Let Those Without Sin Cast the First Stone
12.09.2024
It has been said that “satellites don’t have mothers”. However, a nuclear-material-laden satellite detonating in space could have consequences that produce ripple effects on global peace and security. This threat...
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Remembrance Day for No One?
11.07.2024
Tim Huyeng
Selin Schumacher
Commemoration tends to fail, and memorial days often lead to disappointment. The "International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica," enshrined in UN Resolution A/78/L.67/Rev.1, has...
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Gedenktag für Niemanden?
11.07.2024
Tim Huyeng
Selin Schumacher
Gedenken tendiert zum Scheitern und Gedenktage zur Enttäuschung. Mit dem „International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica“ manifestiert sich in UN-Resolution A/78/L.67/Rev.1 ein globaler Aufhänger...
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Der UN-Ausschuss zur Beseitigung rassistischer Diskriminierung
24.05.2024
Der Vortrag stellt Organisation und Tätigkeit des UN-Ausschuss zur Beseitigung rassistischer Diskriminierung vor. Dem Ausschuss, dem ältesten der zehn UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies, kommt die Aufgabe zu, die Einhaltung...
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What Have the Recent UN Attempts to Regulate Lethal Autonomous Weapons Brought?
19.09.2022
Lutiana Valadares Fernandes Barbosa
Gustavo Macedo
Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) are no longer science fiction. They have already been deployed in real scenarios. According to the Panel of Experts on Libya established pursuant to United...
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Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by Peacekeepers in the Central African Republic
06.09.2022
On the difficult path from conflict to peace, peacekeepers can unfortunately become perpetrators of violence against the populations they seek to secure. Peacekeeping has been accused of occasionally creating a...
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The Responsibility to Protect as a Responsibility to Deny
30.06.2022
Sophie Maria Martha Wollert
We live in a horrific reality in which governments are committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, and even genocide against their people (the following are referred to as...
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