After Zelenskyy’s visit to the White House, the US should prioritize choking off Russia’s supply of drones and support for use against Ukraine. Read more about the SLP’s work holding the enablers and facilitators of Russia’s aerial war accountable. ⬇️ buff.ly/udbMKA2

Holding Russia and its enablers accountable

Learn how the Strategic Litigation Project is working to hold facilitators accountable for core international crimes in Ukraine.

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“The system is grounded in a legal framework that aims to augment the number of foreign soldiers in reserve on contract.” @fidh-official.bsky.social’s Ilya Nuzov explains how Russia's laws enable and encourage policies which incentivize foreign nationals to fight in Russia’s war in Ukraine.

TOMORROW | 10:00am ET Don’t miss the Atlantic Council's Strategic Litigation Project and Eurasia Center's virtual event on Russia’s deceptive and coercive recruitment processes to lure foreign nationals to join Russia’s Armed Forces in its war against Ukraine. Register below ⬇️ buff.ly/nIbhoTD

Russia’s illicit exploitation of foreign nationals for its war against Ukraine

The Eurasia Center and Strategic Litigation Project discuss Russia's predatory recruitment of foreign fighters in its war against Ukraine.

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Don't miss SLP Nonresident Senior Fellow Courtney Spivey Urschel at today's online webinar hosted by the @americanbar.org on addressing human rights crimes in US courts. ⚖️

JUNE 5 | 10:00am ET Join the Strategic Litigation Project and the Atlantic Council Eurasia Center for a virtual discussion on Russia’s predatory recruitment of foreign fighters in its war in Ukraine, featuring the authors of a new FIDH and Truth Hounds port. Register: buff.ly/nIbhoTD

💥Latest analysis by @slpjustice.bsky.social, C4ADS@C4ADS, and IPHR highlights that Russian strike patterns demonstrate systematic selection of civilian targets, with UAVs integrated into broader campaigns of widespread disruption. ➡️ https://iphronline.org/articles/irans-role-in-russias-drone-war

⚙️ @c4ads.org, @slpjustice.bsky.social and IPHR’s report shows how Russia exploits Shahed-type UAVs' characteristics to overwhelm Ukrainian air defences and increase penetration rates against civilians and energy infrastructure. ➡️https://iphronline.org/articles/irans-role-in-russias-drone-war/

Congratulations to SLP Founder & Director @gissounia.bsky.social for once again being named as one of @washingtonian.com's 500 Most Influential People in Washington DC! washingtonian.com/2026/05/05/w...

🏭 Latest analysis by @slpjustice.bsky.social C4ADS and IPHR links Iranian Shahed UAV supply chains, production actors, and intermediary logistics networks to Russian operational deployment. See our infographics on supply chains. ➡️: https://iphronline.org/articles/irans-role-in-russias-drone-war/

🔎Latest report by @slpjustice.bsky.social, C4ADS, and IPHR shows expanding Russo-Iranian military cooperation involving the transfer and operational use of Iranian Shahed UAVs by Russia in its war of aggression against Ukraine. ➡️ https://iphronline.org/articles/irans-role-in-russias-drone-war/

📢 Don’t miss the SLP team at #ASIL2026 this week! See upcoming discussions on domestic and international justice mechanisms and country panels on Iran and Sudan featuring SLP Deputy Director Nushin Sarkarati and SLP Senior Legal and Policy Advisor Alyssa Yamamoto. asil.org/annual-meeti...

A big welcome to our new nonresident senior fellow, Godfrey Odongo! Odongo is a lawyer with more than two decades of advocacy, research, policy, and teaching experience on international law, human rights, and governance. Read Godfrey’s full expert page below⚖️ buff.ly/8SNU31C

How is the international human rights system responding to growing geopolitical instability and challenges to authority? Catch SLP’s Alyssa Yamamoto at tomorrow’s Bernstein Symposium at Yale Law School for a panel on human rights in a shifting global order. law.yale.edu/schell/event...

“No international or domestic prosecutions have meaningfully addressed Iran’s secondary liability for Shahed-enabled crimes.”  SLP’s @celestekmiotek.bsky.social and IPHR’s Anastasiya Donets unpack how the IRI can be held accountable for Russia’s drone war:  www.justsecurity.org/134930/iran-...

🔴 LIVE | @slpjustice.bsky.social discusses how the Iranian regime can be held accountable for the provision of drones to Russia, featuring Anastasiya Donets, Maia Nikoladze, @celestekmiotek.bsky.social, and Allen Maggard, moderated by @hdagres.bsky.social. Watch live: buff.ly/6hgvBrO

Holding enablers accountable: The Islamic Republic of Iran’s role in Russia’s drone war

Panelists will discuss a new report investigating Iran's role in Russia's drone war.

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TOMORROW | 10:00 am ET Join the SLP, in partnership with the Embassy of Poland, @iphr.bsky.social, and @c4ads.org, for a virtual discussion launching the report “From Tehran to Kyiv: The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Role in Russia’s Drone War.” Watch here ⬇️ www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/holdin...

Holding enablers accountable: The Islamic Republic of Iran’s role in Russia’s drone war

Panelists will discuss a new report investigating Iran's role in Russia's drone war.

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HAPPENING NOW | How the UN can respond to the arbitrary detention and repression of Uyghurs Register at the link below to watch live ⬇️ www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/how-th...

How the UN can respond to the arbitrary detention and repression of Uyghurs

This event on the margins of the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva will bring together advocates and experts on Xinjiang and Chinese transnational repression.

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TOMORROW | 8:00am ET | 1:00pm CET Don't miss the Strategic Litigation Project's #UNHRC61 side event on international responses to the transnational repression and arbitrary detention of Uyghur communities. Register at the link below ⤵️ www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/how-th...

How the UN can respond to the arbitrary detention and repression of Uyghurs

This event on the margins of the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva will bring together advocates and experts on Xinjiang and Chinese transnational repression.

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WEDNESDAY | 8:00am ET | 1:00pm CET Join the SLP, in partnership with @hrw.org, @yalemacmillan.bsky.social, and GCR2P, for an event on the sidelines of #UNHRC61 on the repression and detentions of Uyghur communities in Xinjiang and abroad. Register: www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/how-th...

How the UN can respond to the arbitrary detention and repression of Uyghurs

This event on the margins of the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva will bring together advocates and experts on Xinjiang and Chinese transnational repression.

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NEW DATE | How can the Iranian regime be held accountable for the provision of drones to Russia? Join the SLP on March 31 at 10:00am for a virtual report launch with the Polish Embassy, @iphr.bsky.social, and @c4ads.org. www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/holdin...

Holding enablers accountable: The Islamic Republic of Iran’s role in Russia’s drone war

Panelists will discuss a new report investigating Iran's role in Russia's drone war.

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Yesterday SLP Founder & Director @gissounia.bsky.social spoke at @freedomhouse.bsky.social on paths forward for freedom, justice, and accountability in Iran — watch the full recording at the link below. freedomhouse.org/event/risks-...

Risks, Prospects, and Paths Forward for Freedom in Iran

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On Tuesday, SLP Director @gissounia.bsky.social will speak on the sidelines of the 70th Session of the Committee on the Status of Women in New York on gender justice and universal jurisdiction. Head to the FIBGAR website to learn more ⤵️ fibgar.es/en/fibgar-ho...

Yesterday, SLP Deputy Director Nushin Sarkarati and Founder of the Afghanistan Justice Archive Metra Mehran spoke at @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social on how human rights groups are fighting the institutional erasure of Afghan women through international law.

"The solution to international law’s credibility crisis is to improve enforcement for all international crimes, even if the crimes are committed by a state against its own population, as in Iran," writes SLP's @elisebaker.bsky.social in the @washingtonpost.com. Read more: buff.ly/CRryd3F

Join the Strategic Litigation Project at the 2026 UN Convention on the Status of Women for a civil society workshop on gender justice and the crimes against humanity treaty. #CAHTreatyNow #CSW70

This event has been postponed and will no longer take place on Tuesday, March 3. Stay tuned for the rescheduled time and date.

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🗓️ MARCH 3 @ 10:00 am ET | How can the Iranian regime be held accountable for the provision of drones to Russia? The SLP hosts a virtual report launch with the Embassy of Poland in Washington DC, @iphr.bsky.social, and @c4ads.org. Read more ⬇️ www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/holdin...

🗓️ MARCH 3 @ 10:00 am ET | How can the Iranian regime be held accountable for the provision of drones to Russia? The SLP hosts a virtual report launch with the Embassy of Poland in Washington DC, @iphr.bsky.social, and @c4ads.org. Read more ⬇️ www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/holdin...

Holding enablers accountable: The Islamic Republic of Iran’s role in Russia’s drone war

Panelists will discuss a new report investigating Iran's role in Russia's drone war.

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On January 26, the EU officially designated the IRGC as a terrorist organization. This US designated the IRGC in 2019, and an EU designation has been discussed for years. Read @lisandranovo.bsky.social and @celestekmiotek.bsky.social's 2024 analysis unpacking the details. buff.ly/O82A5Ck

The evidence of mass detention of Uyghurs collected by a Chinese dissident "added significant weight to the Trump administration’s own findings that the atrocities amounted to genocide." Read SLP's @rayhanasat.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...

Dissident Who Daringly Documented Uyghurs’ Repression Wins Asylum

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The Strategic Litigation Project is pleased to cosponsor a side event on the margins of the first preparatory committee session for the crimes against humanity treaty. The event will dig into how countries can enforce the Convention to ensure accountability for crimes against humanity.