United Nations

The international community failed at preventing mass atrocities during the Bosnian war, but has it also failed in its nation-building efforts there since?

Since R2P’s adoption, has the international community been more likely to respond to crises?

On Japan, its peace constitution, and how the country could take a leading role at the United Nations. By Patrick Quinton-Brown.

Responsibility to Protect is far from failing, argues Evan Cinq-Mars.

As the early jockeying to replace Ban Ki-moon begins, Ramesh Thakur considers how the method of choosing the SG could be reformed.

Roland Paris on why operational failure isn’t the biggest risk to peacekeeping.

Ninette Kelley, UNHCR’s representative in Lebanon, on what it means to be living as a Syrian refugee there.

What you need to know about “the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era.”

As delegates assemble in Peru for COP20, Alice Bell sums up the state of climate change action.

We charted the speeches of 17 of the biggest powers in the world at the UN.

Paul Meyer on a new report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights about electronic surveillance.

On balance, international peacekeepers are more effective than the headlines might have you believe, says Roland Paris.

The edifice of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty is under great strain. Unless serious remedial action is taken, its structural integrity may be fatally compromised, says Paul Meyer.

The “responsibility to protect” be made real through “the capacity to deploy,” says Hugh Segal. Without that, the doctrine will lose salience.

Putin is not the sole obstacle holding the world back. By Ramesh Thakur.

Peacekeeping missions will not succeed when there is no peace to keep, says Josh Scheinert.

Bob Rae on our collective failure to properly enforce the rule of law.

But as with any emerging norm there are issues that must be overcome, says Art Eggleton.

Dr. John Ruggie spearheaded the UN’s effort to transform the relationship between business and human rights. OpenCanada spoke to Ruggie about the evolution of global CSR norms and the road ahead.

Cyberspace issues are now being debated at the UN from both national security and human rights perspectives. Paul Meyer probes the scope and depth of the current discussion.