List of Law articles
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A Ukrainian mother hugs her son after a bus delivering him and more than a dozen other children from Russian-held territory arrives in Kyiv on March 22, 2023. There Must Be a Reckoning for Russian War Crimes
Systematic atrocities are integral to Moscow’s way of waging war—and should not be condoned.
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Investors and associates gather in the London office of the Oman Ghana Trust Fund. Inside the World’s Greatest Scams
And how global con artists get away with them.
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A dozen or so tiny figures are scattered across a bulldozed dirt landscape, picking their way around the rubble of a leveled building in the foreground. Devastated mid-rise towers stand in ruins in the distance with their windows blown out. The Devastation of Gaza Was Inevitable
Urban warfare has always been brutal for civilians—and the war against Hamas was destined to be an extreme case.
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A man wearing a striped turban and tunic is flanked by other men in similar garb or in camouflage uniforms. A chandelier and curtains of a hotel are seen behind them. How an Afghan Drug Kingpin Became Beijing’s Man in Kabul
Bashir Noorzai was once serving a life sentence in the United States. Now he’s the key conduit for growing ties between China and the Taliban.
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A man waring scrubs and holding a book walks through a damaged room at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. A hole is seen in one wall and bedding, beds, and other equipment are tossed about the space. Destroying Gaza’s Health Care System Is a War Crime
The ICC should prosecute Israelis responsible for bombing hospitals, denying access to medicines and vaccines, and causing excessive civilian harm.
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Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak stands in the middle of a crowd of supporters on the street, their hands reaching out to him as he smiles. Razak wears a suit and glasses as he stands outside a courthouse. Malaysia Is Getting Back to Politics as Usual With Najib’s Pardon
The disgraced prime minister’s sentence has been halved as the government seeks allies.
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Several photographers and videographers swarm a bench of judges as they take their seats at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, the Netherlands. The room is lined with wooden paneling and chandeliers hang above. headphones and translation devices sit on the bench in front of the members of the court. The World Reacts to South Africa’s ICJ Case
Inside the case, and its global implications.
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A man with a serious expression holds the Palestinian and South African flags as he stands at a demonstration in support for Palestinians in Bucharest, Romania, under a cloudy sky. South Africa’s ICJ Case Was Too Narrow
By omitting Hamas and limiting its case to the crime of genocide, Pretoria lost an opportunity to halt the fighting.
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A crowd of people wave Palestinian flags under a dim sky at dusk as they gather around a statue of late South African President Nelson Mandela with his fist raised in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. What South Africa Really Won at the ICJ
For much of the world, Pretoria has restored its reputation as a moral beacon—at America’s expense.
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A woman wearing a headscarf holds hands with a man as they walk past a destroyed building in a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. The man looks back over his shoulder at the devastated scene. Retribution in the Israel-Hamas War
On the role of atrocities and their retelling in identitarian conflict.
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The words PALESTINA LIBRE are painted on a car. What Does Latin America Think About the Israel-Hamas War?
Many countries are spurning Israel. But the region’s Middle East stance has always been nuanced.
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Protesters raise placards and wave national flags during a demonstration in front of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv. Unsourced Allegations Feed Israel’s ‘Masada Complex’
The Israeli public is convinced the world is against it.
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A woman poses for a photo in front of a tall decorated Christmas tree in front of a war-damanged building in Melitopol in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region with a Russian flag flying from a tall pole overhead. What a Russian Victory Would Mean for Ukraine
Ukrainians would face terror on a scale not seen in Europe since the 20th-century era of totalitarian rule.
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The top and side of the U.S. Capitol dome are seen through a four-paned window. The black frame blocks most of the rest of the image, obscuring about two-thirds of the photo. The Contentious Surveillance Law Making Waves in Washington
Why a regulation created to help U.S. intelligence agencies fight terror has become a political football.
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Russian soldiers train at a military camp. Russia’s Military Cruelty Begins With Its Own Conscripts
Brutal hazing breaks and humiliates Russian soldiers—and they take it out on civilians.
