Júlia Oliveira Souza, Jeehae G. Park, & Carlos L. Yordán Background: Driven by a desire to prevent the atrocities of the Second World War, the authors of The Charter of the United Nations (1945) required the UN and its member states to establish the pillars of the current global human […]
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Júlia Oliveira Souza Introduction Human Rights is a topic constantly studied and discussed, and there is much which can be revealed about international politics through the lens of this subject. The global human rights regime established and encouraged by the United Nations has changed the world’s behavior towards the matter, […]
Jeehae G. Park Introduction Since Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, calls to reform the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have become more persistent and louder. Critics have especially questioned the legitimacy of the veto, an exclusive right the Charter of the United Nations granted to the […]
Carlos L. Yordán The United Nations General Assembly’s General Debate is one of the UN’s most important events. For close to two weeks, the world’s leaders come to the organization’s headquarters in New York City to deliver an official statement on their governments’ views on how to best address the […]