Global Governance and Human Rights
Ataa Dabour
April 8, 2021
Economic Development, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
The title of this article may, at first glance, seem ironic or unrealistic. Indeed, imagining links between business, human rights and peace may be inconceivable for the obvious reason that the protection of human dignity and the maintenance and preservation of peace are generally the responsibility of states. However, the debate on the need for corporate responsibility to incorporate respecting human rights is not new.
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Jessica Honan
March 21, 2021
Global Governance and Human Rights, International Law
Negotiation’s dynamic nature and general applicability means it is adapted to resolving a large portion of international disputes. This is evidenced by the fact negotiation is the most commonly employed tool for settling international disputes. Unlike more rigid forms of dispute resolution, such as judicial arbitration through legal proceedings before the ICJ, forms of negotiation occur daily in non-formal settings.
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Oliver Hegglin
March 13, 2021
Europe, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Uncategorized
As the years pass and younger generations grow up in a de-facto partitioned Cyprus, it will increasingly become less-likely that Cyprus will be unified in the future. While parties to the Cyprus issue prepare for their meeting with UNSG Guterres this April, they should also prepare for the likely reality that the “frozen conflict”-zone of Cyprus will remain in a state of political limbo, akin to Western Sahara and the Palestinian Territories.
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Ataa Dabour
March 8, 2021
Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Technology
The military-strategic superiority requirement is creating increasing pressure and plunging states into an AI arms race, as was the case for nuclear weapons in the 20th century. As the military use of AI has become the focus of great power competition, governments around the globe are increasingly investing in research projects to enhance their armed forces’ combat capabilities by providing them with brand-new technological equipment, including autonomous weapons systems.
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Mette Kaalby Vestergaard
March 2, 2021
Africa, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Sub-Saharan Africa
Located in West Africa, Guinea-Bissau, with its 1.8 million people, constitutes what has for many years been a fragile state located in between Senegal and Guinea. Beside the overshadowing problem of not being able to sustain a stable governing system, the country is struggling with networks of drug trafficking – a problem that is not new, but has proven hard to combat in the given security context.
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Jack Davies
February 18, 2021
Africa, Environment and Energy, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
With water scarcity in some highly populated regions projected to increase over the coming decades, some have argued that wars over access to and control of water may become some of the most common, most devastating conflicts of the 21st century.
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Jessica Honan
February 15, 2021
Asia and Pacific, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
Australia is a destination country for trafficked victims, particularly women from Southeast Asia, who are coerced into moving to Australia under the belief they will obtain better working conditions upon arrival. However, once in the country, these women are often forced into modern slavery in the sex industry to repay traffickers’ exaggerated fees.
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Oliver Hegglin
February 5, 2021
Africa, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Middle East and North Africa, Security and Defence, Uncategorized
In the last months of 2020, Israel normalized its ties with four Arab countries. In the case of Morocco, the US issued a proclamation, recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, making it the first country in the world to do so. What consequences such recognition will have on what is essentially a conflict in limbo is unclear.
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Mette Kaalby Vestergaard
January 30, 2021
Africa, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Security and Defence, Sub-Saharan Africa, Uncategorized
While there is no doubt that both national and international anti-piracy laws will lead to better conditions for the fight against piracy, it is evidently important to be aware of the opportunities that national laws have where international law cannot deliver.
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Jessica Honan
January 18, 2021
Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Uncategorized
Not only is military intervention justifiable in certain circumstances, but the simple existence of the possibility of such action occurring could also make beneficial contributions towards curtailing the occurrences of GBV and discrimination.
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