List of Law articles
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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner leaves a courthouse The Many Trials of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Argentina’s vice president survived an assassination attempt. Will she make it out of court?
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Members of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service rest. Forest of the Dead
Another mass grave in Ukraine reveals the horrors of Russia’s occupation.
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U.S. President Joe Biden in front of a "Summit for Democracy" sign Biden’s Blueprint for Tackling Global Corruption
USAID now has a playbook to check bad actors.
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An Italian Guardia di Finanza patrol boat is seen in front of the multimillion-dollar megayacht Scheherazade, docked at the Tuscan port of Marina di Carrara, on May 6. Italy Is Leading the World in Seizing Oligarchs’ Assets
The Guardia di Finanza acted quickly to confiscate Russian-owned property on Italian territory. Other nations should learn from the force.
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The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant seen from across the Dnipro river on Aug. 13. Protect Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Before It’s Too Late
The Additional Protocol I to the 1949 Geneva Convention offers a model, but the United States can’t denounce Russia until it embraces the norms it’s seeking to enforce.
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A police officer oversees the exhumation of three bodies. How to Prosecute Russia’s War Crimes
A new initiative centers justice in Ukraine itself.
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A woman watches a video that shows the execution of Bosnia Muslims from Srebrenica by Serbian paramilitaries in 1995. Scenes From Hell
A disturbing video out of Ukraine evokes similar scenes from Srebrenica.
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A visitor at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin on Sept. 25, 2019. Germany Has Confronted Its Past. Now It Must Confront the Present.
Accepting—or rejecting—historical guilt for past evils doesn’t absolve nations of present-day responsibility.
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Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout Beware of a Freed Viktor Bout
In August, the man who oversaw the effort to capture the Russian arms dealer warned the White House to think hard about trading him away.
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Smoke rises from the grounds of the Azovstal steel plant amid the ongoing Russian military action in Mariupol, Ukraine, on April 29. Destroying the Environment Is a War Crime, Too
Beneath the human catastrophe Russia has inflicted on Ukraine is an array of environmental disasters that will impact generations to come.
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Cuban singer Dianelys Alfonso Cuba’s Music Industry Is Having a #MeToo Moment
Alleged assaults by musicians have sparked a larger conversation on gender violence in the country.
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Filipino American journalist Maria Ressa gives a statement after posting bail at a regional trial court in Manila on Feb. 14, 2019. Maria Ressa Wants to Save Journalism
The Filipino American journalist and Nobel laureate explains what it’s like to be a government target—and how to safeguard a free press.
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A Russian ruble coin Russian Corruption Is an Urgent Security Threat
Western agencies need funding and power to tackle the Kremlin’s influence.
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Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, visits a mass grave in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on April 13. Can Plea Bargains Save the ICC?
Negotiated settlements would allow the court to go after more bad actors and could even mitigate further atrocities.
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Shishimarin with a shaved head and wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt looks down as his image is reflected in the plexiglass holding cell. The Reckoning for War Crimes in Ukraine Has Begun
What do the first convictions of Russian servicemen hold for the future?
