New York University's Law School issues a research guide on International Health Law, which provides information about general trends in global diseases and their legal implications.

This report from Human Rights Watch documents what the organization describes as serious violations of international humanitarian law by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Lebanon between July 12 and July 27, 2006, as well as the July 30 attack in Qana. During this period, the IDF killed an estimated 400 people, the vast majority of them civilians, and that number climbed to over 500 by the time this report went to print.

Israel's counteroffensive into Lebanon and the Palestinian territories raises a question about what constitutes a legal and legitimate proportional response under international law.

The White House now says terrorist suspects held in U.S. custody must be afforded Geneva Convention protections, a reversal of its post-9/11 decision to treat them as unlawful combatants.

Trial Watch maintains this updated backgrounder and current developments account of the trial of Liberia's alleged genocidal former president Charles Taylor.

CFR Adjunct Fellow Noah Feldman, discussing the legal issues at stake in the upcoming Hamdan decision, says the case will decide whether military tribunals are constitutionally sufficient and warns that if the Supreme Court rules current trial procedures inadequate, it may be difficult to try many of the nearly 500 Guantanamo detainees.

The European Union scolds Serbia for its inability—some would say refusal—to hand over Ratko Mladic, the disgraced Bosnian Serb military leader and indicted war criminal who has eluded capture for over a decade.

Former Liberian president and strongman Charles Taylor has been taken to Sierra Leone under UN custody to face war crimes proceedings. His case will be watched closely on a continent where predatory leaders are rarely held accountable for their crimes.

The death of Slobodan Milosevic ends a trial some had hoped would usher in a new era of international justice.

Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-CA) discusses the eroding rule of law with which the United States government operates regarding intelligence-gathering, torture, and surveillance. By establishing a fair and clear legal framework, all branches of government may work together through bipartisanship in fighting terrorism and apprehending suspected terrorists.

Listen to Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-CA) discuss the need for establishing a fair and clear legal framework so that all branches of government work together through bipartisanship in fighting terrorism and apprehending suspected terrorists.

Watch Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-CA) discuss the need for establishing a fair and clear legal framework so that all branches of government work together through bipartisanship in fighting terrorism and apprehending suspected terrorists.

Essay by John Bellinger, legal adviser to the U.S. secretary of state, based on a presentation he delivered to the Atlantic Council at a November 2005 workshop regarding Transatlantic Approaches to the International Legal Regime in an Age of Globalization and Terrorism.