Human rights are the universal and inalienable rights that each person has simply in virtue of being human. This essay will consider the role played by humanitarian intervention, courts/tribunals and sanction attempts, however will argue that the promotion of human rights is not a primary driver of western states.

Student contributer Nora looks at a 30 mark Edexcel question on the topic of Global Governance: political and economic. Is the UN in need of comprehensive reform?

Answering the 12 mark essay - the criticisms of deep and shallow ecologists and how they approach the climate emergency.

While it is true that these institutions have in many ways contributed to the long term development and modernisation of many states around the world, as well as providing short term loans to struggling economies, there are many controversies surrounding both the IMF and the World Bank.