Access to official documents is crucial – let’s make it a reality
People have the right to know what those in power are doing. This was the basis on which the Council of Europe Convention on...
The virus that shut down the world: The yawning gulf between rich and poor
Inequality between the rich and poor worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic and poverty increased, for the first time in decades. In part two of...
Data-driven Cities Have Better Responses to COVID-19
As a second wave of COVID-19 causes further economic and social disruption worldwide, data-driven cities, powered by smart infrastructure and solutions, are using data...
The Interconnectedness Between Covid-19 And International Environmental Law
Authors: Harsh Mahaseth and Pranjal Risal*
There is a link between human health and that of animals and the environment but this phenomenon has been worsened...
Climate Change in Vanuatu: Problems Ensue
Authors: Harsh Mahaseth and Shubham Sharma*
Vanuatu announced its intention to seek legal action against corporations and governments who have benefited from products which had...
2021: A Platform for Human Fraternity
As 2020 comes to a close, we find ourselves looking back at one of the most turbulent years in recent memory. The global pandemic...
The State That Does Not Become a State
When is a state a state? There is a multi-layered debate in politics and political science itself on this relatively simple question. Does a...
Another Human Rights Day with Ongoing Atrocities
December 10this Human Rights Day, the anniversary of the Declaration of the Human Rights (UDHR). UDHR was adopted by the United Nations (UN) General...
Five years on, the Paris Climate Accord needs political will more than ever
December 12, 2020 marked five years since the signing of the historic Paris Climate Agreement, or the Paris Accord. A total of 196 countries...
Confusing Order in Order to Order
There is currently a great deal of speculation, some of it emotional and dramatic, by all manner of political theorists and international relations pundits...