by Andrea Lorch | Apr 6, 2022 | All, Human Rights, Law of War, Russia, Ukraine
Since the mid-twentieth century, each generation has been defined by war. War has dominated our society in the worldwide instability that has followed both World Wars and mass global colonization. Since 1947, the number of conflicts in the world have continued to...
by Alec Goodrich | Apr 5, 2022 | All, Law of War
State sovereignty, a nation’s absolute right of territorial integrity, is the bedrock of the current international order. The United Nations Charter is based on the principle of sovereign equality of all its Member States, and a violation of a state’s sovereignty is...
by Sarah Burns | Apr 4, 2022 | All, ICC, Uncategorized, United Nations
Background The concept of an international tribunal to prosecute accused perpetrators of violent crimes had been proposed countless times before the official establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2002. It was first proposed in 1872 by Gustav...
by John LaLime | Apr 1, 2022 | All
Like most modern international institutions, the United Nations Security Council, and the United Nations itself, traces its origins back to the end of the Second World War. The Council – both exclusive and amorphous – possesses the power to make decisions that can...
by Austin Newman | Mar 31, 2022 | All, Europe, History, Public International Law, Russia
The horrifying and tragic situation in Ukraine should shock no one; it is just the latest in a pattern of actions that Russia has undergone to induce former Soviet Republics (SSRs) into compliance in an attempt to assert its dominance as a global power. Russia has...
by Sabrina Rodriguez | Mar 29, 2022 | All, CEDAW, Human Rights, Women
Regional human rights systems address violence against women differently largely because different regions suffer from different maladies and issues. The Inter-American system addressed violence against women earlier than any other region in the world, starting with...
