Essays on International Law

Private International Law is the legal framework composed of conventions, protocols, model laws, legal guides, uniform documents, case law, practice and custom, as well as other documents and instruments, which regulate relationships between individuals in an international context. Private International law is a merger of...

I am a human rights advocate working with Afghanistan Independent human rights commission. A national human rights institution to protect and promote human rights and to investigate human rights abuses and war crimes (AIHRC). Through my job I have become more sensitive to people’s problems,...

Slavery has been defined as “the complete control of a person, for economic exploitation, by violence, or the threat of violence”. The Universal Declaration on Human Rights 1948 in Article 4 states that “no one should be held in slavery or servitude, slavery in all...

Around 2008 the international community began a more aggressive approach to combat piracy, which grew ever more expansive and proactive in the years following. According to The World Bank, in 2008 the UN Security Council passed 13 Resolutions to support anti-piracy operations aimed at the...

It is not unknown that the relationship between African American men and law enforcement has been historically and currently tense, to say the least. Due to obvious racial disparities in American prisons and the sheer amount of incarcerated people calls into question the origin, and...