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An activist displays a placard inscribed with the words "Women, Life, Freedom", during a demonstration in support of demonstrators in Iran, in front of the Brandenburg Gate lit up with the words "Woman, Life, Freedom" in various languages including Kurdish and Persian, in Berlin on December 13, 2022. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran’s Hijab and Chastity Bill Underscores the Need to Codify Gender Apartheid

Iran's new bill shows why the U.N. Sixth Committee should include gender apartheid in the crimes against humanity treaty.

A Quarter Century After the Ottawa Landmine Treaty, the World Needs a UN Fund for Victims

As use of the weapons accelerates, including in Ukraine, a proposed UN fund would provide direct support for victims and aid accountability.

The Collapse of US Haiti Policy

A former Congressman's view into US policy: focused on false stability, it contributed to Haiti's descent into corruption and gang violence.
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National Security at the United Nations This Week (Apr. 1-5)

The latest developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security, human rights, and the rule of law.
At left, Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas waves (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images) At right, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (C) and Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz hold a press conference (Photo by ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

To End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Stop Focusing on Peace

Israeli leaders should view negotiations as a way to the security they crave, and the Palestinian Authority to the legitimacy they seek.
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The Just Security Podcast: The Starvation War Crime in Sudan and Gaza

While immediate access to food and aid is the most urgent need, the crises in Sudan and Gaza also raise key questions about individual criminal responsibility.
A girl carries a canvas bag filled with food aid bearing the logo of non-profit non-governmental organisation World Central Kitchen, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 17, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

“Famine is Setting in”: The International Court of Justice Returns to Gaza

The Court ordered Israel to ensure the unhindered provision of humanitarian assistance, in full cooperation with the United Nations, including by opening new land crossing points.
Various countries' flags in front of UN building and fence with UN symbol

National Security at the United Nations This Week (Mar. 25-29)

The latest on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security, human rights, and the rule of law.
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In a Future Crimes Against Humanity Convention, States’ Duty to Prosecute Must Not Be Weakened

To weaken or condition in any form the duty of States to investigate and prosecute suspected perpetrators would run contrary to the spirit and raison d’etre of a future Convention…
Gaston Browne (L-R), Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Arnold Loughman, Attorney General of Vanuatu, and Kausea Natano, Prime Minister of Tuvalu, arrive for a tribunal hearing related to climate change

The ‘Year of Climate’ in International Courts

A backgrounder on how climate cases came before four international courts, with a summary of issues each court has been asked to address, offers a one-stop resource to refer to…
A general view taken on April 26, 2018, shows Syrian walking along a heavily damaged street in the northern Syrian enclave of Afrin that Turkish-backed forces captured from Kurdish fighters in the months prior. Tens of thousands of people were displaced by the assault on the Afrin region, whose small towns and villages were home to mostly Syrian Kurds. The photo shows enormous piles of rubble in the foreground and in the background shells of concrete buildings hollowed out by bombing. (Photo credit should read SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty Images)

Confronting Forced Demographic Change in Northern Syria: Inclusive Justice for Sustainable Peace

Donors must help pursue justice and accountability for Kurdish victims as they do for other Syrian victims.
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Starvation is Starvation is Starvation.

We, as the international community including Israel, should embrace an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to prevent civilians from starving.
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