impunity

The deterioration in human rights in 2025 heightens the risks for defenders going forward, all worsened by donors' deep funding cuts, especially those of the United States.

The international community’s faith that Sri Lanka is genuinely willing to break from decades of systemic impunity ignores—and even fuels—ongoing human rights violations…

Across Latin America, political elites are quietly passing laws that narrow definitions, shield allies, and block legal pathways to investigate corruption and organized crime.

It is not written in the cards that international law will fall apart, and that impunity will reign. Rather, peace and its parts, including respect for international law, are an…

Cordula Droege, chief legal officer and head of the legal division of the International Committee of the Red Cross, assesses the laws of war.

Compliance with international humanitarian law must be about fulfilling its humanitarian purpose, not skirting its limits.

Failure to ensure accountability in the name of geopolitical interests would be a grave mistake, even for those very interests.

Fujimori, serving 25 years for death squad massacres, walked out of prison as corrupt networks again coopt democratic institutions.

Fujimori, serving 25 years for death squad massacres, walked out of prison as corrupt networks again coopt democratic institutions.

The joy of Arévalo’s victory across Guatemala is now tempered by the knowledge that continued threats of violence and rogue prosecutions will continue, with the ever-present…

Former President of the International Criminal Court (2018-2021) on how international law might be used to combat the "impunity that all too often attends the cycle of violence…

Afghan citizens are denied justice at every level - from domestic impunity for Taliban crimes to international impunity for abuses by coalition forces. A clarion call from the…