Human Rights Archives - Georgetown Law - Center on National Security

The world’s only peer-reviewed journal devoted exclusively to security law and policy issues, including counterterrorism intelligence, cybersecurity, space law, autonomous weapons, artificial intelligence, international humanitarian law, and domestic terrorism.

Faculty Journal Advisors: Laura K. Donohue, David Koplow, and David Luban. Journal Advisor: Todd Huntley

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Published since 2003

Editor-in-Chief William C. Banks

Human Rights

Shadows of Exploitation: Unveiling the Role of Women and Children in the Terrorism-Trafficking Nexus

Human RightsInternational Law

The ICC and Environmental Protection: Prosecuting Environmental War Crimes in Ukraine

Defense PolicyHuman Rights

Commissions Impossible: How Can Future Military Commissions Avoid the Failures of Guantanamo?

Human RightsInternational Law

The Case for Attempted Perfidy: An “Attempt” to Enhance Deterrent Value

Human RightsInternational Law

ISIL as Salesmen? The Roles of Due Diligence and the Good Faith Purchaser in Illicit Artifact Trafficking

Human RightsInternational Law

Migrants as a Weapons System

COVID-19Human Rights

Guantanamo Detention in the Time of COVID-19

Big DataEmerging Technology

Layered Opacity: Criminal Legal Technology Exacerbates Disparate Impact Cycles and Prevents Trust

Terrorism and Counterterrorism

Lessons for the Next Twenty Years: What We’ve Learned in the Two Decades Since 9/11

Human RightsSurveillance

Effective Oversight of Large-Scale Surveillance Activities: A Human Rights Perspective

Book ReviewsHuman Rights

Requiem for Korematsu?

Book ReviewsHuman Rights

From Protecting Lives to Protecting States: Use of Force Across the Threat Continuum

Foreign PolicyHuman Rights

Countering the Prominence Effect: How US National Security Lawyers Can Fulfill Non-Prominent Humanitarian Objectives

Human RightsInternational Law

Preventive Detention for National Security Purposes in Israel

Human RightsInternational Law

The Border and Beyond: The National Security Implications of Migration, Refugees, and Asylum Under US and International Law

Human RightsPublic Health

Global Health Security in an Era of Explosive Pandemic Potential

Big DataCyberespionage

Law Enforcement Access to Data Across Borders: The Evolving Security & Rights Issues

Human Rights

Preventive Detention in the Law of Armed Conflict: Throwing Away the Key?

Human RightsTerrorism and Counterterrorism

Topics

Shadows of Exploitation: Unveiling the Role of Women and Children in the Terrorism-Trafficking Nexus

The ICC and Environmental Protection: Prosecuting Environmental War Crimes in Ukraine

Commissions Impossible: How Can Future Military Commissions Avoid the Failures of Guantanamo?

The Case for Attempted Perfidy: An “Attempt” to Enhance Deterrent Value

ISIL as Salesmen? The Roles of Due Diligence and the Good Faith Purchaser in Illicit Artifact Trafficking

Migrants as a Weapons System

Guantanamo Detention in the Time of COVID-19

Layered Opacity: Criminal Legal Technology Exacerbates Disparate Impact Cycles and Prevents Trust

Lessons for the Next Twenty Years: What We’ve Learned in the Two Decades Since 9/11

Effective Oversight of Large-Scale Surveillance Activities: A Human Rights Perspective

Requiem for Korematsu?

From Protecting Lives to Protecting States: Use of Force Across the Threat Continuum

Countering the Prominence Effect: How US National Security Lawyers Can Fulfill Non-Prominent Humanitarian Objectives

Preventive Detention for National Security Purposes in Israel

The Border and Beyond: The National Security Implications of Migration, Refugees, and Asylum Under US and International Law

Global Health Security in an Era of Explosive Pandemic Potential

Law Enforcement Access to Data Across Borders: The Evolving Security & Rights Issues

Preventive Detention in the Law of Armed Conflict: Throwing Away the Key?

Torture and the War on Terror: The Need for Consistent Definitions and Legal Remedies

Journal Topic: Human Rights

Topics

All Journal: Human Rights items

Shadows of Exploitation: Unveiling the Role of Women and Children in the Terrorism-Trafficking Nexus

The ICC and Environmental Protection: Prosecuting Environmental War Crimes in Ukraine

Commissions Impossible: How Can Future Military Commissions Avoid the Failures of Guantanamo?

The Case for Attempted Perfidy: An “Attempt” to Enhance Deterrent Value

ISIL as Salesmen? The Roles of Due Diligence and the Good Faith Purchaser in Illicit Artifact Trafficking

Migrants as a Weapons System

Guantanamo Detention in the Time of COVID-19

Layered Opacity: Criminal Legal Technology Exacerbates Disparate Impact Cycles and Prevents Trust

Lessons for the Next Twenty Years: What We’ve Learned in the Two Decades Since 9/11

Effective Oversight of Large-Scale Surveillance Activities: A Human Rights Perspective

Requiem for Korematsu?

From Protecting Lives to Protecting States: Use of Force Across the Threat Continuum

Countering the Prominence Effect: How US National Security Lawyers Can Fulfill Non-Prominent Humanitarian Objectives

Preventive Detention for National Security Purposes in Israel

The Border and Beyond: The National Security Implications of Migration, Refugees, and Asylum Under US and International Law

Global Health Security in an Era of Explosive Pandemic Potential

Law Enforcement Access to Data Across Borders: The Evolving Security & Rights Issues

Preventive Detention in the Law of Armed Conflict: Throwing Away the Key?

Torture and the War on Terror: The Need for Consistent Definitions and Legal Remedies