Sexual Assault
31 Articles
Why Guidance is Needed on Open-Source Investigations into Sexual Violence
Guidance on how to conduct digital investigations into sexual violence remains underdeveloped, leaving a dangerous gap.
No Way Home: How an ISIS-era Law Prevents Yazidi Women and Their Children Born of Conflict from Returning to Sinjar, Iraq
Yazidi women, who survived acts of sexual violence and bore children from ISIS militants, face an Iraqi law that designates their children Muslim.
Stormy Daniels’ Darker Testimony About Trump Hints at a Forbidden Side of His Trial
A close look at the lines the judge must draw - and is drawing - to steer clear of testimony and other evidence that could cause undue prejudice to Defendant Trump.
Keeping Count: Major Adverse Legal Findings Against Donald Trump (Nov. 2020-2024)
Tracking former President Donald Trump's string of major defeats in the legal system after the 2020 election.
Judge’s Ruling Keeps Trump’s N.Y. Trial Mostly About Election Influence
A Manhattan judge's ruing decided that Trump's criminal trial will mostly be about an alleged attempt to influence an election.
The E. Jean Carroll I Case: Explaining Trump’s Second Civil Defamation Trial
An expert backgrounder on what to expect.
The U.S. Military Moves Closer to Just Military Justice – But More Work Remains
Reforms that just took effect at the end of 2023 mark an important step in the right direction, but further reforms – and careful attention to how they are implemented – will…
Why the E. Jean Carroll Verdict Will Matter to Voters
Sexual assault is incompatible with serving in public office, according to large majorities of voters.
The War From Within: Racial Injustice in the US Prison System
Promoting American values abroad requires upholding them at home by addressing systemic and institutional racism.
Q&A: A Ukrainian MP on National Unity and the Drive for the World’s Support
Golos Party Leader Kira Rudik describes the harrowing year in Ukraine's Parliament since Russia’s full-scale assault.
The Military Justice Provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
"There’s bad news and good news" for military justice reform and "a wake-up call for all the players to put on their long-range thinking caps."
Professional Criminal Prosecution Versus The Siren Song of Command: The Road to Improve Military Justice
An almost paragraph-by-paragraph critique of Jeh Johnson's essay opposing the Military Justice Improvement Act. Our author: Professor Rachel VanLandingham, Lt Col, USAF (ret.),…