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The UN80 reform process, done well, offers a chance to streamline sprawling -- and too often harmful -- structures to focus on the U.N.’s core purpose.

Member States claim to want peace. Addressing issues in the "Joint Office" would elevate atrocity prevention as a priority.

The Summit did not reinvigorate multilateralism. Multilateralism survived, yes, but did not exactly get a new lease on life.

The latest in our weekly series on UN developments at the intersection of national security, human rights, and the rule of law.

The latest in our weekly series on UN developments at the intersection of national security, human rights, and the rule of law.

In a largely symbolic move, UN Secretary-General António Guterres invoked Art. 99 of the UN Charter for the first time in his tenure in a letter to the Security Council on the…

COP28 opens with loss and damage fund commitments, a UN Security Council briefing on the Israel-Hamas war, North Korea's nuclear program, and more.

A UN Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, US airstrikes in Syria and Article 51 implications, ICJ elections, and more.

During the next two weeks, Just Security will highlight expert analysis and issues relating to the 78th United Nations General Assembly.

Even at the U.N., no clear direction has emerged. In June, the U.N.’s top official on R2P, George Okoth-Obbo, said he would resign from his role as Special Advisor after just…

The Syrian government still has not been held accountable for its brutal chemical weapons attack on Ghouta ten years ago.

Efforts to protect populations from atrocity crimes are unlikely to advance without an empowered senior U.N. official at the helm.