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53 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act’s Requirements for Personal Jurisdiction over Foreign States
2025-09-12 · Posts · LSB11363 · HTML available · PDF available
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act’s Expropriation Exception
2025-09-10 · Posts · LSB11361 · HTML available · PDF available
U.S.-South Korea Special Measures Agreements (SMAs): Legal and Policy Issues for Congress
2025-07-01 · Resources · IF13050 · HTML available · PDF available
U.S. Prosecution of Overseas Torture
2025-05-27 · Posts · LSB11315 · HTML available · PDF available
Congress and the Scope of the President’s Article II Foreign Policy Authorities
2025-05-02 · Reports · R48524 · HTML available · PDF available
International Agreement on Plastic Pollution: Negotiations
2025-01-22 · Resources · IF12690 · HTML available · PDF available
The North Atlantic Treaty: U.S. Legal Obligations and Congressional Authorities
2025-01-06 · Posts · LSB11256 · HTML available · PDF available
The International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court: A Primer
2024-04-04 · Reports · R48004 · HTML available · PDF available
International Atrocity Crimes and Their Domestic Counterparts
2024-04-03 · Posts · LSB10747 · HTML available · PDF available
Enforcement of Economic Sanctions: An Overview
2024-03-18 · Resources · IF12063 · HTML available · PDF available
War Crimes: A Primer
2024-02-02 · Posts · LSB10709 · HTML available · PDF available
The First Prosecution Under the War Crimes Act: Overview and International Legal Context
2023-12-22 · Posts · LSB11091 · HTML available · PDF available
International Agreements (Part II): Examining Tools for Congressional Influence Over International Instruments
2023-09-29 · Posts · LSB11049 · HTML available · PDF available
International Agreements (Part III): Transparency Measures
2023-09-29 · Posts · LSB11050 · HTML available · PDF available
International Agreements (Part I): Overview and Agreement-Making Process
2023-09-29 · Posts · LSB11048 · HTML available · PDF available
National Security Review Bodies (Part II): Creating New Review Systems
2023-09-06 · Posts · LSB11035 · HTML available · PDF available
National Security Review Bodies (Part I): Legal Context and Comparison
2023-09-06 · Posts · LSB11034 · HTML available · PDF available
International Law and Agreements: Their Effect upon U.S. Law
2023-07-13 · Reports · RL32528 · HTML available · PDF available
Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act: Eligibility and Funding
2023-04-11 · Resources · IF10341 · HTML available · PDF available
Extraterritorial Application of American Criminal Law: An Abbreviated Sketch
2023-03-21 · Reports · RS22497 · HTML available · PDF available
Extraterritorial Application of American Criminal Law
2023-03-21 · Reports · 94-166 · HTML available · PDF available
Supreme Court Considers Whether the United States Can Prosecute a Foreign-State-Owned Bank
2023-03-06 · Posts · LSB10927 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction Part 5: Exclusivity of Federal Jurisdiction
2022-09-20 · Posts · LSB10828 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction Part 1: Introduction
2022-09-20 · Posts · LSB10824 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction Part 2: Historical Background
2022-09-20 · Posts · LSB10825 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction Part 3: Territorial Scope
2022-09-20 · Posts · LSB10826 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction Part 4: Torts and Maritime Contracts or Services
2022-09-20 · Posts · LSB10827 · HTML available · PDF available
Reservations, Understandings, Declarations, and Other Conditions to Treaties
2022-09-07 · Resources · IF12208 · HTML available · PDF available
Constitutional Limits on States’ Power over Foreign Affairs
2022-08-15 · Posts · LSB10808 · HTML available · PDF available
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay: History and Legal Issues Regarding Its Lease Agreements
2022-08-01 · Reports · R44137 · HTML available · PDF available
Congress’s Foreign Commerce Clause Power Questioned
2022-06-23 · Posts · LSB10767 · HTML available · PDF available
International Neutrality Law and U.S. Military Assistance to Ukraine
2022-04-26 · Posts · LSB10735 · HTML available
Stratospheric Ozone Treaties and the Kigali Amendment: Ratification Considerations
2022-03-23 · Posts · LSB10712 · HTML available · PDF available
The Law of War and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
2022-03-16 · Posts · LSB10710 · HTML available · PDF available
The Alien Tort Statute: A Primer
2022-01-11 · Reports · R44947 · HTML available · PDF available
The Law of Foreign Missions and Media in U.S.-China Relations
2021-05-20 · Posts · LSB10601 · HTML available · PDF available
Two Supreme Court Cases to Test Limits on Foreign Sovereign Immunity for Holocaust Harms
2021-02-05 · Posts · LSB10563 · HTML available · PDF available
Withdrawal from the World Health Organization: Legal Basis and Implications
2020-06-05 · Posts · LSB10489 · HTML available · PDF available
Supreme Court Permits Retroactive Punitive Damages Against Sudan in Terrorism Cases
2020-05-28 · Posts · LSB10481 · HTML available · PDF available
Foreign Sovereign Immunity and COVID-19 Lawsuits Against China
2020-05-15 · Posts · LSB10467 · HTML available · PDF available
Iran’s Central Bank Asks Supreme Court to Consider Whether the Bank’s Assets Abroad are Immune from Attachment to Satisfy Terror Judgments
2020-01-14 · Posts · LSB10140 · HTML available · PDF available
Frequently Asked Questions about the Julian Assange Charges
2019-06-07 · Posts · LSB10291 · HTML available · PDF available
Who Interprets Foreign Law in U.S. Federal Courts?
2018-07-09 · Posts · LSB10166 · HTML available
Withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal: Legal Authorities and Implications
2018-05-17 · Posts · LSB10134 · HTML available
Law Enforcement Access to Overseas Data Under the CLOUD Act
2018-05-02 · Posts · LSB10125 · HTML available
Can Corporations be Held Liable under the Alien Tort Statute?
2018-04-24 · Posts · LSB10025 · HTML available
It Belongs in a Museum: Sovereign Immunity Shields Iranian Antiquities Even When It Does Not Protect Iran
2018-03-22 · Posts · LSB10104 · HTML available
Material Support for Terrorism Is Not Always an “Act of International Terrorism,” Second Circuit Holds
2018-03-05 · Posts · LSB10089 · HTML available
Supreme Court Declines to Take Up Military Commission Challenges – Al Bahlul and Al-Nashiri
2017-12-12 · Posts · LSB10043 · HTML available
Child Support Enforcement and the Hague Convention on Recovery of International Child Support
2016-09-22 · Reports · R43779 · HTML available · PDF available