Why the Continuing Siege on Reproductive Rights?
Understanding attacks on reproductive rights requires examining historical, psychological, legal, religious, & political perspectives to find answers.
Review – UNICEF: Global Governance That Works
Jolly’s analysis offers its readers a powerful understanding of the work that UNICEF has done on humanity-focused development and its unique nature within the UN system.
Review Feature – One Family, One Destiny
This feature examines two books that explore universalised human nature and political action, and deftly illuminate the epistemological lineages of the modern world.
Opposition in Bolivarian Venezuela: Caught Between Conflict and Compromise
The Venezuelan opposition has undergone important changes in an institutionalist direction in its composition, discursive emphasis, and strategic direction.
States, Migrants, and Rights
Today, refugees are increasingly at risk in the context of a European approach to migration which has once again made refugees deportable. This trend requires attention.
Egypt’s New Constitution: A Mixed Bag
The new Egyptian constitution is a mix of progressive and regressive elements. Its success depends on the willingness of the judiciary and military to support reforms.
Syria Teaches Us Little About Questions of Military Intervention
To some, the international response to the Syrian crisis has meant the end of the R2P. But the lack of intervention in Syria teaches us little about the intervention norm.
Edited Collection – R2P, Syria and Humanitarianism in Crisis
A free edited volume bringing together the leading voices on R2P & humanitarian intervention to examine the doctrine’s validity in the context of Syria’s humanitarian emergency.
Victims, Agency, and Human Rights
The existing conceptualization of victim paradigms held in international law fails to provide a nuanced understanding of victim agency. Does the concept of ‘burdened agency’ have the potential to address this problem?
The European Union’s Next Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Prize Committee appears to have missed an opportunity to identify what is most distinctive about the EU and its contribution to “fraternity among nations” – its dispute settlement system.
