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The Pharmakon of Shame
Read more: The Pharmakon of ShameSéan Kennedy and Joseph Valente, editors of Irish Shame, explore the intricate relationship between empathy and shame in this blog.
Africa Food Security and the WTO
by Onsando Osiemo The food security dilemma Africa’s food security is ever worsening. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): “…nearly 282 million people in Africa (about 20 percent of the population) were undernourished in 2022, an increase of…
Who are the displaced?
Millions of displaced people don’t count as refugees. Who are they, and how can they be better protected by political and legal systems?
Judah P Benjamin: 19th Century Asylum Seeker
by Bill Gilmore Throughout much of the western world, the issue of the granting of asylum has assumed ever greater visibility over recent months. Nowhere is this more so than in the United Kingdom. The numbers of, restrictions on, and…
The second life of the Energy Charter Treaty
by Dr Ernesto Bonafé Born in the aftermath of the Cold War, the Energy Charter Treaty will have a second life, in a warmer planet, with reminiscent tensions heating up. The goal in the early nineties was to extend market-based…
Anniversary of the African Union: AJICL Virtual Issue
By Prof. Hajer GUELDICH Prof Hajer GUELDICH introduces our special African Journal of International and Comparative Law Virtual issue on the anniversary of the African Union. This issue is free to access on the Edinburgh University Press journals website until…
Video: A Conversation with Daniel Matthews and William MacNeil
Having won the Penny Pether Prize for his book Earthbound: The Aesthetics of Sovereignty in the Anthropocene, author Daniel Matthews joined series editor William MacNeil for a discussion on the book. They discuss how Matthew’s theory of language informed his…
Understanding Emerging Trends in the European Union Climate Litigations as a Neo-Functionalist: Part Two
By Shashi Kant Yadav Read Part One Climate Change and Neo-functionalism In the past decade, the EU’s supranational institutions have expanded their integrational approach eventually facilitating interest groups to mobilize beyond their state boundaries as an actor rather than a subject. To explain…
Understanding Emerging Trends in the European Union Climate Litigations as a Neo-Functionalist: Part One
By Shashi Kant Yadav “If groups within or among states believe that supranational institutions are more promising than national institutions in achieving their interests, then regional integration will result …” Haas, E.B. In 2018, members of ten European families, engaged…
Fatou Bensouda: beyond the symbols, what can we learn nine years later?
By Gbandi Benjamin DARE and Elisée Judicaël TIEHI Elected by consensus on 12 December 2011 by the Assembly of States Parties, Fatou Bensouda will officially step down as Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 15 June 2021. The…