United Nations

UN Peacekeeping in Darfur: A ‘Quagmire’ That We Cannot Accept

James Sloan • Jun 3 2014 • Articles

The Security Council must move away from its policy of militarized peacekeeping in favour of doing something that may actually work in alleviating human suffering.

Examining the UN World Intellectual Property Organization

Kathy Bowrey • May 9 2014 • Articles

Drawing significance from the World Intellectual Property Organization data is affected by how one thinks about their own future in the global economy.

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification: Issues and Challenges

Kannan Ambalam • Apr 30 2014 • Articles

Institutionalisation processes and the North-South debate limit the optimal deployment of the Convention in addressing poverty and ensuring sustainable development.

The Moral Obligation to Intervene in Rwanda

Joshua Kassner • Apr 16 2014 • Articles

Whilst the genocide was transpiring in Rwanda in 1994, there was only one morally defensible course of action for the international community – intervention.

India’s Vote on Sri Lanka: A Responsible Choice

Bhaskar Balakrishnan • Apr 10 2014 • Articles

On 27 March 2014, the UN Human Rights Council adopted Resolution 25/1 on Sri Lanka. India abstained in the vote, which was a sensible, responsible, and balanced decision.

The Veto: Problems and Prospects

Thomas G. Weiss and Giovanna Kuele • Mar 27 2014 • Articles

Permanent Security Council membership and the veto appear anachronistic relics. They are here to stay because every proposed change raises as many problems as it solves.

Climate Change, Limits to Adaptation and the ‘Loss and Damage’ Debate

Kirstin Dow and Frans Berkhout • Mar 13 2014 • Articles

An actor-centered and sustainable development framing would lead to a politically-achievable response to the urgent problem of climate-related crises around the world.

When WPS Met CEDAW (and Broke Up with R2P?)

Susan Harris Rimmer • Mar 13 2014 • Articles

18 October 2013 was a red letter day for global women’s rights, revolutionizing the situation of women in conflict prevention, conflict & post-conflict situations.

Revisiting ‘Responsibility to Protect’ after Libya and Syria

Mohammed Nuruzzaman • Mar 8 2014 • Articles

R2P contains glaring theoretical drawbacks and its practice by Western powers creates the scope for a mix up of humanitarian concerns with their strategic interests.

The Palestinian Territories and The (Self)legitimizazion of the Settlements

Lorenzo Kamel • Feb 14 2014 • Articles

It is often claimed that Article 80 of the UN Charter preserves Israel’s right to establish settlements. This problematic approach requires a better public understanding.

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