11 May 2021  By Georgios Mavrodimitrakis, The European Institute for International Law and International Relations. More than six years after the outbreak of the civil war, Yemen still finds itself on the brink of collapse. Once a prosperous country, Yemen has become one of the poorest states of the Arab world and the ravaging war has lest millions without shelter, access …

 By Georgios Mavrodimitrakis, The European Institute for International Law and International Relations. Introduced by the European Commission in 2019, the European Green Deal (EGD) has been characterized as the leading mechanism for the green transition of the European economy that would combine the elements of sustainability and prosperity.  Besides its vast impact on the economy and climate, the EGD would also …

Campaign to Boycott Expo Dubai 2021 in the UAE The European Institute of International Law and International Relations announces the launch of a massive international campaign to boycott Dubai Expo 2021 in the UAE, due to the crimes against humanity that the UAE has committed and is still, especially in Yemen and Libya. The European Institute of International Law invites …

Myanmar is losing its democratic momentum. How should the international community react? After a decade of the establishment of an unstable democracy, Myanmar has fallen once again on the hands its military, on the 1st of February.  Daily images show not only the tremendous inhumanity of the bloodthirsty junta but also a remarkable wave of democratic resistance all over the …

China, the Uyghur, and mass surveillance Whether public or private, institutions for a long time have been interested in individual data (Rule 2007, p. 10). The advent of surveillance is not new and has been brewing in more developed countries for some decades now (ibid, p. 11; Brayne 2017, p. 977). Fueled by the events of 9/11, and the subsequent …

How can the EU better handle irregular migration? Illegal immigration has been out of the EU´s toughest problems to handle recently, especially during the migration crisis of 2015, where more than 1 million migrants and asylum seekers from countries like Syria, Iraq or Pakistan arrived in the EU caused by events like the Syrian civil war. Irregular migration is caused …

How can the EU better handle irregular migration? How can the EU better handle irregular migration? Illegal immigration has been out of the EU´s toughest problems to handle recently, especially during the migration crisis of 2015, where more than 1 million migrants and asylum seekers from countries like Syria, Iraq or Pakistan arrived in the EU caused by events like …

 Should the International Community change its approach towards Venezuela? Venezuela is currently immersed in a huge economic and humanitarian crisis, for instance between 2013 and 2019 its economy contracted by 65%, as well as, it has unreliable or absent water and electricity supply even in big cities. What is more, Venezuela has suffered economic sanctions for years, which have further …

In the most recent statistics, year ending June 2020, the UK received 34,423 asylum applications. Of these applications 11,116 were accepted at the initial stages and a further 2,932 after appeal. This number may seem like a lot but in comparison to comparable nations within the EU27 it is not that impressive. For instance, in France 128,000 applications were lodged …

The States Parties to this Convention, Considering the obligation of States under the Charter of the United Nations to promote universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms, Having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Recalling the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the …