This article explores a tension in deliberative democratic theory. The tension consists in that
deliberative opinion formation ideally aims to reach consensus, while a consensus, once …

How can we assess the epistemic quality of democratic decision-making? Sceptics doubt
such assessments are possible, as they must rely on controversial substantive standards of …

How should the state justify its coercive rules? Public reason liberalism endorses a public
justification requirement: Justifications offered for authoritative regulations must be …

Purpose Against the backdrop of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) policy–an instrument
with which the UN seeks to protect vulnerable civilians from gross violations of human rights …

Abstract In a recent International Politics article, Henrik Friberg-Fernros and Douglas
Brommesson argue that the responsibility to protect (R2P) doctrine, as it was originally …

In recent decades, armed political conflicts, ethnic hostilities, and civil wars have led to
genocide, war crimes, and widespread human rights violations, followed by forced migration …

In debates about how to justify public authority, public reason liberalism prioritizes morally
acceptable reasons, but does not require those reasons to be true or correct, whereas …

The situation of the Rohingya people is grave. The crisis is rooted in a long and complex
history that is shaped by the region's political, cultural and religious characteristics. By …

1.1 Bakgrund I kölvattnet av 90-talets folkrättsbrott höjdes krav på en mekanism, ett
internationellt samarbete som kunde sättas in för att stoppa och förebygga brott mot …

1.1 Bakgrund I kölvattnet av 90-talets folkrättsbrott höjdes krav på en mekanism, ett
internationellt samarbete som kunde sättas in för att stoppa och förebygga brott mot …