This Giving Tuesday, you can help us inform a more just and secure world. Donate now.

UN Security Council (UNSC)

× Clear Filters
303 Articles
Ukrainian and Russian flags.

Richard Gowan on Ukraine and How Russia’s War Reverberates at the United Nations

"This is a wartime General Assembly, and both Ukraine’s allies and the Russians are in town to gain political advantage, not talk peace."
A line of US soldiers walk in the countryside of the town of al-Malikiya in Syria.

Tit-for-Tat Hostilities In Syria: War Powers and International Law Implications

The Biden administration's latest war powers report to Congress and letter to the UN Security Council raise questions about the domestic and international legal basis for hostilities…
The image depicts the U.N. General Assembly hall, with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaking at the podium.

The United Nations in Hindsight: The Security Council and Weapons of Mass Destruction

As review of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons draws to a close, what paths exist for UN Security Council action on global nuclear regulation and disarmament?

Let’s Talk About Compliance with International Humanitarian Law

What the empirics say about how States and non-State actors actually behave on the battlefield and under what conditions their compliance with humanitarian law changes.
Members of Afghanistan's Powerful Women Movement, take part in a protest in Kabul on May 10, 2022.

From Talk to Action: Addressing the Appalling Women’s Rights Crisis in Afghanistan

The international community must coordinate a human rights-centered approach and use all available leverage against the Taliban's human rights violations.
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (2ndL), US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R), and France's Foreign Minister Alain Juppe (L) take part in a working meeting prior to a G8 foreign ministers summit, on March 14, 2011 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Group of Eight foreign ministers gathered in Paris to thrash out a common line on possible intervention to ground the warplanes pounding Libya's rebels, among other global issues. (Photo by ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP via Getty Images)

Heed the Lessons From 2011 Libya to Prevail in Ukraine Today

A book by former UN Special Representative Ian Martin offers lessons from a decade-old intervention that remain relevant today.
Nigerian Policemen of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) patrol on the main square in Timbuktu as a woman passes from the left, on December 8, 2021. The carry large guns.

Preventing the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali from Falling into Irrelevance

With the UN Security Council considering renewal of MINUSMA's mandate, are there ways it can better address the range of security threats?

Організація Об’єднаних Націй в ретроспективі: виклики для права вето в Раді Безпеки ООН

"Право вето, надане державам Статутом Організації Об’єднаних Націй, за винятком власне постійності…

Remarks at UN Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting on Ensuring Accountability for Atrocities Committed by Russia in Ukraine

Note from co-editors-in-chief Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman: On Wednesday, April 27, the U.N. Security Council held an Arria-formula meeting entitled, “Ensuring accountability…

The United Nations in Hindsight: Challenging the Power of the Security Council Veto

Understanding the new U.N. General Assembly resolution — in light of historical uses of the veto power and previous efforts to curtail it.

Як міжнародне правосуддя може досягти успіху в Україні та за її межами

"Ми пропонуємо три шляхи, за допомогою яких можна посилити зусилля щодо забезпечення відповідальності…

How International Justice Can Succeed in Ukraine and Beyond

A combination of innovative and long-overdue improvements could help ensure accountability for atrocities in this war and in so many others.
1-12 of 303 items

DON'T MISS A THING. Stay up to date with Just Security curated newsletters: