World Peace and Gender Equality: Addressing UN Security Council Resolution 1325’s Weaknesses

Gender equality, good governance, and peace

Naming and Shaming: Human Rights Accountability in Security Council Resolution 1960 (2010) on Women, Peace and Security

This paper provides a critical analysis of the United Nations (UN) Security Council’s ‘naming and shaming’ provision in operative paragraph 3 of Security Council resolution 1960 (2010), arguing this is a counterproductive development in the contemporary collective security approach to women, peace and security. Resolution 1960, the fifth Security Council resolution on women, peace and security,...

Kant's Perpetual Peace and World Government

The UN Security Council, Indifference, and Genocide in Rwanda

Habyarimana of Rwanda had mysteriously crashed as it approached the Kigali airport. My first response was to study the photograph of the dead president; after closely covering his comings and goings for the past several months, it struck me as odd that the first time that I would see his face was in a newspaper article announcing his death. Then I felt frustration bordering on exasperation. As ...

Reforming the Working Methods of the UN Security Council

„ „ To„achieve„its„aims,„ACT„will„have„to„avoid„being„caught„up„in„the„stalled„debate„over„ Council„membership„reform.„The„group,„currently„dominated„by„small„states,„will„ also„need„new„partners„from„different„geographical„regions,„and„with„more„political„ weight.„Moreover,„if„ACT„wants„to„involve„the„permanent„members„of„the„Security„ Council,„it„may„have„to„limit„its„emphasis„on„the„role„of„...