Role of International Law in contemporary diplomacy - Part III:

Special skills needed of states in facing challenges

While these are certainly significant factors which have a major impact on the current political and law-making agenda, it would nevertheless be an over-simplification to conclude from them, that the major powers have the decisive say in dictating the contemporary international agenda.

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Rearing its ugly head again?

When the leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), Rajavarothiam Sampanthan MP raised the Lion Flag on May Day, it was widely believed that this represented a change of heart among previously separatist Tamil politicians.

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An indelible blot on Freedom in Britain

Freedom of Expression also involves the freedom, for the other side to speak and be heard; however objectionable what is being stated may be, as long as it is in keeping with standards of decency and within the law. As the quotation often attributed to Voltaire states - “I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”.

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