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Two tall greyscale rectangles cast dark shadows representing the Twin Towers. Text reads, “How Perpetual War Has Changed Us: Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11”

Crossing Back Over: Time to Reform Legal Culture and Legal Practice of the “War on Terror”

As the conflict has grown and changed, responsibility for these changes has too often been thrust on the shoulders of executive lawyers.

Sep. 10, 2021 Brian Finucane and Stephen Pomper

U.S. President George W. Bush speaks 08 November, 2001, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Police and other uniformed people stand behind him.

Two Decades Later, Still Reckoning With 9/11

On the 20th anniversary, experts disagree on how the most complex problems that dogged the “war on terror” should have been solved.

Sep. 9, 2021 Larry Attree and Delina Goxho

Journalists wearing face masks stand outside of the temporary courtroom set up on September 2, 2021, inside the Palais de Justice of Paris - Paris' courthouse, ahead of the November 13, 2015 Paris attacks' trial scheduled to be held on September 8, 2021. Some set up cameras.

France’s `V13′ Trial for the 2015 Paris Terror Attacks: Managing Victims’ Expectations

The trial poses unique challenges for its scale, nature, media attention, and the participation of more than 1,800 victims as “civil” parties.

Sep. 8, 2021 Jeanne Sulzer and Clémence Witt

In the “War on Terror,” What Did Rights Organizations Get Wrong?

A leading human rights lawyer raises provocative questions about track record of U.S. human rights organizations. An essay in advance of a live event on Thursday night to discuss…

Sep. 7, 2021 Jameel Jaffer

A nurse wearing a face mask tends to a mother and her infant at the therapeutic feeding unit of NGO "Action contre La Faim" in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province.

Aligning Sanctions Laws with Humanitarian Principles: Pre-authorizing Aid in Afghanistan and Other Crises

It's time to flip the presumption - critical humanitarian assistance should continue even when sanctioned actors take over governing.

Sep. 3, 2021 Rachel Alpert

Supporters of the "Coalition of Northern Groups" (CNG) rally to urge authorities to rescue hundreds of abducted schoolboys, in northwestern state of Katsina, Nigeria on December 17, 2020. One sign reads, “End Boko Haram” and another reads, “Insecurity in the North in Bad Condition Appalling Failure…”

The Politics of Repatriation and Power of Community Reintegration in Peacebuilding

Communities victimized by conflict may be remarkably receptive to the return of former fighters.

Aug. 31, 2021 Siobhan O’Neil and Zoe Marks

United Nations Childrens Emergency Fund (UNICEF) members label the shipment containing Astrazeneca Covid-19 coronavirus vaccines donated by the French government after it arrived at the Kabul airport in Kabul on August 8, 2021.

US Counterterrorism Measures May Block Aid to Afghans

The US State Department, Treasury must take immediate steps to ensure that sanctions on the Taliban do not block international aid to Afghans.

Aug. 23, 2021 Nicholas Miller and Doug Rutzen

U.S. dollar and Afghan banknotes in a pile.

The Humanitarian and Policy Challenges of U.S. Sanctions on the Taliban

Avoidable consequences of U.S. sanctions for Afghan civilians

Aug. 23, 2021 Adam M. Smith

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris (on screen) hold a video conference with the national security team (on screen) to discuss the ongoing efforts to draw down our civilian footprint in Afghanistan August 16, 2021 at Camp David in Frederick County, Maryland. Biden sits at a large conference table alone with the video screen on the opposite wall.

CIA’s Former Counterterrorism Chief for the Region: Afghanistan, Not An Intelligence Failure — Something Much Worse

"While it’s certainly convenient to depict the shock and miscalculation U.S. officials claim over Afghanistan’s tragic, rapid fall to the Taliban as an intelligence failure,…

Aug. 18, 2021 Douglas London

A Taliban fighter holds a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) along the roadside in Herat, Afghanistan's third biggest city, after government forces pulled out the day before following weeks of being under siege. People walk along the sidewalk in the background. August 13, 2021

In Afghanistan, Lest We Forget

As the UN Security Council hosts an emergency meeting, world leaders must understand what the abandonment of the Afghan people involves.

Aug. 16, 2021 Fionnuala Ní Aoláin KC (Hons)

A long list blown up in poster size of "public complaints" against Facebook policies, including the social media giant's political stances, data security lapses, politicization, privacy violations and misinformation, is taped to the outside of their office building during a protest led by the organization Public Citizen in Washington, DC, May 25, 2021.

Facebook’s New Dangerous Individuals and Organizations Policy Brings More Questions Than Answers

The company has responded to criticism with clarifications and revisions, but the rules require a fundamental rethink.

Jul. 20, 2021 Faiza Patel and Mary Pat Dwyer

The Courtroom of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg with empty chairs. A banner at the front reads, “European Court of Human Rights” and the carpet in front of the bench shows the circle of stars against blue such as is on the European Union flag.

The Méndez Principles: A Focus on the Exclusionary Rule

To eliminate interrogation abuses, consistently bar all information gained via torture or cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment.

Jun. 22, 2021 Pavle Kilibarda and Gloria Gaggioli

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