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Friends Don’t Let Friends Succumb to Climate Change: Competing With China by Helping Our Partners and Allies Adapt

In the Indo-Pacific, climate funding can help combat China's influence - boosting allies' climate resilience and U.S. national security.
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Violations Against Children in Sudan

Conditions on the ground in the Sudan conflict show that both sides are disregarding international children's rights law.
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The Just Security Podcast: Potential Rwandan Aggression Against the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Accountability for the crime of aggression matters because acts of aggression can lead to other grave crimes, including war crimes and crimes against humanity.

A Significant New Step in the Creation of An International Compensation Mechanism for Ukraine

In establishing a Register of Damages, the Council of Europe has taken a momentous step in the effort to create an international claims commission for Ukraine.
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Iran’s ICJ Case against Canada Tests the Terrorism Exception to Sovereign Immunity

Iran’s ICJ Application alleges Canada’s designation of Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism and legislation allowing private plaintiffs to sue Iran in Canadian courts for terrorism-related…

Why Say Who Did What? The Ethiopia Case and the Power of US Atrocity Determinations

Are they meaningful if condemnation is followed blithely by economic engagement with the same actors who committed the violations?
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Biden Must Act on Landmark UN Special Rapporteur Guantanamo Report

The Biden administration's willingness to open itself up to difficult external scrutiny should be commended, but the UN Special Rapporteur's findings should also be a wakeup call…
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The Cost of Consensus in the Eighth Review of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

United Nations member states must find ways to demand more inclusive, rights-compliant, and gender-responsive counterterrorism efforts.
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Will Canada Stand Up for Indigenous Rights or Continue Supporting Big Oil?

It is time for Canada to put human rights over corporate interests and re-examine its support for Enbridge's Line 5.
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Going on Offense Against Authoritarians at the UN Human Rights Council and Beyond

How repressive States have begun to abuse multilateral human rights organizations, and what should be done to counter them.
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The Just Security Podcast: Climate Change and Disability Rights

To explain how climate disasters impact people with disabilities, and how response systems can be improved, we have Professor Michael Ashely Stein.
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Takeaways from the UN Special Rapporteur Report on Guantanamo

The United States should make good on its commitment to follow through on the Special Rapporteur's Guantanamo report.
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