Tag: Law
104 Articles
- Global Governance
Is International Criminal Justice Enough? Reconciliation and Justice After Mass Violence
Introduction Over the past several decades, criminal accountability has become a central mechanism of transitional justice after mass violence and is seen as an intrinsic…
November 8, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
Arbitrary Judicial Detention? The Challenges of Protecting Nationals Unfairly Detained Abroad
The arrest of Meng Wanzhou, a senior Huawei executive in Canada, created a considerable steer in China. Meng was arrested at the United States’ request for alleged fraud in…
October 6, 2021
- Conflict & Security
Deplatforming and Adaptation: Similarities Between Religious and Ideological Extremism
The Spectrum of Extremis On March 17th this year, Mike Burgess, the Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), announced in his Annual Threat…
May 24, 2021
- Society & Culture
Mapuche Movements in Chile: From Resistance to Political Recognition
Introduction Since the creation of nation-states, indigenous peoples have been forced to assume roles assigned to them by Western society. However, in the last decades,…
May 21, 2021
- Society & Culture
Education as Activism in the Syrian Civil War
The civil war has taken a horrifying toll on primary education in Syria. One in three schools have been damaged or destroyed, and a total of 2.4 million children are currently…
May 20, 2021
- Business & Economics
The Trials and Tribulations of Big Tech in the US-China Relationship
September 20, 2020, was the deadline for transactions by Tencent’s WeChat and ByteDance’s TikTok to cease operations within the United States set by the Trump administration.…
May 20, 2021
- Global Governance
COVID-19 and Organized Crime: the Politics of Illicit Markets, States, and the Pandemic
COVID-19 is challenging state capacity in Latin America as political leaders scramble to stem the rate of infection and vaccinate their populations in a region that is among the…
May 19, 2021
- Conflict & Security
Inclusive Governance in Upper Karabakh Can Bring a Lasting Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace
The so-called “Forty-Four-Day War” between Armenia and Azerbaijan in late 2020 resulted from the abject failure of the protracted peace process that was mediated by the OSCE…
May 18, 2021
- Dialogues
Professor Robert Beckman on the Role of UNCLOS in Maritime Disputes
GJIA: Could you briefly outline the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and explain why it is significant in the handling of maritime disputes, especially…
May 6, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
Using Social Media to Improve Nigeria’s Electoral Management
Using Social Media to improve Nigeria’s Electoral Management The last two general elections in Nigeria—2015 and 2019—have seen social media play an increasingly important…
April 22, 2021