Kailash Satyarthi’s Heroism Kailash Satyarthi’s Heroism
The Indian Nobel Peace Prize winner has repeatedly risked his life fighting child labor and sweatshop abuses.
Oct 22, 2014 / Robin Broad and John Cavanagh
Is the War on ISIS Illegal? Is the War on ISIS Illegal?
The Obama administration’s legal justification for expanding military action in Iraq and Syria is hypocritical and based on tenuous logic.
Sep 11, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
‘We Tortured Some Folks’ ‘We Tortured Some Folks’
And the only government official who went to jail for it was the whistleblower who exposed it.
Aug 12, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
Europe Goes Soft on Conflict Minerals, Making Human Rights Optional Europe Goes Soft on Conflict Minerals, Making Human Rights Optional
The European Union’s new plan for restricting conflict materials in global trade starts with good intentions, but basically ends there.
Mar 21, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Economic Reform Is a Human Right Economic Reform Is a Human Right
International law can be a powerful advocacy tool for improving economic and social policy.
Mar 13, 2014 / Radhika Balakrishnan and James Heintz
The US and Canada Are Failing Asylum Seekers The US and Canada Are Failing Asylum Seekers
A new study shows that neither country is meeting international standards.
Dec 3, 2013 / Jessica Weisberg
Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning, the New Dissidents? Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning, the New Dissidents?
The United States is no Soviet Union—and yet it has set up machinery that satisfies certain tendencies that are in the genetic code of totalitarianism.
Sep 4, 2013 / Jonathan Schell
The Curious Cases of Edward Snowden and Robert Seldon Lady The Curious Cases of Edward Snowden and Robert Seldon Lady
What two versions of "justice" tell us about our one-superpower world.
Jul 29, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
What Are the US Plans for Guantánamo Prisoner Shaker Aamer? What Are the US Plans for Guantánamo Prisoner Shaker Aamer?
Aamer, the last British resident still imprisoned at Guantánamo, has faced ongoing retaliation for speaking out against his detention. Now The Nation has evidence that ...
Jul 24, 2013 / Jason Leopold
Did the International Criminal Court Help Elect Kenya’s Next President? Did the International Criminal Court Help Elect Kenya’s Next President?
The ICC’s decision to prosecute Uhuru Kenyatta for crimes against humanity—and the Court’s imperial demeanor—invigorated his Kikuyu base.
Mar 16, 2013 / Karen Rothmyer