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Happy Sunday! Again, I hope everybody is safe this weekend! After a very eventful and exciting few days in international law, let’s recap some of the biggest stories of the week. Failed coup: 250 dead, 1400 injured, 2,839 detained I did not come across a proper blog post about this so far, but still had to include it. What is happening in the world? Turkey used to be a peaceful holiday location not so long ago. China’s Legacy Maritime Claims If you are an international lawyer, or follow international law news sites and blogs you couldn’t have not heard about…
World Population Day in Six Eye-Popping Charts | UNFPA Today is World Population Day! The world’s population counts 7,3 billion people today. This year’s theme is the importance of investing in teenage girls. View the UN Population Fund’s six eye-popping charts on the topic clicking the link. The first one shows that there are more young people today than ever before in history: Click to check out the rest.
Happy Sunday! Considering all the sad events that have taken place around the world just this past week, let’s all actually take time to be grateful if we are fortunate enough to live in circumstances where wars, displacement, bombings, mass shootings and the likes are unimaginable. A huge proportion of the world’s populace would do anything to be in our shoes, so let’s appreciate life accordingly! While you’re at it, take some time to read too! Brexit and International Law I am not sure when these legal uncertainties will stop to be interesting, but I don’t suppose it is going…
Happy Sunday! Hoping everybody’s summer is going well, here’s your Sunday reading. Brexit: Is everything going to change in law, so that very little would change in fact? The British are trying to collect themselves after the appalling results of the referendum, but there is still not much we know for sure. This is one good collection of guesses. The UN is electing new members of the Security Council today. This is a big deal This indeed happened this week at the UN General Assembly with some unusual results. One Year after Sousse, It’s the Economy – Not Security –…
In other news, I just got notified that blabbing world affairs turned 5 today! It doesn’t feel right to count the being and growing of this blog from that very first day though, since it began as something very different to what it is now. Perhaps I will have to do a whole post about the birth, growth and transformation of this blog later. But first, let’s celebrate! Here’s to another 5 years! And always thank you for reading! ❤
Happy Sunday, everybody! After getting over the first big shock of the news of the week, let’s take a look at how bloggers blogged about it… “Brexit” Hangover: The Morning After a “Leave” Vote Explained This one’s been written before we knew the results, taking the possible consequences into account, thus minus the shock and disbelief included in others. Big Implications at the UN for Brexit This is one more item to add to a list of uncertainties. I think contemplating the UK leaving the UN too is completely unnecessary though, since the whole point of this referendum wasn’t anything…
I wasn’t quite sure how the address this issue, other then letting my disappointment, sadness and outrage go through. I let it dry for a day, but I am afraid I still cannot write objectively about it, so beware, this is going to be a highly biased post. On Friday morning everyone seemed to act as though this result was unimaginable, right until the very moment it was final and unchangable, while obviously when such a question is asked, it can go both ways. Even the leave voters seemed to be surprised by what they have done. How about the…
World Refugee Day seems to have a more significant meaning each year. There are more refugees in the world today than ever before since World War II. While for a long time for most of us in Europe refugees were thought to be one of the abstract phenomena that is taken care of by international organizations, this past year this phenomenon came knocking on our doors asking for shelter. Even those of us who didn’t meet them face to face on the streets on a daily basis could easily understand what it means to see their faces among the news…
Happy Sunday! The world of politics and world affairs were full of unhappy news this past week. Here’s some of the best reads from my favorite blogs… Just Six Years Ago at the UN, These Five Countries Refused to Even Mention Violence Against LGBT Communities. They Have Evolved. This one’s about the UN Security Council’s statement to condemn the Orlando massacre, and I am not sure I would also draw long term consequences from it. Wolves and Wolf Packs And still on the sideline of Orlando, a few wise words about the organization of perpetrators of such hienous acts. Belgium’s…
