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The 55th Session of the U.N. Human Rights Council should also include renewing the mandate of the fact-finding mission.

Prosecutions for environmental destruction have been notably absent from war crimes trials to date. In Ukraine, this is about to change.

States' written comments cover issues such as the slave trade, gender apartheid, and strengthening protections for victims and survivors.

All reports of hospital attacks and misuse of hospitals must be investigated and those responsible held accountable. In the meantime, urgent action is needed to ensure that more…

In the draft crimes against humanity treaty, States have a historic opportunity to strengthen protections for reproductive autonomy within the framework of international law.

The contempt cases may assist the Special Prosecutor's Office and the judges of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in carrying out their mandates and building the judicial record.

While the Draft Articles include a provision for enslavement, the slave trade and enslavement are distinct international crimes that should be enumerated as crimes against humanity.

Civil society is calling on States to apply a gender-competent, survivor-centric, and intersectional lens to a new convention on crimes against humanity.

An update on the U.N. General Assembly's Sixth Committee session in October, and what to expect for a proposed crimes against humanity treaty.

The International Criminal Court's split opinion in the Situation in the Philippines highlights the possibility that the question of temporal jurisdiction is far from over and…

Congress can bring justice for victims of crimes against humanity by passing a statute with universal jurisdiction.

Despite a tendency to analyze global divisions over aggression trials through a “West” versus “Global South” binary, the longer-term stakes of accountability for Ukraine…