More: International Law
Challenges in Implementation of Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 due to COVID-19 and plea of force majeure
Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) is considered a significant milestone in realizing the rights of seafarers. Before MLC there have been treaties and recommendations...
Plant Rights: A Neglected Regime
Whenever an entity stood for itself to claim specific interest, it has faced humiliation at every possible level. Fight for rights never gone smoothly...
Charting a new paradigm in International Relations
The post-Cold War world order has seen non-state actors increasing their avenues of influence in international affairs, while the state is gradually seeing its...
Will ASEAN member states united behind the South China Sea Arbitration award?
On December 12th, 2019, Malaysia submitted a proposal to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) concerning the limits of its...
Amidst BBNJ Negotiations: The Philippine Diplomacy
With the increased footprint and growing anthropogenic pressures in the marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) that the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) started...
Libya’s Legitimacy Crisis: Hostage to the Skhirat Agreement
On 17 December 2015, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) joined Libyan delegations in celebrating the signing of the Skhirat agreement, or...
LAC: Avoiding Club and Fist Fight
Though ensured that the differences will not escalate into disputes, inconclusive but unprecedented Lieutenant General-level talks were held at Chushal on June 6, 2020,...
COVID-19 and the Changing Global Order
The world witnessed a new enemy in the form of Novel Coronavirus in the starting months of year 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted...
The post-pandemic era: A transition to a multipolar world order
The Covid-19 pandemic is changing the world, including the balance of power between states. There is no doubt of that, but the question is,...
U.S. and Southeast Asian nations solidarity on South China Sea
With US sending a strict note against China on the issue of its reclaimed islands in South China Sea and invalid EEZ, China is...