Department of Justice set to release declassified Standard Operating Procedure for coordinating with social media platforms on foreign malign influence and First Amendment. The post Dept of Justice Promises to Declassify Standard Operating Procedure for Coordinating with Social Media Platforms appeared first on Just Security ..read more

A recent verdict may have substantial ramifications for the future of international human rights litigation in U.S. Courts. The post The <i>Chiquita</i> Verdict Expands International Human Rights Liability for Corporate Conduct Abroad appeared first on Just Security ..read more

Expert analysis of the ongoing UN initiative and what it holds in store. The post What the Draft UN “Pact for the Future” Tells Us About International Insecurity appeared first on Just Security ..read more

Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the past 24 hours. Here’s today’s news: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS Former President Barack Obama endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic presidential nominee, saying in a statement with Michelle Obama that they would “do […] The post Early Edition: July 26, 2024 appeared first on Just Security ..read more

President of the Open Society Foundations, Binaifer Nowrojee, discusses implications of ICJ ruling on Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. The post International Court of Justice’s Call on All States to End Israel’s Occupation and Find a Path to Peace appeared first on Just Security ..read more

Prosecutors can do more to hold al-Sheikh fully to account under the Torture Act and the Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act. The post US Arrests Former Syrian Prison Chief – But Will the Charges Prove Equal to His Crimes? appeared first on Just Security ..read more

Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the past 24 hours. Here’s today’s news: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS In his first address to the nation since dropping out of the race, President Biden said it was time to let younger voices into the Oval […] The post Early Edition: July 25, 2024 appeared first on Just Security ..read more

August 19 will mark 10 years since our son, James W. Foley, an American freelance journalist, was publicly beheaded by ISIS to fuel the violent extremist group’s hate-filled propaganda. Six other Americans held captive abroad were also killed in 2014-15: journalists Steven Sotloff and Luke Somers, aid workers Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller, former FBI agent Robert Levinson, and businessman Warren Weinstein. These innocent Americans died because the U.S. government refused to negotiate – or even speak – with their captors. Hostages held by ISIS from most other nations were freed – not through a ..read more

Fifty years ago today, the Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling in United States v. Nixon. Nixon involved the constitutionality of a subpoena for tapes that District Judge John Sirica issued to the sitting President at the behest of Leon Jaworski, a “special prosecutor” who had an unprecedented degree of independence from DOJ leadership (and from the President). Jaworski was appointed to his position by Acting Attorney General Robert Bork. (Indeed, Bork separately created the office that he appointed Jaworski to fill, as I explain below.) In the course of his opinion for a unanimous Court ..read more

Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the past 24 hours. Here’s today’s news: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her first speech as the de facto Democratic nominee in Wisconsin yesterday, just two days after President Biden ended his reelection campaign. Harris delivered a sharp critique of former President Trump, vowing to defeat him by attacking him as a prosecutor would. “In this campaign, I promise you I will proudly put my record against his every day of the week,” Harris sa ..read more