Journal Review Mark Muhannad Ayyash, ‘The paradox of political violence’ European Journal of Social Theory August 2013 vol. 16 no. 3,…
The International Criminal Court
‘The tide has finally turned. Today, those responsible for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and other gross violations of…
Liberal Interventionism in UK’s Foreign Policy
Journal Article Analysis Liberal Intervention in the Foreign Policy Thinking of Tony Blair and David Cameron’, with Pauline Schnapper, Cambridge…
The Instrumentality of International law: a tale of deceit
”The individual human being ……is the ultimate unit of all law.” (Hersch Lauterpacht, 1943, creator of the legal concept, ‘Crimes against…
The Law of Armed Conflict and the Politics of Killing Children in Gaza
Originally posted on Essays on Human Rights , Law and International Relations:
Photo by Sean JOHNSTON on Pexels.com In an increasingly conflict ridden world plagued by brutal military…
Criminology: Can Torture ever be justified?
Should the use of torture be reserved for the most extreme cases involving suspected terrorists? The writings of the philosopher,…
Does International Law Protect Refugees?
This essay explores the question of whether the existence of legal protection for refugees provided for by International law such…
The Privatization of Warfare
What are the advantages and disadvantages of devolving the state’s monopoly on the use of legitimate force? Taylor discusses the…
Cosmopolitan values and protection for individuals
Edward Song discusses a cosmopolitan view posited by political theorists emphasizing the idea that ‘individuals are the ultimate units of…
Gender and Protection
The relationship between gender and protection Edwards asserts that that there is an absence of a ‘universally agreed binding treaty…
The idea of Universality of Human Rights
Can ‘human rights’ offer significant protection to individual persons? The advisory opinion of the IACtHR recognises that ‘ humans possess fundamental…
The Protection of Stateless Individuals
The possibilities of bringing stateless persons back into the protections of citizenship. I reflected this week on the ironies that…