International Law and Policy Society
National Law University, Odisha
Introduction Recently, the term energy dual pricing has gained relevance when the panel in EU-Cost adjustment methodologies II (Russia) has given its ruling. In this case, Russia has challenged the European Union (‘EU’) adjustment methodologies of energy inputs whenever these costs are artificially lowered or affected by government intervention. The EU rejected the price of […]
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Egypt’s extension of emergency on 28 April 2020 for the twelfth time since 2017 has nothing to do with theCOVID-19 pandemic as the state is already in a de-facto state of emergency.
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Rapid developments in technology make it not only the biggest asset but also the biggest threat of modern times. Indeed, cyber attacks are becoming a practice with hospitals, medical units, governments and, most importantly, civilians facing its wrath.
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The Indo-Nepal relations have now suffered a setback after the latter started claiming “Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura” which is part of the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
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When the global situation demands each and every country to contribute and existence of human beings is dependent upon each other’s survival, Russia came up with revision in its Nuclear Deterrence Policy and has completely altered its stance over the use of nuclear weapons.
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In the recent past, COVID-19, a deadly disease that emerged from China, has caused havoc in the lives of many; it has displaced humankind and its activities globally. Till 31st May 2020, more than 376885 people had lost their lives due to coronavirus, and nearly 6318040 people were infected across the globe.
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FGM is practiced in over 30 countries and is carried out on girls between infancy to early puberty and in most cases, without their consent- affecting nearly 200 million girls and women alive today.
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The growing Islamophobia during the COVID-19 pandemic is yet another instance which exposes India’s religious fault lines and its failure to curb violations of its domestic as well as international legal obligations
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July 4, 2019 was marked by the British Marines seizure of an oil tanker Grace 1, purported to be carrying Iranian oil to Syria, in violation of EU sanction laws at the port of Gibraltar. In what many perceived as a reciprocal move by Iran, the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) on July 19, 2019, seized two oil tankers, one registered in the UK, the other in Liberia, in the Strait of Hormuz, marking a dramatic escalation in the rising tensions in the Gulf. This article chronicles these two events and studies it from a position of International law.
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This article has been divided into two parts. First part envisages to analyse the validity of Japan’s argument that the move has been made because there is a risk to ‘national security’ and therefore, it is covered under the ‘security exception’ of Article XXI, GATT. Second part analyses the consequence of Japan’s actions on the economies of South Korea and Japan and it also evaluates the effect on global supply chain of semiconductors.
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