Yacoob Cassim

Syria The Nation whose Regime can’t Consent to attend a Meeting with the UN’s Constitutional Committee

Syria The Nation whose Regime can’t Consent to attend a Meeting with the UN’s Constitutional Committee

On February 22, 2022, United Nations Special Envoy to Syria, Geir Pederson, had set the dates for the seventh, eight, and ninth rounds of the Syrian Constitutional Committee’s proceedings.1 Indeed, two out of the three rounds were held, leaving the ninth round pending since then, conditional on the political changes that the International scene has […]

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As Spain and Egypt call for More Aid to be allowed into Gaza Conflict continues

As Spain and Egypt call for More Aid to be allowed into Gaza Conflict continues

The Spanish and Egyptian foreign ministers called on the International, community Thursday to rally for a ceasefire in Gaza “as a first step” to peace between “a Palestinian state side by side” with Israel.1 In a joint conference in Cairo Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Spanish counterpart José Manual Albares stated this.2 Albares

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South Africa Needs a more Serious Overhaul of its electoral law and setup

South Africa Needs a more Serious Overhaul of its electoral law and setup

When it comes to electoral reform there has been some headway with the new electoral amendment act that will allow Individuals to contest elections.1 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has recently signed the amended bill into law to allow individual candidates to contest national and provincial elections independently of political parties.2 However there is a

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