By Daria Dergacheva
Viewers and the jury from Moldova awarded the maximum number of points — 12 points each — to the performance of representatives from the neighboring country, Ukraine
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By Kerstin Bree Carlson, Associate Professor International Law, Roskilde University
The power of international law lies in its potential to offer alternatives to force and violence. The ideal is that states submit their grievances to a court rather than duke them out on a battlefield, or carry them out against civilians.
As concerns armed violence, there are two international courts that countries can engage. The first is the International Court of Justice (ICJ). It is the world’s oldest international court, with jurisprudential roots that reach back into the 19th century. The ICJ applies international law,…
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By Mark Smith, Professor of Water Science & Heath, University of Leeds
Chris Thomas, Global Professor in Water & Planetary Health, University of Lincoln
Mosquito populations can respond quickly to changing climate, which means the location of areas at risk of malaria might change.
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By Eloise Stevens, Host, The Conversation's Curious Kids podcast
Psychologist Deborah Wells explains why dogs are so cute - and yours in particular – on The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast.
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Saturday, May 18, 2024
While there has been some recent progress for India’s LGBTQIA+ community, there is still a long way to go to overcome social stigma and prejudice, and to ensure that all people in the country feel their rights are protected, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation.
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By Mahfoud Amara, Associate Professor in Sport Policy & Management, Qatar University
Al Ahly, based in Cairo, and Esperance, in Tunis, are among the most successful clubs in the history of the main club cup competition in Africa, the CAF Champions League.
Al Ahly has reached the finals multiple times and boasts 11 titles, making it the most successful club in…
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By Amnesty International
Speaking at a commemoration marking the 15th anniversary of the end of Sri Lanka’s internal armed conflict on 18 May 2009, which culminated in the brutal Mullivaikkal offensive where countless civilian lives were lost, Agnès Callamard, Secretary General at Amnesty International, said: “Today’s anniversary is a grim reminder of the collective failure of the Sri […] The post Sri Lanka: Fifteen years after the end of war, victims still await justice at Mullivaikkal appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Louise Du Toit, Lecturer in Law, Southampton Law School, University of Southampton
Brewsters Caiphas Soyapi, Associate Professor: Environmental Change, Faculty of Law, North-West University
Louis Kotzé, Researcher at the Research Institute for Sustainability Helmholtz Center, Potsdam and Research Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, North-West University
When the Shell petroleum company announced in 2021 that it wanted to explore for fossil fuels off South Africa’s pristine Wild Coast, Indigenous communities in the area immediately fought back through the country’s courts.
In two separate cases, the communities…
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By Polly Rippon, University Teacher in Journalism, University of Sheffield
Given the forthcoming retrial, anyone reporting or publishing must take care not to breach the law on contempt of court.
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By Joshua Fagan, PhD Candidate in 19th Century British Literature, University of Washington
For Brits, ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ evokes nostalgia for a vanished, golden age. But Americans experience it as a stirring sendoff into a hopeful future.
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