April 22, 2021
Hans Kung: Towards a Global Ethic
Hans Kung was a Swiss Roman Catholic theologian who died on 6 April 2021 at the age of 93. He…
June 27, 2020
Sudan’s Recovery Crippled by U.S. Sanctions Policy
Economic recovery from decades of stagnation and misuse of resources during the 30-year dictatorship of Omar al-Bashir is critical for…
February 6, 2020
World Court Censures Myanmar for Violating Genocide Convention
On 23 January 2020, a panel of 17 judges of the World Court (also called "the International Court of Justice"…
October 8, 2019
Lord Boyd Orr: A World Citizen’s Focus on Food
There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of the population lack the necessities…
June 14, 2019
Middle East Regional Negotiations in Good Faith Needed
The recent 13 June mine explosions on two Japanese oil tankers, the Kohaka Courageous and the Front Altair in the…
May 30, 2019
UN Peacekeeping Forces: One Tool Among Many
On May 29, the world marked the International Day of the United Nations Peacekeepers, a date chosen in memory of…
April 28, 2019
The League of Nations and its Unused Peace Army
28 April 1919 can be considered as the birth of the League of Nations. The creation of the League had…
February 5, 2019 Reprisals on
Reprisals on
Human Rights Defenders:
Need for NGO Action
On 23 January 2019, the U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a statement listed States which had carried out reprisals or…