Veronica Maimescu

Peace, Conflict and Diplomacy

Understanding Realities of Our Modern World


  • Women in Peace and Security

    Gender, Power and Society Violence against women   Peace and security are fundamental pillars in preventing conflicts worldwide. Maintaining international peace and security is a challenging but paramount process. Despite recognising the importance as global community we fail in multiple way to keep peace. Firstly, we fail in designing an inclusive system in peacekeeping and peacemaking. When half Read more

  • Legal and Political Account of Russia’s Annexation of Crimea

    (Ukraine v. Russia cases before the ICJ)           On the 20 of February 2014 Russian Federation invaded and annexed Crimea, violating not only the territorial integrity of Ukraine but also the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) principles and commitments made. Following the principles and norms of international law, the Crimea region was Read more

  • How successful have human rights been in legitimising the United Nations?

           Defining human rights and understanding how they evolved is essential in determining how successful these have been in legitimising the United Nations (U.N). It is a complex concept which has been widely discussed and analysed by many scholars and organisations. The critics involve not only the positive aspects but also contradictory views concerning its development Read more


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