Aryeh Neier

Our Chamberlain?

Donald Trump’s abandonment of Ukraine has been even more inept and inexplicable than the appeasement of Hitler at Munich.

Guatemala: Democracia en Peligro

La asunción del presidente de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, el año pasado significó el renacimiento de la democracia en un país notoriamente corrupto. Esfuerzos concertados de las élites amenazan ahora con derrocarlo bajo cargos falaces—y regresar a una era de represión.

Guatemala: Democracy Imperiled

Bernardo Arévalo’s inauguration last year as president of Guatemala symbolized the revival of democracy in a notoriously corrupt country. A concerted effort by obstructionist elites now threatens to oust him on specious grounds—and bring repression back.

The ICC: Myths and Realities

The most prominent arguments against the court’s recent arrest warrants for Israeli leaders fall apart under scrutiny.

The Rise of Authoritarianism

The triumph of Trump and Trumpism in the United States will add legitimacy to the rule of autocrats all over the world.

The Return of Trump—III

On abortion, labor, NatCon, the rise of authoritarianism, the darkroom of propaganda, and the threat of mass deportation. 

Torture in Israel’s Prisons

Recent reports on the conditions in Israeli detention facilities describe them as sites of systematic abuse.

Counting the Dead in Gaza

It will take time to know exactly how many people have been killed. Netanyahu has only made it harder.

Is Israel Committing Genocide?

I have been engaged for six decades in the human rights movement, which has endeavored to restore peace by enforcing International Humanitarian Law. Can the law bring a measure of justice to the victims of Israel’s and Hamas’s violence?

Judge Kaufman, the Times & the ACLU

Justice Not Done

A Glimmer of Justice

‘The International Criminal Court in an Effective Global Justice System’

Salvadoran Justice?

In recent years, Latin America has been notably successfully in bringing accountability for gross human rights abuses by former military regimes. Why has El Salvador, where 75,000 citizens were killed or massacred during the civil war, failed to follow suit?

A Better Cure for Mental Illness

Under Lock & Key: How Long?

The Burglars Who Exposed the FBI

Guatemala's Lawlessness

If countries were ranked by lawlessness, Guatemala would score near the top.

New Surveillance, Old Story

Much of the political surveillance of the 1960s and the 1970s consisted in efforts to identify organizations that were critical of government policies and gather information on their adherents. The NSA’s electronic surveillance practices are fundamentally different, but over time, they may lead in the same direction.

Guatemala: Will Justice Be Done?

Guatemala's Genocide on Trial

The prosecution of General Efraín Ríos Montt in Guatemala, now eighty-six years old, stands out in at least one respect. For the first time, a former head of state is being tried for genocide in the courts of his own country.