Law
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Southeast Asia has a synthetic drug problem, China has key stake in fixing it.
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Barrels of precursor chemicals seized by Myanmar police and military in Shan State. Photograph: Myanmar Police/UNODC/via Reuters Beijing has gained momentum in its bid for regional dominance in Southeast Asia. Fuelled by notions of Chinese largesse, high-tech industrial and infrastructure development, and an ongoing surge of tactical investments pouring into the region in recent years,…
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Are Human Rights Claims Mechanisms an adequate Social Justice tool to Address Inequality?
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Introduction: Equality, as a concept, is not necessarily complex or abstract. It is grounded in the idea that ‘everyone counts as one and none is more than one’.1 Extrapolating from this idea, inequality exists where needs of some are disproportionately emphasised over others. This could be a result of numerous factors.2 It is likely that…
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Security and post-conflict reconstruction in Bangsamoro: Achieving Sustainable Change through Community-based Policing
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Michaela Espenschied is a Consultant currently working with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and other international organizations. The opinion’s expressed are the author’s own and do not reflect the views of UNODC. Varied levels of civil unrest continue within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), with the current…
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From the Simla Convention to the Galwan Valley: Four Propositions on the Sino-Indian border conflict
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De-escalation efforts continue over the clash that captured the attention of the globe in June. Resulting in the deaths of over 20 Indian and an unreleased number of PLA combatants, the Galwan Valley melee has by now been well-documented.[1] During a recent closed Hudson Institute briefing under Chatham House Rules, Indian civil society leaders and…
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On The Hagia Sophia Decision: The Hagia Sophia Decision: Does it stand the test of ‘Rule of Law’?
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The complex spread of religions around the world has often been the core reason behind major disputes. Whether it be the possession of territory or dispute regarding religious monuments, some of the longest and the deadliest conflicts have seen religion as their core perpetrator. On similar lines falls the Hagia Sophia dispute; a well-known dispute…
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Major Transformative Technologies and the Five Dimensions of Security
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Cyberattacks and data theft have received a rating between 3.5 and 4 out of 5 in the 2020 World Economic Forum Global Risks report. Our societies’ ubiquitous reliance on technologies naturally comes with downsides. It is now commonplace to refer to new technologies as transformative forces in the 21st century – with the attendant discussions of opportunities and…
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THE BATSMAN’S RESPONSIBILITY: CHINA’S LIABILITY FOR ITS WET MARKETS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW
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Background and Introduction Between Covid-19 being dubbed as the “Chinese virus” and the Chinese being vilified for their traditional food habits, the People’s Republic of China has witnessed countless controversies over the recent pandemic. Several studies including the World Health Organisation have shown how the virus originally bred in bats and snakes and have attempted…
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If pregnancy was a symptom of coronavirus and labor a pandemic, paid maternity leave would be a universal policy #StayAtHome
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The Covid-19 pandemic has fostered Global Health Governance. Implementing maternity leaves should be easier than ever before. As of the 5th of June 2020, the total global death toll due to coronavirus is 396,267[1]. Coronavirus information has engulfed every news channel, every social media account gaining immense coverage. Unsurprisingly, considering these numbers and the fact…
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Clinical Economics
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The first thing that almost any student from my university will tell you, when pressed about the Return Service Agreement (RSA), is that service shouldn’t be for sale. One of the most contentious issues of UP Manila life is how every student of a health sciences program who has lost sleep over an exam the…
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Conservative climate policy: where are we heading?
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Harvey Phythian analyses the government’s record on the environment After 10 years in government, the Conservatives have recently tried to represent their environmental policy – and its supposes success – as a natural extension of Conservative thinking. While climate change, sustainability and environmental issues are not generally the focus when the Conservatives talk about the…