From the Good Friday Agreement to Brexit to Sunak’s latest deal: Are we one step closer to resolving the issue of the Northern Ireland Protocol?
UK politics Jasmine Cundiff UK politics Jasmine Cundiff

From the Good Friday Agreement to Brexit to Sunak’s latest deal: Are we one step closer to resolving the issue of the Northern Ireland Protocol?

First it was Theresa May, then Boris Johnson, now Rishi Sunak. Successive UK Prime Ministers have tried to resolve the issue of the Northern Irish border post-Brexit. Rishi Sunak aims to put the matter to rest with the Windsor Framework. This article examines the political sensitivities in Northern Ireland and explores whether the new deal is a cause for optimism.

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Selectivity and the ‘Brick-by-Brick Defence’: A History-Based Critique of the Proposed Special Tribunal for Ukraine
Armed conflict Matthew Parish Armed conflict Matthew Parish

Selectivity and the ‘Brick-by-Brick Defence’: A History-Based Critique of the Proposed Special Tribunal for Ukraine

With the war in Ukraine entering its second year, some have proposed the creation of an international criminal ‘Special Tribunal’ to prosecute Russian aggression. This blog post argues that an alternative method of legal accountability must be sought, as the creation of a Special Tribunal would be unjustifiably ‘selective’ and inexcusably in violation of the rule of law.

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