Pei-Lun Tsai Ph.D. student, School of Law, University of Nottingham Sports and human rights, two concepts that seem to have little relevance, are in fact closely linked against the backdrop of the Olympic Movement. The respect for human rights is embedded in the Olympic Charter and past practice has seen occasional use of the Olympic […]
Christine Ie-Ting Lin Universiteit Leiden, MIRD To understand the institutional design of the EU, one often encounters the problems on the names of the organs and their competences under the Union. The institutional design of the EU contains seven main organs of the EU[1], and they fall into three main powers: executive, legislative and […]
Pei-Lun Tsai Ph.D. student, School of Law, University of Nottingham On 12 June 2012, the Falkland Islands Government announced the plan of holding a referendum on the islands’ political status. Sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, located in the South Atlantic Ocean and with a population of approximately 3,000, has been a subject of long-term dispute […]
Christine Ie-Ting Lin Universiteit Leiden, MIRD As the integration of Europe has been credited as the most successful experience in regional integration, and with various theories in International Relations attempt on giving the integration process a theoretical discourse, the study of European integration has been thrived ever since, and also taken as the module of […]