The Crime of Enforced Disappearance
The definition of enforced disappearance is of paramount importance in determining state obligations and preventing the crime of enforced disappearance.
Theorising LGBT Rights as Human Rights: A Queer(itical) Analysis
Human rights have emerged as a the primary vehicle through which the future of LGBT rights are being negotiated and institutionalized.
Analyzing the Threat of Human Trafficking in Europe
Sweden’s Sex Purchase Act of 1999 has had the unintended consequence of organized crime groups finding a new path of least resistance in human trafficking
The Importance of ‘Intersectionality’ for Feminist Political Theory and Activism
Intersectionality compels us to tackle complexity and to address categories of difference, recognizing that identity categories are dynamic, fluid and indivisible
A Moral Vindication of Morgenthau’s Classical Realism
Some observers claim that realism is an amoral doctrine. However, in Morgenthau’s realism, morality is a constitutive feature that argues for a reasoned foreign policy.
Should Irregular Fighters Be Excluded From Legal Protections Such As POW Status?
‘Irregular’ is a demonising exclusionary weapon of war applied only to those opposing US goals for the purposes of improving the legitimate guise of its actions.
Human Rights and Terrorism: A Comparative Security Analysis
Liberal values are under siege from terrorism, but questions exist concerning Eurocentric notions of terrorism and the source of supposedly illegitimate violence.
Democratic Peace Theory, Power, and Economic Interdependence
In order to be a successfully explanatory theory, Democratic Peace Theory needs a dose of economic interdependence.
Is the Refusal to end Poverty a form of Violence?
Despite the causes of poverty, the wealth exists to ensure that it need not. Negligence and adiaphorisation do not excuse the violence, they only clarify its existence.
Global Pandemics: A Security Threat?
This essay has argued that global pandemics are a threat to state security, the extent to which they are a threat however, is determined by how developed the state is.
