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?
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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
Paid Leave for Victims of Domestic Violence
By: LAUREN SCARFF New Zealand has one of the highest rates of domestic violence in the developed world. Every four minutes, a police officer responds to a domestic violence call every four minutes.[1] One in three women are victims of domestic violence at some time in their lives, although eighty … Continue reading Paid Leave for Victims of Domestic Violence
Human Right to Housing
By: SADIE MORRIS On January 14th, 2020, several families were forcibly removed by Oakland police from a house they were occupying to demonstrate against the ever-growing housing crisis in California. The demonstration began on November 18th, 2019 when two mothers experiencing homelessness entered a vacant home owned by home-flipping company Wedgewood Properties with their … Continue reading Human Right to Housing
Legality of Gerrymandering
By MAEVE SILK Gerrymandering is the process of drawing electoral district lines in order to gain unfair political advantage. Beginning in the post-Civil War era, illegal “packing” and “cracking” techniques were used in the South to limit the voting power of the black population.[1] The most recent cycle of redistricting … Continue reading Legality of Gerrymandering
A Brief Consideration of Sexual Assault Cases in the Criminal Justice System
By LINDSEY CLARK Over the past few years, the #MeToo movement on social media has shed a harsh light on the realities of sexual assault. Across many industries, women are speaking out against their attackers. These brave leaders inspire others who have experienced sexual assault to voice their traumatic experiences. … Continue reading A Brief Consideration of Sexual Assault Cases in the Criminal Justice System
National Security Whistleblowers and the Espionage Act
By CHLOE WALLACE The Espionage Act of 1917 intended to put limits on the First Amendment during wartime in order to mitigate fears of potential traitorous American soldiers and spies.[i] Although this was a wartime measure, several provisions of it are still active. Section 793 of the Act, in recent … Continue reading National Security Whistleblowers and the Espionage Act
Legality of Environmental Justice
By ALEX RAGLAND Environmental justice has heavily relied on the argument of federal common law of public nuisance for its argument. A public nuisance is “an act that causes incontinent or damage to public health or that obstructs public rights.”[i] The first link between pollution and public nuisance was created … Continue reading Legality of Environmental Justice