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May 17, 2024
James Robins
The ICJ Has One More Chance to Make a Difference in Gaza
A provisional order for Israel to withdraw from Rafah would provide a clear legal standard the United States would be obliged to follow.
April 15, 2024
James Robins
The Scariest Unit in the Israeli Army Is Not an Elite Fighting Squad
It’s the International Law Department, which gives the army permission to kill 15 to 20 civilians per combatant death and pastes a veneer of properness over IDF operations.
January 26, 2024
James Robins
The International Court of Justice’s Rebuke of Israel Was Swift and Scathing
The judges’ provisional ruling dismissed almost every objection—moral, technical, procedural—thrown up by the Israeli defense team.
January 17, 2024
James Robins
Israel’s Subtle Threats at the International Court of Justice
Lawyers for Israel defended the country’s bombardment of Gaza with a polite, legal form of blackmail.
September 23, 2020
James Robins
The Case for Calling Climate Change “Genocide”
There’s no question that climate change is killing people—but you could also argue that it qualifies as wanton extermination of entire cultures.
April 10, 2015
Steven Cohen
The Supreme Court Needs to Decide: Can Victims Sue Chiquita For Sponsoring Terrorism?
June 9, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
Obama Promised to Close Gitmo. The Troop Withdrawal May Finally Force Him to Do So.
March 2, 2014
Ashley Deeks
Here's What International Law Says About Russia's Intervention in Ukraine
February 25, 2013
Siddhartha Mahanta
How the GOP Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the ICC
Did the hunt for Kony convince Republicans to finally embrace international justice?
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