Abstract
Amsterdam Law Forum (ALF) is the student-run 'International Law Journal' of VU University. Every year ALF publishes a winter, spring, and summer issue. The journal consists of three sections; scientific articles, opinion articles, and commentaries. As of this year, ALF also creates a section for inaugural speeches. In addition, ALF hosts a conference in spring with a relevant legal theme, where renowned speakers are invited to share their perspectives. Overall, ALF is a topical journal that provides a platform for established scholars and young academics to share knowledge, opinions and experiences and to make contributions to the international law discourse. Staff, PhD students and master students who have written a very good thesis are invited to submit an article to ALF. What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb: we are looking forward to sharing your articles on our website!
Highlights
It took quite some time, considering our 24-hour news cycle, before the effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus strain became well-known
During the past few months, the numerous measures to stop the spreading of COVID-19 taken by governments have brought on an additional layer of insecurity to many aspects of our lives and futures
How soon will we be able to get a vaccine? What will happen to the economy in the aftermath of the virus? There has been a great deal of commentary on there being a possible positive momentum for change that societies globally have been put to a halt.[2]
Summary
VOL. 12:3 a political discourse, and exploited. The anxiety becomes liquid due to a heightened focus on the individual, living in a world whose social forms are constantly changing. The rapid measures taken by governments to contain COVID-19 and the ensuing collective anxiety illustrate this liquidity well This new phase of liquid modernity occurred in tandem with the deregulation of the social welfare state, increasing neoliberalist tendencies and wealth inequality, and negative globalization.[5] Governments and the media have steered away from collective problems, and placed the political focus on the safety of the individual. This has resulted in a skewed relationship between government and individual, where the burden of responsibility is by and large placed on the latter. Instead he nudges us to seek out the areas which give us hope and strength, through an Italo Calvino quote: “seek and learn to recognize who and what, in the midst of the inferno, are not inferno, make them endure, give them space.”[13]
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