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Russia’s Attacks on Ukraine’s Energy Infrastructure Imperil Healthcare Access

Services required for the survival of Ukraine’s civilian population – like healthcare – are affected by attacks on energy infrastructure.
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Justice in Ukraine Requires Using All Tools in the Accountability Ecosystem

Ukraine may represent a unique case of the full use of available mechanisms within the existing system of international criminal justice.
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Support Grows for Gender Justice at UN Session on Draft Crimes Against Humanity Treaty

Track how States for the first time addressed proposals to better integrate gender justice and the needs of victims and survivors.
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The Register of Damages for Ukraine Opens for Claims Submissions

The Register of Damages will use tools of international law to collect, assess, and categorize claims of harm caused by Russia’s invasion.
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Amid Russia’s Aggression Towards Ukraine, Can Religious Freedom Endure?

Current shifts in Ukraine due to the war should not impede the realization of citizens' personal rights, irrespective of religious beliefs.
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Report of the Independent Task Force on National Security Memorandum-20 Regarding Israel

It is our hope the Task Force's work facilitates drafting efforts currently under way within the administration to meet the reporting requirements of NSM-20, resulting in the overdue…
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Where do States Stand on Official Immunity Under International Law?

There is now a clear majority of support for draft Article 7, at least to the extent that it provides for the inapplicability of functional immunity to the crimes of genocide,…
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Arms Transfers to Israel: Knowledge and Risk of Violations of International Law

About the legal assessment States providing material support to Israel in the form of arms must undertake.
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Strasbourg’s “Case of the Century” – Revolutionary Climate Judgment from the European Court of Human Rights

In yesterday’s landmark judgment, the Court set out extensive findings on the admissibility, merits, and reparations aspects of the case.
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Symposium: International Law in Ukraine – The View from Lviv

Just Security is pleased to host a Symposium, "International Law in the Face of Russia’s Aggression in Ukraine: The View from Lviv."
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In a Future Crimes Against Humanity Convention, States’ Duty to Prosecute Must Not Be Weakened

To weaken or condition in any form the duty of States to investigate and prosecute suspected perpetrators would run contrary to the spirit and raison d’etre of a future Convention…
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The ‘Year of Climate’ in International Courts

A backgrounder on how climate cases came before four international courts, with a summary of issues each court has been asked to address, offers a one-stop resource to refer to…
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