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journal article · May 2026
Sovereignty and the limits of consent
Omar Faraj، Lina Karam
Modern international law rests, in significant part, on a doctrinal architecture of consent: states are bound by what they have consented to, and not by what they have not. This Journal Article examines the procedural and doctrinal limits of that architecture, with particular attention to the conditions under which consent operates as a legitimate basis for binding obligation and the conditions under which it does not.
Read →working paper · May 2026
Methodology in comparative legal research
Yusuf Shaheen
Comparative legal research is a craft, not a formula. This Working Paper sets out the methodological commitments that govern the Institute's comparative work — case selection, source discipline, the limits of comparison, and the conditions under which comparative claims are warranted.
Read →working paper · May 2026
Evidentiary standards in transitional accountability
Sara Habib، Yusuf Shaheen
Transitional accountability mechanisms must construct an evidentiary record under conditions that diverge sharply from ordinary criminal procedure. This Working Paper develops a framework for evidentiary practice in transitional contexts, organised around three commitments: openness about provenance, openness about doubt, and openness about the limits of what evidence can be made to do.
Read →report · May 2026
Surveillance, privacy, and the rule of law
Omar Faraj
This Report examines how surveillance authorisations are reviewed in practice across five jurisdictions, focusing on the procedural standards that govern judicial or quasi-judicial approval. The Report finds that the formal availability of prior judicial authorisation correlates weakly with the substantive rigour of review, and identifies the institutional conditions under which procedural review functions as a meaningful constraint rather than as a rubber stamp.
Read →report · May 2026
Administrative detention and the limits of executive power
Lina Karam، Tariq Saleh
Administrative detention occupies an ambiguous space between criminal procedure and pure executive action. This Report examines the procedural standards that should govern administrative-detention regimes and the operation of judicial supervision in practice across six jurisdictions, with particular attention to the gap between formal review rights and the practical accessibility of those rights for detained persons.
Read →report · May 2026
Due process under emergency powers: a comparative review
Hanan Al-Mansouri، Sara Habib، Tariq Saleh
This Report compares the procedural architecture of emergency-powers regimes across eight constitutional systems, asking how each preserves — or fails to preserve — the due-process guarantees that ordinarily govern detention, judicial review, and the conduct of trials. Drawing on the comparative method developed in the Institute's Strategic Unit, the Report identifies five procedural features that distinguish bounded emergency regimes from those that drift toward executive consolidation, and offers a structured framework for assessing legislative proposals in this area.
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