CIPSP

04/10/2020

When the coronavirus strikes against refugee camps and settlements, the consequences will be brutal. Here’s why:

04/07/2020

- New York City Considers Temporary Mass Graves
Hard to process but the strain on resources ...

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city’s morgues still have the capacity to accommodate the dead, but officials are preparing contingency plans.

04/01/2020

“Facts, not fear”

Why Sub-Saharan Africa needs a unique response —>

High levels of disease and malnutrition coupled with fragile healthcare systems means Africa should focus on aggressive measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

03/29/2020

Very helpful tracker, "Using a novel index that combines various measures of government responses, the authors describe variation in government responses, explore whether rising stringency of response affects the rate of infection, and identify correlates of more or less stringent responses." https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/publications/variation-government-responses-covid-19
The working paper (10 pp): containing description of the data and how data is collected is also worthwhile:https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-03/BSG-WP-2020-031-v2.0.pdf

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak has prompted a wide range of responses from governments around the world. There is a pressing need for up-to-date policy information as these responses proliferate, and governments weigh decisions about the stringency of their policies against other concerns. The....

03/28/2020

The ‘future of work’ and the ‘work of the future’ will be crucially important topics going forward; not new but becoming more urgent. Here is a useful primer from the world bank:

03/23/2020

02/13/2020

Back on 08 December 2011, Opinio Juris/NYU Journal of International Law and Politics held a Symposium for our article "Third State Obligations and the Enforcement of International Law": http://opiniojuris.org/2011/12/08/third-state-obligations-and-the-enforcement-of-international-law/
The article can be found here:https://nyujilp.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/brilmayer.pdf