International Law and Policy Society
National Law University, Odisha
Authors: Ms.Sanchita Makhija & Mr. Debojeet Das Introduction The genocidal act of ethnic cleansing undertaken by the State of Myanmar has forced millions of Rohingya Muslims to flee to other countries for shelter. A wave of refugees also managed to reach India in numbers which are estimated to be around 40,000. The Indian government was […]
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The blog has been written by Mr. Akrama Javed and Ms. Sampada Pande, 2nd yr. students at Gujarat National Law University, India
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Nicaraguan President Ortega is bent on aggravating his arbitrary politics in the subcontinent as he delineates a new election law that essentially bans opposition from the 2021 elections. The new election law ushers’ immoderate power on the government to declare any citizen as a “terrorist” or “traitor to the homeland” and forbids them from running as candidates. The member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the European Union (EU) have reprimanded this step taken by Ortega’s government as it is a blatant destruction of democracy.
Continue ReadingOriginated in the 1970s as a force of untrained civilians occasionally summoned to guard the coast against foreigners, the Maritime Militia has evolved to become an important tool of the looming Chinese power projection policy, which defies the status quo and the international rule of law in strategic locations.
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The emergence of the vaccine for Covid-19 is reckoned as a much sought-after rescue to the cataclysm caused by the deadly pandemic. The advent of this inoculation is not only being regarded as an antidote to the Covid-19 virus but also to one of the most traumatic global economic catastrophes that the world has ever witnessed.
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With vaccination taking place across the world in some capacity, many countries and organisations, including WHO, have discussed the possibility of a “vaccine passport” or “risk-free certificate” that would enable individuals to travel or to return to work assuming that they are protected against re-infection. Such passports would mainly rely on the passport holder developing […]
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While free speech has always been under attack in Iraq, a sudden rise in the violation of the right occurred during the anti-government protests that flared up across Central and Southern regions of the State between October 2019 and March 2020. During these protests, the security forces used excessive force against participants, which resulted in […]
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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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