Artur Victoria

The major reason for aborting a case-in-process is that it lacks conflict Controversy is the essence of a good case discussion: it engages people; it forces them to think through and defend their position; and it demonstrates to them that while there are generally no right answers, there are certain questions

Governments represents only those whose consent they have sought, action to prevent them from oppressing those whose consent they have not sought ceases to be seen as 'intervention' in the traditional sense Those who try to protect the oppressed would not be interfering in the internal workings of a sovereign territory or trying to break down the walls around a sovereign state

Once governments are seen as representatives of those whose consent they have obtained, an entirely new question arises: What powers have the people consented to delegate to their representatives To a constitutional lawyer, this issue is strangely absent from much international law

If a belligerent becomes a peacekeeper, they are more likely to be targets of those who had been on the opposing side of the conflict It is obviously the kind of demand that is likely to be rejected by those who are independent minded, let alone those who are suspicious of NATO motives

The priorities, the working assumptions, and the cultures of organizations can make risk control difficult Risk control operations may run up against built-in assumptions of trust performance" in meaningful and persuasive ways

Prosecutions do have a cathartic effect and may help to mobilize reform Laws can support other reforms

One of the greatest problems with the UNSC (United Nations Security Council) role in regulating conflict and in resolving disputes such as those that arose over the Kosovo bombing lies in the nature and origins of the Security Council Established at the end of the Second World War, it was an extension and refinement of the meetings of the 'big three' in Teheran, Yalta and Potsdam

Any reform process (whether in a scandal and strife ridden government or one that is seeking to get a new start) should start with values - and keep coming back to them The start of the process should involve the articulation of the values that the reform is intended to promote and those values should inform the rest of the reform

Those who have worked hardest and longest at risk-mitigation say that they experience this work as analytically and intellectually demanding, in ways they could not have predicted going in Meanwhile, others see no need for anything new, claiming that risk-control work, where it really is necessary, should simply be delegated through existing line-management structures, with each functional manager or process owner being required to identify and handle the risks within his or her own areas