Category: International Law

One of the issues with combating terrorism is the absence of a definition that could be considered universal. Schmid (2004) proposes the following definition: Terrorism is an anxiety-inspiring method of repeated violent action, employed by (semi-) clandestine individual, group, or state actors, for idiosyncratic, criminal, or political reasons, whereby  in contrast to assassination …

International Law Hugo Grotius was born on April 10, 1583 in Holland. He was raised in a family of well-educated people with ambitions. Grotius started reading when he was three years old and his mother prohibited him to read. When he was eight years old his brother died and thats when he started writing poems…

Introduction War is changing from conventional conflicts between nations to small-wars as counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, ethnic and religious conflicts (Rochester, 2016, s. 10). The change is from interstate war to new wars involving nonstate actors and armed forces. The modern warfare post challenges to the United Nations (UN) Charter, the Geneva Conventions and other legal documents…

Abstract The following study intends to analyze the evolution of theories regarding the recognition of states in international law. Whereas the Montevideo Criteria contains the legal requirements for statehood, recognition is largely dependent on the political will of the other states. The question faced by the contemporary international community is whether a state is held…

Eurocentrism is under challenge in international law today.[footnoteRef:1] One may ponder what is eurocentrism. The term Eurocentrism denotes a world-view that posits European history and values as normal and superior to others, thereby helping to produce and justify Europes dominant position within the global capitalist world system.[footnoteRef:2] In order to understand how eurocentrism had continuously…

Is international law Really a law? The most seen to; issue regarding those who study international law is whether or not it can be seen as real law. There are two different types of thoughts that can be perceived through this, one being from the realist view and the other from a liberal view. I…

Why has international law found it difficult to find a resolution to the Syrian conflict? In 2018, Russian and Iran supported Syrian government to recapture areas in eastern Ghouta in Damascus countryside and Daraa governorate. Syrian government used different methods to make anti-groups in these areas to surrender. In Syrian conflict for a particular time…

Definition International law is a set of principles or norms in the shape of treaties and agreements which countries accept as binding with respect to their dealings with other nations. It defines the ways in which nations would interact with other nations, people and organizations. Introduction International law is generally categorized into two classes, i.e.…

Introduction While a law is a set of rules that govern the behavior of people in a certain country or geographic boundary, International law is the law that governs the behaviors of states and other international persons. Because international law is applied at the international level, this analytical article will be different from the other…

Transnational policing is most frequently quoted as a solution to organized crime. Organized crime is a global phenomenon beyond the scope of any one agency or jurisdiction to deal with alone. So cooperation, international law enforcement, mutual legal assistance and transnational criminal investigation and knowledge or information helps to control the risk of such crime…