Apr 6, 2023 | Edition 34, Editions, Perspectives
As the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has just passed, there are few signs of the war coming to an end in the near future. Readers will recall that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine – which has been ongoing since 2014 – took a significant turn...
Apr 6, 2023 | Edition 34, Perspectives
Prospects of peace and an end to the war in Ukraine need to be assessed in the context of three overlapping developments. Three events are overlapping. First, the war in the Ukraine is escalating in terms of both weaponry and casualties. This presents a problem...
Sep 11, 2022 | Edition 31, War
Journalists are continually subject to harm or the threat of harm during their reporting in foreign wars. The US based Committee to Protect Journalists states that at least 24 journalists have been murdered in 2022 so far globally. The surge in armed groups such...
Sep 11, 2022 | Edition 31, Perspectives
It was in the early days of June, while on a visit to my native country Trinidad and Tobago, that I learned about the sad passing of Judge Antonio Augusto Cançado Trindade. Although I never met the learned Judge in person, as a sitting Member of the International...
Jun 8, 2022 | Book Reviews, Edition 29, Governance, Legal Theory, UN Security Council
While the question of tyranny and how the law creates and supports tyranny in society arises frequently in research, including my own, until this delightful new book there has been no comprehensive treatment of the concept. In On Tyranny in the Global Legal Order,...
