Treaties

At the global level, no legally binding agreement governs the production of and trade in law enforcement equipment. A new report by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture recommends…

One of the key dilemmas of international law has always been whether and how international law obligations can be enforced against States that refuse to comply. In the case against…

Будь-які форми територіальних поступок за нинішніх умов були б юридично недійсними та суперечили…

Any form of territorial concessions in the present environment would be legally void and contrary to duties imposed on states.

Three months after pledging to find ways to reduce the risks, the Biden administration has yet to take the lead, as it must for US security.

The only realistic chance for a lasting peace will be impossible to achieve solely as a bilateral agreement.

Conditions on the ground in the Sudan conflict show that both sides are disregarding international children's rights law.

Rather than revert to the era when the U.S. last used cluster munitions, the U.S. and Ukraine, as well as Russia, should cease transfer and use of cluster munitions to protect…

Providing cluster munitions to Ukraine would be escalatory, counterproductive, and only further increase the dangers to civilians caught in combat zones and those who will, someday,…

Proponents of an autonomous weapons systems treaty should look to the Convention on Cluster Munitions' success for guidance and motivation.

"With its liberal interpretation of French law, the Cour de cassation narrowly saved the doctrine of universal jurisdiction in France, particularly for crimes in Syria."

Culturally competent medical care, including to the extent possible care provided by independent medical experts of the detainees’ nationalities, is needed at Guantanamo now.