International Law
UN Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (1997)
On May 21, 1997, the United Nations General Assembly issued Resolution 51/229, approving the International Convention on the Use of Watercourses for Non-Navigational Purposes....
20 Years After Palermo Convention: Towards the Universal Criminal Justice
Authors: Carlos López-Veraza Pérez and Prof. Anis H. Bajrektarevic
2020 marked the 20th anniversary of the Palermo Convention and its Protocols, the main instruments in...
The Complex World Order
With the fall of the Berlin Wall, the world order changed profoundly in 1989. The Soviet Union was dissolved, and it became a “unipolar”...
Support the UN’s leadership position and multilateralism
Despite its inability to fully satisfy people's expectations on some issues, the United Nations and its agencies, as well as other multilateral organizations, have...
Debunking the Sovereignty: From Foucault to Agamben
"Citing the end of Volume I of The History of Sexuality, Agamben notes that for Foucault, the “threshold of modernity” is reached when politics...
The End of the West in Self-annihilation (Intentionality, Directionality and Outcome)
A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.-Definition of Health, Preamble of the World...
Legal Implications of Sea Level Rise for Small Island States
A new World Bank study examining the potential legal implications of sea-level rise on the maritime and legal rights of Pacific Island nations provides...
Murderous Immortalities: Taliban Victory, Palestinian “Resistance” and Jihadi Terrorism
“An immortal person is a contradiction in terms.”-Emmanuel Levinas, God, Death and Time (2000)
Taliban Victory and Jihadi Terror: Strategic and Legal Connections
At the surface,...
South China Sea: The Equation of a New Cold War
China is an emerging power in the current world. China has come a long way from its former position to its current one. The...
OTT broadcast and its censorship: Whether a violation of freedom of speech and expression
The whole world, owing to coronavirus pandemic, is enveloped in the darkness. It has wreaked havoc on almost all the aspect of human lives....