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Sarah De Geest May 6, 2015 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
To truly understand the Chinese we must see them through their eyes instead of our own.
Read More »Sarah De Geest April 11, 2015 Global Governance and Human Rights, Russia and Eurasia
States must stand against those who hijack it, however, by its very nature, R2P is a political tool and tensions exist with the ideological nature of international law.
Read More »Ernesto LaMassa March 28, 2015 Global Governance and Human Rights, The Americas
The signing of a peace agreement between the State and the FARC will open the door to the transitional road to peace. To complete the transition successfully it will require an ad hoc legal structure that can accommodate the demands of the FARC for demobilizing its members.
Read More »Rebecka Buchanan March 14, 2015 Global Governance and Human Rights, Middle East and North Africa
Due to the structure of the International Court of Justice it is unlikely that any case will be brought before it as both states would need to award the Court jurisdiction over the matter.
Read More »Michelle McKenna February 28, 2015 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
With the situation in the Middle East already volatile, the must Prosecutor take this into account when deciding whether to go ahead with an investigation.
Read More »Rebecka Buchanan January 20, 2015 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
Almost ten years from the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) referral of the situation in Darfur, in Resolution 1593, to the International Criminal Court (ICC) the humanitarian situation in Darfur remains volatile.
Read More »Rebecka Buchanan January 19, 2015 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
There is no conclusive evidence of the Court either impeding or facilitating peace, and we must be mindful that achieving peace in conflict countries will never be easy.
Read More »Rebecka Buchanan January 13, 2015 Global Governance and Human Rights
Around Central Africa rebel militia groups are trading wildlife for supplies to fuel their illegal activities. Wildlife poaching is of huge national and international concern as the current rate of poaching is placing African elephants at a risk of extinction within the next ten years.
Read More »Rebecka Buchanan January 10, 2015 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
The legal classification of cross-border armed conflicts between State and non-State parties has become increasingly complex as such conflicts do not fit into the neat typology of international armed conflict (IAC) or non-international armed conflict (NIAC).
Read More »Thomas Hauschildt May 22, 2014 Global Governance and Human Rights, Sub-Saharan Africa
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) faces major challenges in its decision to turn against members of its former advocate and the subsequent lack of cooperation from the RPF, would turn out to be a major obstacle for Rwanda's reconciliation process in the years to come.
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