International Law

Applicability of international law for justice: Remarks on Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752

Authors: Punsara Amarasinghe and Esshan Jayawardane* The pandemonium erupted following Soleimani’s death seems to have encircled the embattled regime in Iran after admitting that Ukrainian flight was...

Killing Qassim Soleimani: Rule of law or rule of the jungle?

International law may not be a major consideration in debates about the US killing of Iranian military commander Qassim Soleimani, yet the legality of the assassination...

The Baghdad Air Strike: Pre-emptive self-defence or Assassination?

In the early hours of January 3, missiles launched by a USAF MQ9 Reaper slammed into a convoy exiting the Baghdad International Airport, killing Iranian Major General Qassem...

The office of the UN Deputy Secretary General and reforms of the United Nations system

On 31 May 2018, UN Secretary General, in his remarks to the UN General Assembly in New York at the adoption of the resolution on repositioning the...

Inter-American and African Human Rights Systems

Regional Human Rights Systems (RSs) play an essential role in the promotion and protection of human rights in the region. They include regional instruments, such as...

Unwinnable Wars

Her name means beautiful, and she is despite her tragic life.  Hasina recalls the day when the Myanmar army set fire to her village and killed...

Withering away of World War II era Multilateralism

The strains on multilateralism are increasing with each passing day. The most recent development is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to revoke the Soviet statement made...

South China Sea Dialogue 2019

Centre for Security Studies, O P Jindal Global University organized (November 29) an international conference on the topic ‘The South China Sea: Current Challenges and Future Perspective’...

The clash of interests upon Intellectual Property Rights between Japan and Russia: The Kuril Islands case

The Kuril Islands, Russia's Kurilskiy Ostrova, Japan's Chishima-Retto, an archipelago in the Sakhalin region, far east of Russia, encompassing 750 miles from the southern end of the...

Religious Hatred & International Law

Racism has climbed the political agenda at national, and international levels. Reports from national and international non-governmental organisations (NGO’s) and inter-governmental organisations have focused considerable attention on...

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