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The Global Economy, City Diplomacy, and the Role of International Law
5 July 2018 By Janne NijmanContribution by Janne Nijman to the Meredian 180 Forum on ‘City Diplomacy’ hosted by Fleur Johns, Karen Knop and Annelise Riles International relations were urban before they were statal, really. For example, the cities of the Ancient Silk Road in Asia or of ...
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Public Transport development in La Paz, Bolivia and the human rights dilemma
3 July 2018 By Miha Marcenko“Finally,” I said to myself when I saw the first glimpses of La Paz through a bus window. Not just because it was a long ride through endless curves of a road sneaking through the mountainous Bolivian countryside, but also because I had heard many exciting thi...
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“A Tale of Two Cities”: The Roles of Geneva and The Hague, two UN cities, in Driving Global Justice
11 June 2018What role do Geneva and The Hague, two UN cities, and their professional communities play in contributing to peace, human rights and international justice? This question was discussed on June 7th, 2018, at a Hague Talks event in Geneva organised by the Dutch P...
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National Interests in Urban Politics: Amsterdam’s Shelter for Undocumented Migrants
1 June 2018 By Lisa RoodenburgA publication in an Amsterdam newspaper stated last week that the national government will take pre-emptive action if Amsterdam opens a 24 hour facility for undocumented migrants. This facility would be an ‘upgrade’ to an existing facility and one of the new c...
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Nieuwe Herengracht 143
1 May 2018 By Julia van der KriekeIn 1734, an Amsterdammer had to sell part of his stately canal house on the Nieuwe Herengracht, number 143. His son-in-law had gambled away a hundred thousand guilders, nearly their whole family fortune, in one crazy night. Jacob Abrabanel, the owner of the ho...
