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 July 3, 2023 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, The Policy Unit
There are multiple groups of varying sizes involved in transhumance, attacks on herders as well as terrorist activity. Being able to accurately identify each group that may be involved is becoming increasingly difficult as the influx of violence continues to rise.
Read More »Oleksandra Zadesenets June 26, 2023 Europe, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
The significance of international condemnation concerning the repressions of Crimean Tatars and unlawful Russian actions cannot be overstated. There is an urgent need to shed light on these atrocities and gain international recognition to combat them, ensuring human rights adherence decisively.
Read More »Oleksandra Zadesenets June 1, 2023 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
International law, like any other system, must evolve and adapt to the changing needs and challenges of the world. But it is important to remember that any changes must comply with the basic principles and goals on which international law is based.
Read More »Sam Biden May 26, 2023 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Middle East and North Africa, The Policy Unit
The case of Project NEOM exemplifies the need for greater scrutiny of the application of anti-terrorism laws, the protection of human rights and the fair administration of justice in Saudi Arabia.
Read More »Sam Biden March 28, 2023 Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, The Americas, The Policy Unit
The Peruvian government are holding onto the aged ideas of their 20th-century political and academic influences in what can only be described as a century-long path of exploitation, violence and ignorance.
Read More »Sam Biden March 1, 2023 Asia and Pacific, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, The Policy Unit
Poor investigative mechanisms, conflicts of interest, an epidemic-level use of torture and enforced disappearances as well as a protective relationship between the judiciary, law enforcement agencies and Bangladeshi government shows any meaningful aims to eradicate these issues only exist in a theoretical format.
Read More »Sam Biden January 30, 2023 Africa, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Uncategorized
The combination of human trafficking and forced labour in Malawi continues to go hand in hand, often overlooked by corporate entities that remain entirely complacent. National implementations aimed to protect victims of these offences have consistently fallen short of genuine protection, bottlenecked by poor training, knowledge and the inconsistent application of key legislation designed to mitigate such damaging crimes.
Read More »Sam Biden January 9, 2023 Global Governance and Human Rights, Heath, International Law, Latest Articles
In 2022, NGO ‘Action on Armed Violence’ (AOAV) released a summary report on the damage explosive weapons caused to civilian life and infrastructure between 2012-2022. During this period, 238,892 civilians were killed or injured in populated areas.
Read More »Irena Baboi November 21, 2022 Europe, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
The European Union must show it can monitor how legal frameworks and institutions function in practice, and maintain pressure on a member state to implement long-lasting democratic reforms – this will send an important message about upholding the rule of law to all European Union member states, and even the candidate ones.
Read More »Sam Biden September 15, 2022 Africa, Global Governance and Human Rights, International Law, Latest Articles, The Policy Unit
Since 2017, Cameroon has been plagued by a deadly conflict linked to the roots of early colonialism headed by the French and British governments
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