Team Leader: Michelle McKenna – Senior Fellow
Our research on global governance maintains a strong legal perspective in analysing major issues in international law, intergovernmental institutions and the International Criminal Court.
Team Leader: Michelle McKenna – Senior Fellow
Our research on global governance maintains a strong legal perspective in analysing major issues in international law, intergovernmental institutions and the International Criminal Court.
Sam Biden April 2, 2022 Europe, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Russia and Eurasia, The Policy Unit
While the assessment of general and specific IHL only leaves more questions, the short and safe answer is that Russia’s sole use of thermobaric weaponry is permitted by IHL.
Read More »Sam Biden March 14, 2022 Global Governance and Human Rights, Iraq and Syria, Latest Articles, The Policy Unit, Uncategorized
14 March, 2022 by Sam Biden, Global Leadership Fellow Current System Australia has been incorporating an ‘offshore’ detention system for over two decades. This system is facilitated via the Migration Act 1958 (MA), allowing for indefinite and arbitrary detention. The ...
Read More »Sam Biden March 12, 2022 Africa, Global Governance and Human Rights, International Law, Latest Articles, The Policy Unit, Uncategorized
Despite genocide not having been committed in the state, widespread, systemic and targeted crimes against humanity have been committed by all sides to the conflict.
Read More »Sam Biden March 11, 2022 Asia and Pacific, Global Governance and Human Rights, International Law, Latest Articles, The Policy Unit
The new military government under the control of Min Aung Hlaing has committed widespread atrocities against those who protested against the takeover, including the use of water cannons, live gunfire and rubber bullets
Read More »Sam Biden March 1, 2022 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Uncategorized, Women in the Middle East
Overall, the state of women’s rights in Afghanistan over the past 7 months has been nothing short of a reversal to pre-2001 Taliban ideology. Not all hope is lost, but promises from the Taliban to employ a new system that will supposedly uphold women’s rights is yet to be seen.
Read More »Ben Richards February 27, 2022 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, The Americas, Uncategorized
Cuba is still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and the problems it brought with it. However, the Cuban government will now also have to work to improve relations with its citizens as the recent events have shown the public that Cuba’s government cannot be trusted and is not acting with the people’s best interest in mind.
Read More »Sam Biden February 27, 2022 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, The Americas, The Policy Unit
With all areas considered, there is no doubt that the Remain in Mexico policy is a multi-layered, flagrant violation of a multitude of international documents. While immigration is a touchy issue in the current political climate, the enforcement of migration laws need not be this harsh.
Read More »Jessica Honan November 21, 2021 Asia and Pacific, Cultural Heritage under Threat, Global Governance and Human Rights, International Law, Uncategorized
West Papua has been a territory of Indonesia since it was annexed by the Southeast Asian country in 1962. Before then, it was a Dutch colony and has been a UN Trust territory. However, West Papuans have continuously agitated for independence on the basis of their distinct ethnic, cultural and religious diversity to the majority of Indonesia.
Read More »Jessica Honan September 2, 2021 Asia and Pacific, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
West Papua is not recognised by the UN to be a Non-Self-Governing Territory (NSGT). However, there have been ongoing violent and passive protests and movements calling for independence.
Read More »Jessica Honan August 5, 2021 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
The Charter of the United Nations, signed in 1945, is the constitutive instrument of the organisation, which provides for the powers invested in different bodies within the UN. However, the language is – as with most UN documents – aspirational, and its often vague nature is conducive to broad interpretations.
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