Children: peace, equality & dignity On World Children’s Day, in a world marked by fragility and fragmentation, we are reminded that peace, equality and human dignity cannot be fulfilled without the realisation of children’s rights. Ton Liefaard and Rehana Dole • November 19, 2025
International law in the conflict in Gaza/Israel: Meeting the challenges The unfolding situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and Israel underscores the importance of international law, and the terrible consequences of its disregard. Helen Duffy and Giulia Pinzauti • November 14, 2023 • 2 comments
UN accountability & the Bosnian War The UN needs to be held legally accountable for its actions during the Bosnian War to achieve justice for Bosnian War survivors and to live up to its own legal and moral standards. Mathes Rausch • October 05, 2021
Can not restricting human rights violate them? We are used to conceiving human rights as freedoms of the individual from government intervention. COVID-19 might put this assumption to the test and show that the opposite might also be true. Sarah Lupi • April 03, 2020
The UNSC: An Outdated System facing a Modern Crisis? Is COVID-19 only a matter of public health? Is it not a threat to international peace and security? Qualifying COVID-19 as a mere matter of “public health” is highly reductive. Dorine Nauleau • March 27, 2020
Making the case for the rights of street children at the global and local level The Child Law Department has produced a new report on the rights of street children in an exciting new partnership bringing the work of academia and the NGO world together, to support the 2012 International Children’s Peace Prize. Claire Achmad • October 15, 2012
