• Policy Analysis
    US Foreign Policy

    Restructuring the US Department of State: The De-prioritization of Human Rights?

    May 2, 2025Annelle Sheline

    On April 22, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a proposed “comprehensive reorganization plan” of the US Department of State. The information that he pos…

  • Webinar
    The Arab WorldConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Neglected Conflicts in Libya, Sudan, and Yemen: Humanitarian Conditions, Challenges, and Prospects for Resolution

    Apr 10, 2025 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM ET

    Experts examine neglected conflicts in Libya, Sudan, and Yemen, as well as their key drivers and pathways toward potential resolutions.

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Palestinian Prisoners and Israel’s System of Mass Incarceration

    Mar 14, 2025

    Hanna Alshaikh discusses Israel's mass detention of thousands of Palestinians who are often held indefinitely and without charges, including hundreds of childr…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    The Lessons from Gaza Manifest in the West Bank: Israel’s Escalating Threats to Palestinian Life

    Feb 26, 2025Yara M. Asi

    Palestinian fatalities from Israeli military actions and settler violence have reached unprecedented heights since October 2023.

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelInternational Law

    The Slowdown in Enforcing International Law

    Jan 29, 2025Jonathan Kuttab

    International law has helped govern the behavior of states for hundreds of years. Early principles like the prohibition on poisoning wells (rooted in just war …

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Liberation from the “Human Slaughterhouse”: A Dark History of Imprisonment in Syria

    Jan 28, 2025Yara M. Asi

    Assad's regime imprisoned more than 150,000 people, including some 5,000 children. Multiple reports have emerged of horrific torture, neglect, and murder insid…

  • Event Video
    SyriaJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Justice and Accountability in Syria: Ten Years After the Caesar Report

    Dec 5, 2024

    Experts who played a crucial role in drafting the Caesar Report, examine the prospects for justice and accountability in Syria.

  • SyriaJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Justice and Accountability in Syria: Ten Years After the Caesar Report

    Dec 5, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET

    Experts examine the prospects for justice and accountability in Syria, ten years after the release of the Caesar Report.

  • Expert Interview
    Palestine/IsraelInternational Law

    The ICC Arrest Warrants and the Implications for Israel

    Nov 21, 2024

    Jonathan Kuttab and Khalil E. Jahshan discuss the ICC's decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Min…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    “A Cycle of Deprivation”: The Challenges of Getting Humanitarian Aid into Gaza

    Aug 14, 2024Yara M. Asi

    On March 7, exactly five months after Israel initiated a military campaign in the Gaza Strip that has been increasingly described as a genocide, President Joe …

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelSecurity and Defense

    Explosive Remnants of War in Gaza: A Long-Term Threat to Palestinian Life

    Jul 17, 2024Yara M. Asi

    Before Israel’s current war on Gaza, the deadliest of the previous four Israeli assaults on the Strip occurred in 2014. Over 50 days, Israel killed at least 2,…

  • Podcast
    Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    The West Bank in the Crosshairs

    Jul 16, 2024

    Mariam Barghouti and Yousef Munayyer discuss the dangerous situation in the West Bank, as well as how Palestinians are experiencing an unprecedented rise in Is…