rights

Democracies must challenge Beijing’s threats to the UN human rights system and its standards, as they are starting to do on Taiwan.

The Human Rights Reporting Gateway can help the State Department enforce the Leahy law by providing key information from NGOs and victims.

The Trump administration can open up other opportunities to advance broader policy, national security, and even economic objectives.

A model Department of Defense action memo illustrates what a faithful application of the Leahy law to an alleged gross human rights violation in Israel would look like.

The US is failing to forcefully respond to brutality against protesters opposing the Georgian ruling party's move to end EU accession talks.

Digital evidence of crimes from open-source investigations can be linked with UN systems to support accountability and atrocity prevention.

Former US officials working on Georgian-US relations condemn violent crackdown on protesters in Tbilisi and recommend US policy measures.

Bridging responsible social media with the expertise of those well-versed in the dynamics of mass violence can greatly bolster interventions.

Magnitsky-style sanctions provide a principled and practical framework for accountability.

Atrocity-prevention systems developed before the spread of new technologies need to more systematically account for their impacts.

Governments and civil society can harness new and established technologies, even while proactively mitigating associated risks.

The question shifts the focus from the far more critical issues of whether policy goals are clear and realistic and if sanctions can help.