Local Voices

A newly-rebooted UN Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect should work with local communities to de-escalate tensions before atrocities occur.

Sudan marks two years of war this week. Where does the country and the international community trying to support it go from here?

As Sudan marks two years of brutal war between the Sudanese army and the RSF, the country stands at a dangerous crossroads.

A revised registration process for international NGOs aiding Palestinians creates a chilling effect against criticism and accountability.

A war survivor says the response to Dodik's separatism must be firm and unequivocal for the sake of regional and European security.

The surprising US response to Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik's provocations has spurred European leaders to take more decisive action.

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

The Russian invasion of Ukraine, and states’ reactions to it, are setting the stage for possible changes to the international legal order. In the end, this is a battle for a…

The city of Al-Fashir is strategically important and represents the crux of Sudan's larger conflict between the SAF and the RSF.

Nils Muiznieks, Maksim Polovinko, and Margaret Satterthwaite join the show to discuss the repression lawyers face in Belarus.

Belarusian lawyers face severe threats under a near-total State-controlled legal system with hundreds disbarred or exiled simply for doing their jobs.

The United Nations must do better in exercising strategic leadership in atrocity crimes prevention and response.