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A person dressed in a security uniform with a riot shield stands in front of a cell. Inside the cell, a person sits with their head lowered.

Human Rights Center response to pull of 60 Minutes segment “INSIDE CECOT”
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New partnership between Berkeley researchers and community organizations launches to address California’s data center boom
President Donald Trump stands on a podium beside the West Point superintendent, watching helicopters fly overhead as cadets sit in rows on the field during a graduation ceremony.

Tracking Change through OSINT: Building a Policy Timeline for the Military Community
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Too Hot to Handle – Garment Workers in the Era of Extreme Heat
A group of civilians, including women and children, walk through the rubble of a destroyed neighborhood in Gaza.

Canada must come off the sidelines of international justice
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Symposium on PMSCs: Who is Responsible? When Private Military Companies Aren’t Completely Private
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For True Peace, Ceasefires Must Address Digital Warfare, Too
Portrait of Canadian citizen Johnny Noviello, who died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Florida. He is shown sitting at a restaurant, wearing a striped shirt.

Now that a Canadian has died in U.S. immigration custody, Canada can no longer justify U.S. exceptionalism
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Prosecuting the Sahel’s War Influencers with Lindsay Freeman
Suleiman Khalil, a 21-year-old man who lost his leg in a landmine explosion while harvesting olives, sits on a mat with his three young siblings at their home in Qaminas, Syria. Crutches lean against the wall behind him.

As our allies abandon the Ottawa Convention against landmines, Canada must publicly defend it
Armed Wagner Group fighters sit on top of an armored vehicle in Belarus, wearing military gear and helmets.

War Crimes for Fun and Profit
Screenshot from a video posted on a Wagner Group-linked Telegram channel in July 2024. Several men wearing Burkina Faso military uniforms stand in a rocky area around a dead body, which is being dismembered. One man holds up a smartphone, appearing to record the scene.

A confidential brief urges the ICC to investigate Wagner’s promotion of atrocities in West Africa