international law

Healing America and Restoring Its Standing in the World: An A to Z Guide

January 14, 2021

The world watched on Jan. 6, 2021, as thousands of the most extreme supporters of President Donald Trump marched on the United States Capitol after hearing his rallying cry to “fight” and “take back” the country. Inside the Capitol, Vice President Mike Pence was presiding over a joint session of Congress to certify the …

Governance, Health and Population, Human Rights, International Justice, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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COVID-19

Is It a Crime to Mishandle a Public Health Response?

April 26, 2020

by David J. Scheffer

As the new coronavirus disease, Covid-19, continues to threaten lives and livelihoods around the world, many people are seeking to hold government and corporate leaders to account for their blunders during the pandemic. But in the United States and many other countries, public health malpractice is a relatively underdeveloped area of the law, and …

Covid-19, International Justice

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WORLDVIEWS

Is Global Cooperation Over? Midwesterners Assess the Trends

May 8, 2017

by Keith Porter

We stand on the shoulders of those who created the international order, which has prevented world war for more than 70 years. “American leaders who laid foundations of the contemporary world order envisioned a world in which all peoples might pursue shared peace, prosperity and dignity. They hoped to forge a global community under …

ICC, Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, US Foreign Relations, WORLDVIEWS

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WORLDVIEWS

The UN’s Three Main Bodies Are Failing to Do Their Job

October 11, 2016

by Mona Ali Khalil

“Those who seek to bestow legitimacy must themselves embody it, and those who invoke international law must themselves submit to it.” So spoke United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the 59th session of the UN General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2004. Annan’s statement should be understood to apply to the principal organs of …