In 2017, the International Law Commission (ILC) tackled a thorny question: Should government officials, intelligence officers, military personnel, and other State agents enjoy
immunity from prosecution for serious international crimes? [...]
In 2017, the International Law Commission (ILC) tackled a thorny question: Should government officials, intelligence officers, military personnel, and other State agents enjoy
immunity from prosecution for serious international crimes? [...]
On April 17, 2024, NYU School of Law hosted a panel of experts to discuss whether a former President enjoys immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct that allegedly involved
official acts during his tenure in office. The Supreme Court is considering that question in United States v. [...]
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As another sunset of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Section 702 authorities looms, the House of Representatives has passed a compromise bill, the “Reforming
Intelligence and Securing America Act,” H.R. 7888 (RISAA), which the Senate is now considering. [...]
(Editor’s note: This article, originally published on June 6, 2022 and updated previously, is now updated to add new instances of eliminationist rhetoric, including by Putin;
Medvedev; Head of the Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky; Russian Head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov; Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Pyotr Tolstoy; [...]
The dominant frame for former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election tends to be inward-looking and imbued with notions
of American exceptionalism. President Joe Biden described the 2022 mid-term elections as “a battle for the soul of th[e] nation” and is employing similar messaging [...]
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Jury selection started earlier this week in the first ever criminal trial of a U.S. president. It was an extraordinary historical moment –and yet it followed the same procedures
as any other criminal trial. [...]
Israel’s military campaign against Hamas has just now passed the six-month mark. Its consequences for the civilian population have been devastating. “Business as usual”
is no longer an option for third States providing material support to Israel in the form of arms and other military equipment. [...]
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