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India will offer ad hoc emergency visas to Afghan refugees but lacks any domestic law to protect asylum seekers long term.

The last Taliban government imposed restrictions on registration and operation of NGOs. What can we expect from this Taliban government?

Such a convention could help dispel a culture of impunity by reaffirming the gravity of such atrocities and filling gaps left by the Rome Statute.

Before leaving his post as Senior Legal Advisor to the State Department, Harold Hongju Koh penned a strongly-worded criticism of President Biden’s pandemic border policy and…

While it contains laudable provisions, it is silent on certain fundamental issues, and some clauses set out the lowest common denominator.

Such a legal framework could be transformative for so many who have been left out or on the margins of existing mechanisms, including women.

At times the baton was dropped; at other times, drafters successfully overcame the hurdles in the process, as with the ICC Statute.

Implications for future investigations and more...

The US absence at the table is more perplexing than ever, considering how these issues will define maritime governance in the 21st century.

The answer is to fully enact international criminal law at the national level and to provide for its maximum reach.

It is a matter of historical curiosity, and it's time for the UN to reunite genocide with its genus by concluding a parallel treaty.

The UN has repeatedly failed to fulfill its mission to protect civilians. A protection agenda could help it succeed.