This paper intends to provide Her Majesty’s Government with a comprehensive overview of the international legal framework regulating the use of military force by sovereign states and highlights some of the current issues which exist within the context of military intervention
Read More »Parliamentary Evidence: Soft Power and the UK’s Influence
The United Kingdom (UK) has long excelled in soft power, being, inter alia, one of the primary international actors responsible for promoting democracy, human rights and the rule of law; the originator of many of the world’s best-loved sports; and a film, music and theatre hub that the entire world flocks to.
Read More »Press Release: HIC’s Evidence Featured Prominently in House of Commons Report on “Intervention: When, Why, How?”
We are pleased to announce that our submission to The House of Commons Defence Select Committee inquiry on the subject of “Intervention: When, Why and How” now features prominently in the much-awaited and substantive report published by Parliament today.
Read More »HIC’s Evidence Featured in House of Lords and House of Commons Reports
On 28 March 2014, the House of Lords Select Committee on Soft Power and the UK’s Influence published its much-awaited report Power and Persuasion in the Modern World, wherein many of the points were constructed almost exclusively around the evidence we submitted. The report cites the Humanitarian Intervention Centre no fewer than 16 times.
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