Ukraine accused Russia of torture. Here’s how to prosecute those crimes. Alyson Reynolds, Elijah Tsai, and Kelebogile Zvobgo - November 22, 2022 Ukraine’s allies can use their own courts to investigate war crimes
Chile’s new voting rules may have derailed the new Constitution Lautaro Cella and Eli Rau - September 15, 2022 Many who voted ‘No’ still want a new constitution — just not this one
Gorbachev didn’t set out to open the door to democracy Daniel Treisman - September 1, 2022 The former Soviet leader learned the hard way that reining in political changes is harder than making them
Biden called Putin a ‘war criminal.’ That’s risky. Daniel Krcmaric and Alexander Downes - March 24, 2022 Here’s the downside to prosecuting former leaders
Germany convicted a Syrian man of war crimes in Syria. Can national courts prosecute injustices everywhere? Maximo Langer, Margaret E. Peters, and Leslie Johns - January 14, 2022 The landmark case invoked the principle of ‘universal jurisdiction’
The Kazakhstan protests escalated quickly. Here’s why. Regina Smyth and Pauline Jones - January 8, 2022 We found these two factors at work.
Across Latin America, citizens and governments are clashing over their countries’ authoritarian pasts Michael Albertus - July 8, 2021 Here’s what that looks like on the ground
Chile elected delegates to draft a new constitution — and it’s not tilted toward the elites Julieta Suarez-Cao and Javier Sajuria - June 24, 2021 Chilean political parties suffered a big blow: 40 percent of the votes went to independent candidates. Here’s what that means.
Chile voted to write a new constitution. Will it promise more than the government can deliver? Peter Siavelis and Jennifer Piscopo - October 29, 2020 In a global first, women will make up half the constitutional convention
Chileans vote this weekend whether to rewrite the Pinochet-era constitution. Valeria Palanza, Laia Balcells, and Elsa Voytas - October 21, 2020 A museum that helps people acknowledge the authoritarian past may influence how they feel about politics today.