Now that the election has been called for May 3, parliament has been dissolved and the caretaker government period has commenced. During this period, the caretaker conventions require the government ...

Jan. 30 -- Up until Sept. 11, few Americans knew or cared much about the Geneva Conventions. Now, the Geneva Conventions are a part of daily discourse in Washington, a measure of the treatment of al ...

Watching and reading coverage of last week’s Republican National Convention and this week’s Democratic National Convention, I’ve found myself surprisingly nostalgic for them from afar. I watch news ...

Laws of the Constitution occupy a central place in any system of democracy because they are enforceable in courts of law. Most modern states - such as the United States, India, Germany and Pakistan - ...

There are two UN Conventions on Statelessness. They seek to protect people who are currently stateless and prevent and end statelessness globally. Countries decide who their nationals are, setting ...

Remind me: Why are we doing this? That was the question bouncing around in my head after I spent my first 24 hours in Tampa on increasingly soggy ground. The twin horrors of Tropical Storm Isaac and ...