Michael Sfard, an Israeli human rights lawyer and expert on international human rights, calls for Israel to act within international law in response to Hamas’s attack on civilians Saturday. “My ...

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is horrified by the mounting civilian toll and the destruction of residences and public infrastructure as violence continues across Israel and the occupied ...

Bertrand Ramcharan is Visiting Professor of International Law at Lund University, Sweden. He has held various positions at the United Nations, including Acting United Nations High Commissioner for ...

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is horrified by the mounting civilian toll and the destruction of residences and public infrastructure as violence continues across Israel and the occupied ...

What should be done about Donald Trump and the U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans? Should we really be quibbling about who ordered the second strike on the survivors of the boat ...

World leaders and human rights groups say Israel violated international law when it seized boats carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. It's not the first time Israel has done so, and the debate over its ...

In the wake of Human Rights Day, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute has called out individual states that have reneged on their human rights commitments. In 1948, countries of ...

Fifteen years ago, Mexican attorney Alma Barraza immersed herself in a legal fight to win fair compensation for indigent villagers who lost their property when the government seized land to build a ...

Does international law exist? Or is it a polite fiction? To answer these questions we first need to define “legal fiction”. Here the phrase is not meant to mean fiction written by (say) John Grisham ...

Siam Legal International, a leading law firm in Thailand, announced today that it is advising employers and foreign businesses operating in Thailand to prepare for significant amendments to the Labor ...

LONDON — Brits sent for a lawyer at last year’s general election. Now they’re finding out there may be hidden costs. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s record as the country’s former top prosecutor gave ...