persecution

States should incorporate child-specific provisions within a future Crimes Against Humanity Convention to better protect children's rights.

Legal analysis shows how Russia’s actions meet the threshold for the crime of persecution under international law.

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…

Another resolution will be required in October to overcome objections that have blocked advancement of the treaty to formal negotiations.

The joy of Arévalo’s victory across Guatemala is now tempered by the knowledge that continued threats of violence and rogue prosecutions will continue, with the ever-present…

Defenders of democracy should push back against autocrats by empowering artists, who cultivate open discourse.

Comments by his ministers and party leaders reinforce the lamentable record of the government’s abusive and discriminatory policies.

Gender must be “on the table” throughout the discussion and eventual negotiation of a treaty on crimes against humanity, and everywhere that States seek to prevent or punish…

"Effectively addressing the risks posed by rising antisemitism and its often complex relationship with other forms of hate and anti-democratic movements will require a comprehensive…

The international community must urgently do more to help Afghan refugees.

A forthcoming rulemaking provides the opportunity for the US to realign its asylum procedures with a simple international - as well as moral - obligation: to save human lives.…

The self-described Islamic State (IS) is publicly accused of having committed, in addition to genocide and war crimes, crimes against humanity and persecution on the basis of religion…