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Head of State Immunity is Too Important for the International Court of Justice
If the United Nations General Assembly, or another competent U.N. organ, simply requests an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice, then its member States would…
National Security at the United Nations This Week
Editor’s Note: This is the latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security,…
Germany Goes 19th Century with New Statement on Law of Occupation — On Status of US Forces in Syria
Are U.S. forces in Syria “occupiers” under international law?
National Security at the United Nations This Past Week
Editor’s Note: This is the latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security,…
How to Improve the Human Rights Committee Draft General Comment on Freedom of Assembly
Editor’s note from Ryan Goodman: Just Security is publishing a mini-forum on a significant document being drafted by the United Nations Human Rights Committee concerning the…
As ISIS Regroups, No Time to Cut U.S., U.N. Assistance to Iraq
Iraq is teetering, and the U.S. presence is uncertain. All the more reason to retain the kinds of U.N. and other civilian programs that prevent backsliding.
National Security at the United Nations This Past Week
Editor’s Note: This is the latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security,…
The Use of Regional Jurisprudence in UN Draft General Comment on the Freedom of Assembly
Editor’s note from Ryan Goodman: Just Security is publishing a mini-forum on a significant document being drafted by the United Nations Human Rights Committee concerning the…
Crossing the Line from Use of Force to Torture in Response to Peaceful Demonstrations
Editor’s note from Ryan Goodman: Just Security is publishing a mini-forum on a significant document being drafted by the United Nations Human Rights Committee concerning the…
The Draft General Comment on Freedom of Assembly: Might Less Be More?
Former member of the UN Human Rights Committee, Harvard's Gerald Neuman, critically analyzes the Committee's draft document on peaceful assembly.
National Security at the United Nations This Past Week
Editor’s Note: This is the latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security,…
The Right of Peaceful Assembly: UN Committee Weighs in on the ‘Age of Protest’
The second in our series published on the UN draft document, with opportunity for public comments.