Robert Buckland: Russia, Britain and human rights. Putin has contempt for international law. And we should not be careless with it.

Proposals that define Convention rights in ways other than the Court determines send the wrong message.

Alicia Kearns: This week’s NATO summit must be used to speed Russia’s defeat

We have a legal duty to intervene if chemical weapons are used, and that is a duty we must not fail.

We must show Russia that it has a way out, even if Putin is too mired in blood to take it

Ministers should do nothing to make a coup less likely as the country’s elites come to terms with the consequences of war.

Nus Ghani: China and genocide. Our new proposal answers Ministers’ objections. So they should support it.

So the only question that remains, given this new compromise plan, is: what’s the Government’s objection now?

Rafael L Bardaji and Davis Lewin: Hamas needs dead Palestinians at Israel’s borders

Defensive actions taken by the IDF have resulted in fatalities. Only when absolutely necessary and legally permitted, has force been used.

Obama and Brexit. Play the ball, not the man.

Ranting and raving about his shortcomings is more likely to turn off the floating voters needed to win the referendum than otherwise.