El tratamiento jurídico y jurisdiccional de los secretos de Estado siempre genera polémicas. Se presentan problemas a la hora de la investigación judicial de las actividades

secretas del Estado (fondos reservados, responsabilidad de funcionarios, etc.). Se concluye que la justicia siempre tiene potestad para investigar todos los delitos, [...]

How should we evaluate international courts in terms of their effect on democratic deficits in international law-making? This article takes an initial step toward understanding

how ICs improve or weaken the presence of democratic values in international law-making, focusing on one aspect of international courts – access for transnational [...]

Efforts to reduce the gap between the research evidence base and humanitarian responses have focused on producing quality evidence and ensuring its use for decision-making.

Yet how evidence translates to field-level implementation is not well understood in humanitarian contexts. [...]

Humanitarian assistance is a key part of the global security policy toolkit. This chapter examines how the definition of humanitarianism, as humanitarian assistance in response

to conflict-related insecurity, has been broadened from the alleviation of insecurity to the actual provision of security through concepts such as military humanitarian [...]

This thesis articulates a normative theory of international law based on new natural law theory. New natural law theory is a theory of ethics, politics, and law that is based

on the classical natural law doctrine of Thomas Aquinas. The primary reference point of the thesis in relation to new natural law theory is the work of John Finnis, [...]

Austerity measures have led to the denial of social rights and widespread socio‐economic malaise across Europe. In the case of countries subjected to conditionality imposed

by international institutions, the resultant harms have highlighted a range of responsibility gaps. [...]

A debate is continuing between old humanitarianism, based on neutrality and short-term, relief-based assistance, and new humanitarianism, centring on advocacy and development.

This paper views this deliberation as the humanitarian equivalent of the legal discussion between international humanitarian law and international human rights law. [...]

Repatriation programmes facilitated by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and non-governmental organisations have been criticised as not being truly voluntary,

because refugees’ decisions are made under oppressive government policies. Yet, failing to facilitate repatriation may force refugees to stay in a host country [...]

Whilst the protection of civilians (POC) in conflict has been a recurring feature of the humanitarian discourse the same has not been true in military doctrines, where the

protection of civilians has long been cast in terms of arms bearers upholding their responsibilities under international humanitarian law (IHL). [...]

Partiendo de la base del carácter histórico e internacional de la corrupción en el sector público, que daña a la Administración Pública y a la rectitud de sus decisiones,

se analizan las normas emanadas de la OCDE, FCPA y la convenciones de Naciones Unidas en esta materia. [...]