Publications

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Books

Jared Genser & Irwin Cotler, Co-Editors, The Responsibility to Protect: The Promise of Stopping Mass Atrocities in Our Times (Oxford University Press, 2012).
Jared Genser & Bruno Stagno Ugarte, Co-Editors, The UN Security Council in the Age of Human Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2016).
Jared Genser, The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Commentary and Guide to Practice (Cambridge University Press, 2019).

Human Rights Reports

Safeguarding Brain Data: Assessing the Privacy Practices of Consumer Neurotechnology Companies Written by Jared Genser, Stephen Damianos, and Rafael Yuste, April 2024.
The Imprisonment of Political Prisoners as Policy: Arbitrary Detentions, Disappearances, and Torture of Regime Opponents in Daniel Ortega’s Nicaragua, Written by Perseus Strategies, May 2023.
International Human Rights Protection Gaps in the Age of Neurotechnology, Written by Jared Genser, Stephanie Herrmann, and Rafael Yuste
The Kremlin’s Political Prisoners: Advancing a Political Agenda by Crushing Dissent, Written by Perseus Strategies and Co-Commissioned by Free Russia Foundation, the Human Rights Foundation, the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, May 1, 2019.
Report of Perseus Strategies, Covington & Burling, and Crowell & Moring on Women, Peace, and Security Agenda at UN Security Council, Commissioned by Human Rights Foundation and Funded by Shin Kong Life Foundation, September 24, 2015.
Independent Report on the Events of September 1, 2013, at Camp Ashraf, Iraq, October 30, 2013
Myanmar Rule of Law Needs Assessment, March 2013 (Co-Authored with DLA Piper LLP and Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights).
Press Release of International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea (ICNK), ICNK Petition to UN Special Procedures, April 3, 2012.
TAKEN! North Korea’s Criminal Abduction of Citizens of Other Countries, Committee on Human Rights in North Korea, May 2011 (Co-Authored Chapter 6, Legal Implications of DPRK Abduction Policy).
Failure to Protect: The Ongoing Challenge of North Korea, DLA Piper LLP, December 2008 (Commissioned by Former Czech Republic President Václav Havel, Elie Wiesel, and former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik).
Failure to Protect: A Call to the UN Security Council to Act in North Korea, DLA Piper LLP, October 2006 (Commissioned by Former Czech Republic President Václav Havel, Elie Wiesel, and former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik and Committee on Human Rights in North Korea).
Threat to the Peace: A Call for the UN Security Council to Act in Burma, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP, September 2005 (Commissioned by Former Czech Republic President Václav Havel and Bishop Desmond M. Tutu).

Law Review and Journal Articles

Jared Genser, Rafael Yuste, and Stephanie Herrmann, It’s Time for Neuro-Rights: New Human Rights for the Age of Neurotechnology, 18 HORIZONS 154-164 (Winter 2021).
Jared Genser, The United Nations Security Council’s Implementation of the Responsibility to Protect: A Review of Past Interventions and Recommendations for Improvement, 18.2 CHI. J. INT’L L. 419-500 (Winter 2018). For a summary, see policy brief published by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect.
Jared Genser, The Future of the UN Human Rights System, 7 HORIZONS 176-188 (Spring 2016).
Jared Genser & Clare Garvie, Contracting for Stability: The Potential Use of Private Military Contractors as a United Nations Rapid-Reaction Force, 16.2 CHI. J. INT’L L. 439-481 (2016).
Jared Genser & Kate Barth, When Due Process Concerns Become Dangerous: The Security Council’s 1267 Regime and The Need for Reform, 33.1 BOST. COLL. INT’L & COMP. L. REV. 1-41 (2010).
Jared Genser & Margaret Winterkorn-Meikle, The Intersection of Politics and International Law: The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in Theory and Practice, 39 COLUM. HUM. RTS. L. REV. 101-169 (2008).
Robert L. Howse & Jared Genser, Are EU Trade Sanctions on Burma Compatible With WTO Law?, 29.2 MICH. J. INT’L L. 165-196 (2008).
Claudia Salomon & Jared Genser, How Most Favoured Nation Clauses in Bilateral Investment Treaties Affect Arbitration, Practice Note, Practical Law Company (2008).

Op-Eds

Published more than 130 op-eds on human-rights topics in major newspapers around the world including the Baltimore Sun, Boston Globe, Chosun Ilbo (Seoul), Far Eastern Economic Review, Huffington Post, Independent (UK), International Herald Tribune, Jakarta Post, Los Angeles Times, South China Morning Post, Sydney Morning Herald, The Nation (Bangkok), The Star (Johannesburg), The Times (UK), Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

Recent examples:

The Ethics of Mind Reading, Newsroom, 360 info, September 23, 2022
America Held Hostage: Day 15,606, Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2022 (with Skylar Gleason)
We All Stand For Freedom: Why the Celtics Should Not Sacrifice Enes Kanter, Globe Post, January 3, 2022 (with Yang Jianli)
How Biden Can Liberate Americans Shackled Abroad, Wall Street Journal, February 17, 2021
How Myanmar’s Opening to Democracy Got Crushed, CNN, February 2, 2021
The Responsibility to Protect in the Americas, Global Centre on the Responsibility to Protect, November 24, 2020
The U.N. Can Save Venezuela – Really., The Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2019
America Must Hold Russia Accountable for its Political Prisoners, The Hill, August 7, 2018
An Afternoon in Almaty and Justice in Kazakhstan, The Diplomat, June 22, 2018
China Should Let Liu Xia Go – Or Else, The Wall Street Journal, June 15, 2018
Ban Russia From The Olympics, The Washington Post, December 1, 2017
Trump Is Right: The U.S.Should Leave UNESCO, The Washington Post, October 20, 2017
Jailing of Hong Kong Democracy Activists Failure to Uphold International Law, South China Morning Post, October 20, 2017
Interpol Needs to Stop Helping Dictators, The Washington Post, October 2, 2017
The Decision to Cut Aid to Egypt Was Historic. Now the Hard Work Begins. The Washington Post, August 24,2017
What the United States Can Do to Protect Internet Freedom Around the World, The Washington Post, August 14, 2017
The Disappearance of Liu Xiaobo’s Wife, The Wall Street Journal, August 2, 2017
No Justification: Donald Trump’s Transgender Military Ban is a Cruel Solution in Search of a Problem, U.S. News and World Report, July 28, 2017
If You’re Arrested Abroad, the US May Not Bail You Out, The Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2017
Liu Xiaobo’s Dreams of a Democratic China Will Never Die, U.S. News and World Report, July 13, 2017
Dear President Trump: Please Let Liu Xiaobo Die As A Free Man, Washington Post, June 27, 2017 (with Yang Jianli)
Venezuela Needs International Intervention. Now., New York Times, May 30, 2017
A Tribute to Yameen Rasheed – And a Call for Justice and Accountability, Maldives Independent, May 11, 2017
Keep Up the Pressure on Venezuela, U.S. News and World Report, February 23, 2017
Trump Must Keep China Honest on Human Rights, Starting With Nobel Laureate, The Hill, February 17, 2017
The Detention of Wu Zeheng, The Diplomat, February 4, 2017
The Ignoble Act of a Nobel Laureate, Washington Times, February 2, 2017 (Español – El Espectador)
Three Things Trump’s Ban Gets Wrong, U.S. News and World Report, January 29, 2017
How to Fix the U.N., U.S. News and World Report, December 29, 2016
A Hanukkah Freedom Party With Human Rights Violators, Forward, December 10, 2016
How Congress Can Help a Chinese Dissident, Wall Street Journal, November 29, 2016
Time to Hold Our Arab Ally Accountable, U.S. News and World Report, May 26, 2016
By Blocking the Release of Political Prisoners, Maduro is Eroding Venezuela’s Democracy, Huffington Post, April 13, 2016 (with Juan Carlos Gutiérrez)
At ASEAN Summit, Malaysia’s PM is Foremost Among Crowd of Repressive Dictators, Huffington Post, February 12, 2016
In the Maldives, the First Democratically Elected President is Imprisoned While Islamic State Fighters Go Free, The Washington Post, January 17, 2016
A Human-Rights Crisis Wracks Paradise, Wall Street Journal, December 16, 2015 (with Julia Kuperminc)
The Other Empty Chairs, U.S. News and World Report, December 10, 2015 (with Julia Kuperminc)
Democracy on a Leash, U.S. News and World Report, November 12, 2015
The Maldives in Meltdown, Foreign Policy, October 20, 2015 (with Amal Clooney)
Ten Questions for the Government of the Maldives, Maldives Independent, October 17, 2015
The Obama-Xi State Visit: Any Room for Human Rights?, The Diplomat, September 23, 2015
Beijing Olympic Scandal Redux, Wall Street Journal, August 7, 2015 (with Yang Jianli)
Shinzo Abe and the Japanese Constitution, The Diplomat, July 20, 2015 (with Michelle Brignone)
China’s Proposed Non-Governmental Organization Law: Cooperation or Coercion?, The Diplomat, July 2, 2015 (with Julia Kuperminc)
A Tale of Two Maldives, The Diplomat, June 23, 2015
At Home With Our Iranian Nuclear Partners, Wall Street Journal, June 22, 2015 (with Sara Birkenthal)
Bangladesh’s Executions an Affront to Justice, The Diplomat, April 28, 2015
Preventing Atrocities Now — And in the Future, Washington Post, April 25, 2015
Protect India’s Daughters, The Diplomat, March 27, 2015 (with Sara Birkenthal)
An Agenda for East Timor’s New Leadership, The Diplomat, February 19, 2015
Look Back to Move Forward: Advice to the New Sri Lankan President, The Diplomat, January 15, 2015
Will the Security Council Now Act on North Korea?, The Diplomat, December 23, 2014
How to Measure the Success of Obama’s Trip to Asia, The Diplomat, November 10, 2014
Malaysia: How Will It Perform on the UN Security Council?, The Diplomat, October 17, 2014
A Major Setback to the Rule of Law in China, The Diplomat, September 15, 2014
Business Needs to be More Socially Conscious, Business Day (South Africa), April 7, 2014 (with Chris Fletcher)
The Ordeal of China’s Liu Xia, Wall Street Journal, March 31, 2014 (with Desmond M. Tutu)
Restoring Peace in South Sudan, SouthSudanNation.com, March 31, 2014
Trans-Pacific Partnership Must Safeguard Human Rights, The Diplomat, March 31, 2014
Demanding Justice for Gao Zhisheng, Wall Street Journal (Asia), February 27, 2014
UN Report Ups Pressure on North Korea…and China, The Diplomat, February 19, 2014
Central African Republic Needs UN Peacekeepers Now, Christian Science Monitor, January 14, 2014
Time for Serious Approach to Vietnam Human Rights, The Diplomat, December 13, 2013 (with Greg McGillivary)
Where’s a Real Solution on Syria?, Syria Deeply, November 14, 2013
A New China Strategy: The U.S. Must Make Human Rights a Priority, Washington Post, October 28, 2013
How North Korea Gets Away With It, Wall Street Journal (Asia), October 7, 2013 (with Bruce Klingner)
The Next Big Challenges on Syria, Syria Deeply, September 11, 2013
Our Response to Syria Must Be Effective, But Also Legal, Huffington Post, August 30, 2013
Myanmar Needs Our Investment: Let’s Get It Right, Australian Financial Review, June 26, 2013
Liu Case Lost in Keen Bid For Trade, The Australian, June 26, 2013
More Clout Needed to End North Korea’s Repression, Sydney Morning Herald, June 25, 2013
Stand Up for Liu Xiaobo, Los Angeles Times, June 3, 2013 (with Desmond M. Tutu)
In China, Repression is a Family Affair, Wall Street Journal (Asia), April 26, 2013
For North Koreans in the Gulag, a Glimmer of Hope at the UN, Wall Street Journal, March 23, 2013
Ignoring North Korea’s Gulags: A UN Human Rights Council Inquiry is the First Step, Washington Post, January 21, 2013
A Growing Movement to Support Liu Xiaobo, Huffington Post, December 7, 2012
Free Liu Xiaobo, Huffington Post, October 8, 2012
The Action the U.S. Needs to Take in Syria, Boston Globe, August 24, 2012
Investigate North Korea’s Gulag, Wall Street Journal (Asia), April 2, 2012 (with Kristen Abrams)
Harmful Effects: The Torture and Detention of Gao Zhisheng, South China Morning Post, January 26, 2012 (with Jerome A. Cohen)
Two Legacies as Different as Good and Evil, New Zealand Herald, December 26, 2011
The West Must Not Forget Liu Xiaobo’s Plight, The Times (London), August 1, 2011
Libya and the Responsibility to Protect, International Herald Tribune, March 1, 2011
Now We Must All Stand With The Lady, The Times (London), November 15, 2010
Take Kim to Court, Wall Street Journal (Asia), June 3, 2010