• The Illusion Of Online Security In The Social Media ‘Era’: A Critique Of Data Protection Failures In The United Kingdom (UK)

    The Illusion Of Online Security In The Social Media ‘Era’: A Critique Of Data Protection Failures In The United Kingdom (UK)

    Personal data is at the core of every industry, from healthcare and education, to banking and social media. Is it therefore, concerning that the primary law that surrounds personal data and its protection in the UK was last updated in 1998? The Data Protection Act of 1998 was adopted from a directive submitted by the…

  • The Difference between Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing

    The Difference between Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing

    Introduction The distinction between genocide and ethnic cleansing is a “grey area” that befuddles scholars, policy makers, and students alike. The concepts of “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing” can be illustrated through examples. An instance of genocide would be the Holocaust, the systematic obliteration of the Jewish population during the Second World War in Nazi Germany…

  • Responsibility to Protect Syria – A Case Study

    Responsibility to Protect Syria – A Case Study

    Introduction It is widely believed that non-intervention is the norm within an international society since international law restricts the use of force except for purposes of self-defense or by way of collective enforcement as authorized by the United Nations Security Council (Bellamy and Wheeler 2014). This misunderstanding is grounded in the debate on how the…