UN Security Council (UNSC)

States must invest in “alternative” sites for atrocity prevention because “primary” sites such as the Security Council are foreclosed.

A Security Council resolution on funding AU missions risks not only peacekeeping but also UN human rights and civilian protection priorities.

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.

The international community failed 20 years ago to stop mass atrocities and genocide in Darfur, and is now failing again.

Sanctions programs could benefit from certain measures to restore their function as a critical U.N. Security Council tool for peace.

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.

A response to an article published on how military campaigns can never be rendered disproportionate by the total harm inflicted on civilians.

Top experts reflect on what the Biden administration's new executive order means for the future of AI and efforts to regulate it.

Whether the magnitude of State responses to terror is ethical and wise goes beyond determinations of legal compliance.

Prevention and the responsibility to protect are subordinated to other UN agendas, and special advisers too often sidelined.