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Letter to the Editor: Much More Iceberg Below the Surface on Civilian Casualties

[Editor’s note: Ryan Goodman responds to Gabor Rona in a follow-on piece.] Ryan Goodman makes a compelling case that the United States undercounts its civilian casualties.…

US – Pakistan Relations: A Marriage of Inconvenience

This article is the latest in a series we are producing in partnership Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute that features the voices of experts and advocates from…

What Questions Should Congress Be Asking DoD About Civilian Casualties?

The Trump administration is due to submit today two important reports on civilian casualties—one to Congress and one to the public. Here are the questions Congress should be…

Just Security’s Symposium on the ICC Afghanistan Probe and the US

Just Security is pleased to announce the launch of an online symposium dedicated to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) probe in Afghanistan and its implications for the…

U.S. Federal Statute on Aiding and Abetting: War Crimes in Yemen – Part II

This piece is the second of two on U.S. operations in Yemen and the War Crimes Act, and the latest article in our forum on the Yemen crisis and the law. In September 2017, Ryan…

Civilian Casualties and Effectiveness of U.S. Drone Strikes in Yemen

This is the first of two articles on U.S. counterterrorism operations in Yemen. It also the latest in a new series we are producing in partnership Columbia Law School’s Human…

Somalis Harmed by Suspected Drone Strikes Demand Accountability

This article is the latest in a new series we are producing in partnership Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute that features the voices of experts and advocates from…

“License to Kill” in Salisbury: State-sponsored assassinations and the jus ad bellum

Above: U.K. Ambassador to the U.N. Jonathan Allen speaks at an urgent meeting of the Security Council on the recent nerve agent attack in Salisbury, U.K. on March 14, 2018. (Spencer…

Just Security Podcast: Daphne Eviatar on Military Targeting under Trump

The sharp uptick in civilian casualties from U.S. military operations across the world under President Trump has alarmed human rights lawyers, who say the legal standards for targeting…

We’ve Been Here Before: Sticks Don’t Work Well with Pakistan

A Pakistani Army soldier stands near an artillery gun used against pro-Taliban militants while on base at Kabal in the Swat valley of northwestern Pakistan. (John Moore/Getty Images)…

International Criminal Court Indictments of U.S. Officials Are not Impossible

The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor’s long-expected request to open an investigation of U.S. armed forces and the CIA for crimes allegedly committed in Afghanistan…
Fatou Bensouda, Deputy Prosecutor, International Criminal Court at The Louise Blouin Foundation Presents The Fifth Annual Blouin Creative Leadership Summit - Day 1 at the Metropolitan Club on September 19, 2011 in New York City.

No Winners: How the Int’l Criminal Court Should Avoid Confronting the United States

ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda presents at the Fifth Annual Blouin Creative Leadership Summit in New York in 2011. (Credit: Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The Louise Blouin Foundation)…
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