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.
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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »Ataa Dabour January 1, 2021 Counter-Extremism, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Uncategorized
To adapt our security response to hybrid wars and to ensure the safety of our citizens, it appears necessary for many strategists to unify civil and military counterinsurgency, to give a greater role to civilians in defense and security fields, to work in close collaboration with different sectors and combining capabilities, as well as to choose technologically driven solutions.
Read More »Irena Baboi December 22, 2020 Europe, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Security and Defence
In the Western Balkans, the Biden administration has all the tools necessary to achieve successful political and economic transformation. The newly-elected POTUS has a deep understanding of the region, and is all too aware that the carrot and the stick are more effective when there is agreement and mutual support between the European Union and the United States.
Read More »Jessica Honan December 8, 2020 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
In order to ensure detained belligerents in conflicts are treated in accordance with principles of International Humanitarian Law, legal accountability mechanisms need to be strengthened to hold States to humane standards.
Read More »Mette Kaalby Vestergaard November 10, 2020 Africa, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Security and Defence
The legal debate around the position of civilians in the combatant landscape can both have consequences for the rights of the individuals in question, and also for the legitimacy of the intervention by Western forces in the Sahel.
Read More »Jessica Honan November 4, 2020 Asia and Pacific, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
In 2014, the Marshall Islands (RMI) attempted, unsuccessfully, to use International Law to compel States to disarm their nuclear capacities. With the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons set to enter into force in January 2021, the RMI’s earlier attempt to have States’ legal obligations clarified is relevant to the discussion on the legal status of nuclear disarmament in International Law.
Read More »Ataa Dabour October 26, 2020 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Security and Defence, Uncategorized
Private military and security companies have a strong technical and security culture. But they lack human and humanitarian indicators to rely on. This shortfall contributes to widening the gap between security and human rights considerations, and to increasing possible human rights violations.
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