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The ICJ’s landmark advisory opinion comes as legal restrictions on the right to strike are increasing around the world.
Israel is also perpetrating war crimes and crimes against humanity in Lebanon.
The prohibition of racial discrimination in voting and the right to have absentee ballots counted are in grave peril.
While affirming that the right to present a defense is “paramount,” the judge refused to dismiss the case — for now.
Universal jurisdiction also lets other nations prosecute US and Israeli leaders for targeting civilians -- a war crime.
The Supreme Court struck down Trump’s threatened tariffs on countries that send oil to Cuba, but the crisis persists.
The high court now requires its employees to sign nondisclosure agreements that threaten legal action for leaks.
Forcible regime change and US occupation of Venezuela are unlawful under the UN Charter.
US armed forces' seizure of the oil tanker constituted an unlawful use of force in violation of the UN Charter.
Former Philippine President Duterte awaits trial in the ICC for using the pretext of a drug war for his murder campaign.
I have been called to testify at courts-martial as an expert witness on servicemembers’ duty to disobey unlawful orders.
A UN Special Rapporteur has decried the resolution as a violation of Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.
The new law conflates criticism of Zionism with antisemitism and punishes educators for teaching truthful information.
The Trump administration’s murderous strikes on small boats at sea constitute unlawful extrajudicial killings.
The World Court says Israel has a duty as the occupying power to cooperate with UN relief efforts, not impede them.
Rulings on the Supreme Court’s “emergency docket” foreshadow its abiding deference to Trump.
Donald Trump has ignored UN rules about attacking other nations, but he is not the first US president to do so.
A coalition of University of California faculty, students, staff, and labor unions is suing the Trump administration.
A court held that Trump “willfully” violated the Posse Comitatus Act by sending troops to enforce immigration law in LA.
We may well see the elimination of the 11 Black-majority districts — all Democratic — in GOP-controlled Southern states.
The ICJ’s landmark ruling says there is an international human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.
The US is punishing UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for her scathing reports on Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
SCOTUS stripped federal judges of their authority to protect people throughout the US when the president breaks the law.
Trump says he will decide within two weeks whether to join Israel’s war on Iran.
The Marines are trained in combat, not crowd control. People are likely to get hurt.
"Having seen what war does … I simply have to do more than hold a sign at a demonstration,” said one veteran organizer.
Suspending the right to challenge the legality of one’s detention in court would shred a core tenet of the Constitution.
Thirty-nine states, the UN and international NGOs all condemned Israel’s blockade at the International Court of Justice.
Vietnamese and US descendants of those exposed to Agent Orange continue to face diseases and congenital anomalies.
As a party to the ICC’s Rome Statute, Hungary is obliged to arrest suspected war criminals and send them to The Hague.
With no recourse in US courts or Congress, the Taxpayers Against Genocide movement pivots to UN Human Rights Council.
The US government is weaponizing antisemitism as an excuse to kidnap and deport even lawful permanent residents.
Under the guise of his “war on drugs,” the former president of the Philippines murdered political opponents.
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