Rule of Law
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New Data Highlight Growing Worldwide Rule of Law Crisis
The 2021 WJP Rule of Law Index shows a global rule of law recession, including a deepening of the rule of law crisis in the United States.
Filmmaker: Ex-US Envoy’s Words Tell the Story of Our Lives in Haiti
Raoul Peck on Daniel Foote's call for the US to reset its policy and listen to the voices of Haitians trying to rebuild democracy.
Closing Pandora’s Box
Congress and the Treasury Department must curb law firms, financial advisors, and others implicated in the Pandora Papers secrecy gambits.
The Draft Convention on Crimes Against Humanity Should Enshrine the Highest Standards of International Law
While it contains laudable provisions, it is silent on certain fundamental issues, and some clauses set out the lowest common denominator.
World Bank’s “Doing Business Index,” a Thorn for Kleptocrats, Must Be Protected
Countries that have cleaned up their act under pressure from the index rankings illustrate the need for such a gauge.
ICC Investigation of Philippines President Duterte Sends Important Signals
It tells other governments that they may not obtain retroactive impunity for their crimes by withdrawing from the ICC treaty.
The Failure of Transitional Justice in Afghanistan: Impunity Turned Into Law
How the international community and domestic power brokers undermined an initiative and sowed another seed of the ultimate collapse.
Islands of Advances in a Sea of Setbacks: Central American Rule of Law
The Biden administration’s promise to attack the root causes of migration from Central America just got harder to keep.
The National Guard at Lafayette Square and the January 6th Attempted Insurrection: Fixes for the FY2022 NDAA
Congress should close the loopholes that allow the federal government to circumvent the Posse Comitatus Act.
Anti-Corruption Crusader Navalny’s Appeal from His Russian Prison Cell
His five-point plan shows he is ready to fight and optimistic that something can be done, including with Biden's Summit for Democracy.
Amid Haiti’s Deepening Crisis After Earthquake, US Must Heed Citizens on Aid and Political Change
Assistance will be ineffective unless it's directed to the right people and comes with backing for civil society to fix the broken state.
Long-Withheld Office of Legal Counsel Records Reveal Agency’s Postwar Influence
The Knight Institute is publishing 14 indexes cataloging the titles of more than a thousand unclassified opinions authored by the OLC between 1945 and 1958.