IIEAThis blog evaluates the prospects for peace in Syria in the context of the Syrian Constitutional Committee and the pursuit of constructive diplomacy to overcome the major challenges facing the political process.
Global Europe
Prosecutor of the ICC, Fatou Bensouda, addresses the importance of accountability to the international rules-based order in the context of the work of the ICC.
United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, addresses the prospects for peace in Syria.
Minister Varga and Minister Byrne discuss the rule of law in the European Union, and the challenges facing it.
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney, addresses Ireland’s priorities for the UN Security Council in 2021-2022
Mark DempseyThis explainer aims to introduce Ireland’s membership of the UN Security Council by examining some of its key features and functions, as well as by assessing what Ireland can hope to achieve during its two-year term.
Thomas Byrne TD, Minister of State for European Affairs, and Michael O’Flaherty, Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, discuss recent developments in LGBTIQ equality in the EU.
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu reflects on the prospects and milestones for the disarmament agenda in the COVID era.
This explainer aims to provide a broad overview of the attitudes towards LGBTIQ rights across the EU.
The rule of law is a core value of the European Union, and ultimately underpins the political, legal and economic coherence of the Union. Breaches to the rule of law threaten to undermine these foundations of the Union and leave room for corruption, disinformation, foreign interference and erosion of democratic freedoms.
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