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Alfred De Zayas

Alfred De Zayas

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Genocide Files: From Pequots to Palestinians, From “Manifest Destiny” to Gaza Riviera

In 1964 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a famous book under the title Why We Can’t Wait.  Besides addressing the crime of slavery and the daily...

13.02.2025 10

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Alfred De Zayas

International Law à la Carte

International law is by nature multilateral.  Its ontology is universal and cannot be interpreted or applied selectively, today this way, tomorrow...

16.12.2024 5

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Biden’s Tardy Apology to American Indigenous Peoples

On Friday, October 24, 2024, President Joe Biden formally apologized to the indigenous peoples of North America for the abuses committed against...

07.11.2024 10

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Alfred De Zayas

The BRICS Summit in Kazan: A Manifesto for a Rational World Order

The Kazan Declaration of 23 October 2024, adopted at the 16th BRICS Summit[1] hosted by Russia in the city of Kazan on the Volga river from 22 to...

31.10.2024 9

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Exceptionalism and international law

Exceptionalism is an expression of the aninmus dominandi of powerful nations who refuse to submit to established rules of human coexistence and...

25.09.2024 20

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