Rule of Law

The Seychelles' truth commission has the unusual power to grant - not just recommend - amnesties. What is their status in international law, and role in transitional justice?

The lack of uniform procedures for sealing federal court records has resulted in excessive secrecy that has caused considerable harm.

Review: Casey Michel's book, “American Kleptocracy,” tells the tale of US financial secrecy via two of the world’s great kleptocrats.

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.

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.

Congress and the Treasury Department must curb law firms, financial advisors, and others implicated in the Pandora Papers secrecy gambits.

While it contains laudable provisions, it is silent on certain fundamental issues, and some clauses set out the lowest common denominator.

Countries that have cleaned up their act under pressure from the index rankings illustrate the need for such a gauge.

It tells other governments that they may not obtain retroactive impunity for their crimes by withdrawing from the ICC treaty.

How the international community and domestic power brokers undermined an initiative and sowed another seed of the ultimate collapse.

The Biden administration’s promise to attack the root causes of migration from Central America just got harder to keep.

Congress should close the loopholes that allow the federal government to circumvent the Posse Comitatus Act.