BY: Prateek Singh Prateek Singh is a student at National Law University in Jodhpur, India In an era of climate change, the sea poses a threat to island states. With an increase in sea levels, the coastal boundaries of a territory are moving landwards, thereby causing a part of the land to get submerged by … Continue reading Sovereignty of Post-Climate Change Affected States Under International Law
Category: Blog Fall 2020
CAN ‘COVID-19’ OR ‘CORONA’ BE REGISTERED AS TRADEMARKS IN INDIA?
BY: Ishaan Paranjape and Ved Thakur Ishaan Paranjape is a third year undergraduate student pursuing B.L.S. LL.B. He attends the University of Mumbai, India. He has a keen interest in Constitutional Law, IPR and ADR. Ved Thakur is a third year undergraduate student pursuing B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons). He attends Gujarat National Law University, India. He … Continue reading CAN ‘COVID-19’ OR ‘CORONA’ BE REGISTERED AS TRADEMARKS IN INDIA?
Extending Legal Gender Recognition to Transgender Refugees: Rana V. Hungary
By: MANSI AVASHIA In a historic verdict for the LGBT community, the European Court of Human Rights has, for the first time, conferred legal gender recognition rights on transgender refugees (Source: Unsplash). In July 2020, the European Court of Human Rights [“ECtHR”] in Rana v. Hungary set a landmark precedent by extending the right of … Continue reading Extending Legal Gender Recognition to Transgender Refugees: Rana V. Hungary
Criminology of Stone Pelting During COVID-19 in India
By: AARUSHI KAPOOR and SSANJNNA GUPTA Aarushi Kapoor is a third year student of Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. She has interests in Humanitarian law, International Laws and Corporate laws. Ssanjnna Gupta is a third year student of Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. She has interests in International Law, Constitutional Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution. … Continue reading Criminology of Stone Pelting During COVID-19 in India
Abandoning Climate Refugees: A “Crime against Humanity” under International Criminal Law?
By: TIRTHARAJ CHOUDHURY and DEEKSHA SHARMA On 7 January 2020, the United Nations Human Rights Committee decided that international refugees should not be sent home.[1] This decision was handed down by the committee after examining the case of Ioane Teitiota, a Kiribati citizen of South Tarawa, who was seeking refugee rights in New Zealand, but … Continue reading Abandoning Climate Refugees: A “Crime against Humanity” under International Criminal Law?
NALSA Judgment: Critique of the Indian Perspective Beyond the Adams-and-Eves Worldview
By: AASTHA KHANNA and DIVESH SAWHNEY Aastha Khanna, LL.B. student, Law Centre-1, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi; aasthakhanna0204@gmail.com Divesh Sawhney, LL.B. student, Law Centre-1, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi; divesh.sawhney2@gmail.com Fifty Eight… Beyond the man-woman binary, there are as many 58 gender variants.[1]. Transgender persons’ lives are no longer footnotes in the law … Continue reading NALSA Judgment: Critique of the Indian Perspective Beyond the Adams-and-Eves Worldview
Analyzing the Indo-China Border Dispute: An International Law Perspective Through the Prism of India
By: ISHAN KUMAR and NAMAN KATYAL Ishan Kumar is a third year undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor's degree in legislative laws. He attends Gujarat National Law University(GNLU) in Gandhinagar, India. Naman Katyal is a third year undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor's degree in legislative laws. He attends Gujarat National Law University(GNLU) in Gandhinagar, India. Introduction … Continue reading Analyzing the Indo-China Border Dispute: An International Law Perspective Through the Prism of India
Reading Gaslighting Induced Sexual Acts as Rape – Capacity to Consent
By: VEDANTHA SAI Vedantha Sai is a fifth year undergraduate student reading Law at The National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi, India. He possesses a keen interest in Public International Law, Human Rights, International Criminal Law and Constitutional Law. Introduction ‘Gaslighting’ is defined as, “the action of manipulating someone by psychological means into … Continue reading Reading Gaslighting Induced Sexual Acts as Rape – Capacity to Consent
You Have (Surprising) Friends In Us: Towards An Apolitically Described Judiciary
By: JAMES JOSEPH BERNSTEIN Justice Antonin Scalia was a judicial titan, championing philosophies such as originalism and textualism. The Justice defined these to mean that the words of the Constitution or statutes, respectively, are to be interpreted not in line with “what current society, much less the court, thinks it ought to mean, but what … Continue reading You Have (Surprising) Friends In Us: Towards An Apolitically Described Judiciary
Understanding Bostock: A Response to Ryan Anderson
By: AYAN GUPTA The United States Supreme Court, in Bostock v Clayton County,[1] held that the firing of an individual based on their sexual orientation, or on the basis that they are transgender, amounts to sex discrimination under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.[2] In his analysis on SCOTUSBlog, Ryan Anderson, who filed … Continue reading Understanding Bostock: A Response to Ryan Anderson