Online Exclusive • 05/4/2017 • Blog
Rebirth of Universal Jurisdiction?
A recent NGO report documented a 30 percent rise in universal jurisdiction cases worldwide just when it seemed like the principle was on the decline. What's ...
Online Exclusive • 04/20/2017 • Interview
A Conversation on Statelessness with Kristy Belton
In this interview, Kristy A. Belton talks about statelessness--which affects more than ten million people worldwide--including why it persists and how we can end it. ...
Online Exclusive • 04/20/2017 • Blog
What We’ve Been Reading
Welcome to our roundup of news and current events related to ethics and international affairs! Here’s what we’ve been reading this month.
Online Exclusive • 04/11/2017 • Blog
Tomahawk Foreign Policy: Trump and The Use of Force Short of War
What can just war thinking and the use of force short of war tell us about Trump's strike against Syria?
Spring 2017 (31.1) • Journal Issue
Spring 2017 (31.1)
The Spring 2017 issue includes essays by Michael Ignatieff on human rights and the ordinary virtues; Kristy A. Belton on the prospect of ending statelessness in ...
Spring 2017 (31.1) • Essay
Human Rights, Global Ethics, and the Ordinary Virtues
Drawing on research from site-visits to eight countries, this essay explores whether human rights has become a global ethic, and, if so, how the concept ...
Spring 2017 (31.1) • Essay
Heeding the Clarion Call in the Americas: The Quest to End Statelessness
In 2014, the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees launched the #IBelong Campaign to eradicate statelessness by 2024. Given that UN Secretary-General António ...
Spring 2017 (31.1) • Essay
Rethinking the Concept of a “Durable Solution”: Sahrawi Refugee Camps Four Decades On
The Sahrawi people have been housed in refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria since 1975. This essay uses the case of the Sahrawi to illustrate the problematic ...
Spring 2017 (31.1) • Essay
Introduction: The Responsibility to Protect and the Refugee Protection Regime
Would states be moved to take in more refugees if the problem was framed explicitly in terms of the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP)? In January 2016, ...
Spring 2017 (31.1) • Feature
Shame on EU? Europe, RtoP, and the Politics of Refugee Protection
In this feature, Dan Bulley argues that there is little to be gained by invoking the RtoP norm in the context of the refugee crisis. ...