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Protesters hold a banner with a message that reads in Spanish: "Duque, stop the massacres," directed at Colombia's President Ivan Duque, as they march to Bolivar Square in Bogotá, Colombia, Wednesday, May 12, 2021.
Critical State
Discourse of justice: Part I
People protest in front of Ukraine’s embassy to Romania in Bucharest on Feb. 24, 2022.
Conflict & Justice
International law says Putin’s war against Ukraine is illegal. Does that matter?
Advocates gather outside the county building in McHenry County, Woodstock, Illinois, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.
Immigration
ICE contracts at local, regional level spark contentious debate
A woman weeps while holding a picture of her dead son, with a hand to her cheek, and eyes closed.
Critical State
The stuff of life and death: Part I
A man waves a machete in the air as he rides on the back of a motorcycle amid other protesters on foot on a long, dirt road.
Critical State
Civilian decisions in conflict: Part II
Three men wearing orange prison suits fold their hands in their laps and wear blue shoes.
Immigration
ICE detainees go on hunger strike to press for COVID-19 protections
With Canadian and Haitian flags hoisted, marchers take part in demonstration in support of asylum-seekers working in Quebec's long-term care homes in Montreal, Canada, in June.
Immigration
Canada is granting residency to some asylum-seekers working in pandemic health care
A woman stands at a memorial.
Justice
25 years after Srebrenica massacre, int’l crimes are still difficult to prosecute
Trees in the Amazon on fire.
Are the Amazon fires a crime against humanity?
A member of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) talks with Venezuelans as they queue in line to receive a vaccine after showing their passports or identity cards at the Pacaraima border control, Roraima state, Brazil, on Aug. 8, 2018.
US leads global ‘race to the bottom’ in shutting door on refugees and asylum-seekers
Members of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) hold stencils made by French street artist C215 representing portraits of emprisonned Turkish journalists,
FBI is dismantling its war crimes unit
Newly arriving Jewish refugee from the Nazi Holocaust wave from the ship "S.S. Awarea" as it pulls into Haifa port on April 6, 1948.
Immigration
Deporting asylum-seekers without giving them a chance to make their case would violate US and international laws
Tunisan women
Justice
20 years ago, the world pledged to reform laws that hurt women. How’s it going?
Global Scan
Take a trip through London at night — with the lights off
All members with the exception of Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin and China's deputy U.N. Ambassador Wang Min vote in the United Nations Security Council in favor of referring the Syrian crisis to the International Criminal Court for investigation o
Conflict
The Geneva Conventions look useless in the face of today’s potential war crimes
The Russian flag being hoisted over a Ukrainian naval facility in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, after the base was forcefully occupied, Wednesday.
Global Politics
Here’s the argument for why Crimea’s secession was against international law
The Russian flag being hoisted over a Ukrainian naval facility in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, after the base was forcefully occupied, Wednesday.
Global Politics
Here’s the argument for why Crimea’s secession was against international law
Conflict & Justice
Samantha Power has an uneven record on trying to stop genocide around the world
Chinese commando guards
Conflict & Justice
Finally, the chemical weapon materials are moving out of Syria
Global Politics
Boston response shows strides cities have made in emergency preparedness
Conflict & Justice
Man mistaken by U.S. officials for terrorist wins human rights case
VIDEO: Former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years
Global Politics
European court OKs extradition of terror suspects to the United States
The Nuremberg Trials: 65 Years Later
Conflict & Justice
The World’s Oldest Extradition Treaty
Conflict & Justice
Who Radicalized the Boston Bombing Suspects?
Conflict & Justice
Emergency Preparedness in American Cities Since 9/11
The United Nations Approves Global Arms Control Treaty
Arts, Culture & Media
Joseph Kony’s War in Central Africa — in Comics Form
Global Politics
US Criticized in Europe on Torture and Rendition Cases
Opposing the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
20 years later, Mladic stands trial
Global Politics
US Military Goes on the Hunt for Joseph Kony
Hunting for Joseph Kony
European Court of Human Rights Ruling Opens Door to Extradite Suspected Terrorists
Conflict & Justice
Extradition of Alleged Terror Suspects to US Backed by European Court
A Former INS Commissioner on the New ICE Guidelines
Global Politics
KONY 2012 YouTube Campaign Aims To Stop Infamous Uganda Militia Leader
Video about Ugandan Rebel Leader Joseph Kony Goes Viral
The Slavery on Our Dinner Plates
Arts, Culture & Media
Testimony of Franco-era Victims Heard for the First Time in Spain
Conflict & Justice
Crusading Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón on Trial
Conflict & Justice
Why Taxes are Prompting Some Americans in Canada to Renounce their US Citizenship
UN Asks Member Nations to Make Piracy a Crime
Conflict & Justice
FRONTLINE: Abuse in ICE Detention Facilities
Illegal Immigrants: A Look Behind Detention Walls
Serbia Captures War Criminal Goran Hadzic
Top of the Hour: World Reacts to Mladic Arrest, Morning Headlines
Survivors Respond to Mladic Arrest
Conflict & Justice
Tracking Down War Criminals
Ratko Mladic, Balkan War Crimes Criminal Arrested
Rationalizing Humanitarian Warfare
Kyoto — Yea or Nay?
Conflict & Justice
US Government Expands Domestic Monitoring
Genocide charges expected for Sudan’s president
Global Politics
Shift in US nuclear strategy
Global Politics
Turkey reacts to US Congress vote on ‘genocide’
Conflict & Justice
Killing vs. capturing terrorists
Global Politics
Detainees: coming soon to a prison near you?
Arts, Culture & Media
The (possible) Nazi on his deathbed