Police

Leaders of the U.N. Independent Fact-Finding Mission in Iran provide a path for accountability, reparations, and steps for the international community to provide support.

When part-time soldiers police their neighbors, federal authority displaces state and local officials, and strains civil-military relations.

How do arms trafficking and state corruption networks in Latin America operate, and how they can be disrupted?

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…

To counter impunity, civil society and survivors of police brutality are organizing against abuses such as eye mutilation.

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

Amid a trend toward more openness in the police-coordination agency, further action is needed to prevent abuse of systems such as red notices.

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

Interpol's General Assembly will formally elect a new operational head from Brazil amid growing political and legal challenges.

Practical steps, based on the Mendez Principles, promote ethical, more effective practices to end torture and reduce crime and violence.

The Stolen and Lost Travel Document (SLTD) system, which has less internal scrutiny and checks, can also be wielded against critics.

Homeland security organizations are injecting federal spy agencies into local political matters, often without meaningful restrictions.