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14 May Immigrants and Assimilation
...more who are doing so today. Dual citizenship again is a crucial factor. In the past, you had to choose. Should I forfeit my original citizenship, something on the order (in Peter Schuck’s formulation) of abandoning your first love? That probably made more likely the convergence of affective and instrumental motivations in the naturalization decision. Today, you can add a citizenship for instrumental reasons (even trivial ones, like getting the better treatment at the airport) without being forced to factor in sentimental factors (and “loyalty”, whatever that means today). (I...16 Dec 16 things to know about UN Sanctions
...the termination of sanctions in Liberia. The aim was to strengthen these countries’ understanding of what the Council expects on sanctions issues and to enhance UN coordination on how the Organization can support implementation in these countries. 13. In 2006, the Secretary-General outlined four elements to improve the fairness and transparency of the sanctions procedures: the right to be informed; the right to be heard; the right to be reviewed by an affective review mechanism; and the need for periodic reviews, especially regarding the freezing of assets. Let me add...
19 Jan What Has 2023 Taught Us About Tomorrow’s Universities? From AI to Palestine
...‘present’ are students in their learning when in lectures? Do we create opportunities for them to be ‘present’ in tutorials? Participation is key to effective learning, highlighting the need to reflect on student behaviour rather than just police it. By contrast, emotional engagement considers affective responses. Do they display interest or indifference, enthusiasm or anxiety? Have they formed an emotional connection to the learning process, with their peers, or even with us as educators? Positive affect paves the way to sincere effort, underscoring the importance of fostering a supportive emotional...
28 Oct International Law and Popular Culture Symposium: ‘The Mauritanian’, Guantanamo, and the Politics of International Law
[ Vivek Bhatt is an Assistant Professor of International Law at Utrecht University, a Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) and the Montaigne Centre for Rule of Law and Administration of Justice, and a Member of the Essex Human Rights Centre.] Introduction Some of the most widely seen photographs from the war on terror show US soldiers at Guantanamo Bay standing over prisoners who are shackled and dressed in orange jumpsuits. These outfits have come to symbolise the morbid events of the past two decades. The Guantanamo...01 Jun The Continuing Predator Drone Campaign in Pakistan
...in the tens rather than the thousands. It is right about the humanitarian calculation of targeted killing – but it would be profoundly mistaken to assume that the soft-law community of international law sees it that way. On the contrary, to judge by the conversations I have with considerable frequency, I’d say at the affective level, targeted killing is seen not as potentially more humanitarian because more discriminating – what the human rights community, back in the day, fifteen or twenty years ago, demanded of NATO militaries – but instead...