United Nations (UN)

On her final day in office, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet issued a long-awaited report on the Chinese government’s actions in Xinjiang.…

There is no substitute for documenting abuses and exposing gaps between a government's international obligations and actual practices.

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…

Governments and UN bodies must act swiftly to hold the Chinese government accountable and protect those who are speaking out.

Victims of gun violence have the right to a remedy according to U.S. and international human rights law. Congress should repeal PLCAA in order to dismantle the inordinate legal…

Failure to act now on human rights shortfalls in an already well-funded area could expose the UN to repercussions from a record of repression.

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?

Afghan citizens are denied justice at every level - from domestic impunity for Taliban crimes to international impunity for abuses by coalition forces. A clarion call from the…

The international community must urgently do more to help Afghan refugees.

The Taliban have made it much harder for Afghan women to operate in the workforce –but not impossible, yet.

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.

After the reversal of Roe, activists offer lessons from Latin America on building a grassroots reproductive rights movement.