UN – The Laws of Rule

IBSA: the voice that dare not speak its name

Posted on 29/11/201110/03/2012 by markbtaylor

On the heels of a report to the UN Human Rights Council detailing widespread human rights abuse in Syria, attention will no doubt return to the Security Council in New York. LoR Contributor Graham Usher reports that the so-called emerging powers on the Council have yet to bring a new perspective on human rights. New…

They’re in such a state

Posted on 20/09/201128/09/2011 by markbtaylor

The legal advisors of foreign ministries around the world months ago advised their political bosses that the Palestinian bid for membership at the United Nations is unproblematic. Legally. Palestine certainly meets the standard criteria for recognition as a state (see the 1933 Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States or this excellent summary…