Review & Release: Failure in Implementation of the Jadhav Judgment

This article is authored by Shruti Prasad Dhonde, a third year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai. It has been a little more than a year since the Jadhav Judgment, but its implementation has still not been seen through. This article, not only briefly revisits the case but also takes into …

A Crossfire between Autocracy and Political Freedom: Hong Kong’s New Security Law

This article is authored by Rishabh Sen Gupta, a fifth year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam. As China went on to become the world’s second-largest economy, the same came at the cost of economic, social, and environmental imbalances. One of the areas in which it is lagging is …

Slain and Slandered: The Turkish Tale of Femicide

This article is authored by Swantika Kumar Rajvanshi, the Editor-in-Chief of the Human Rights Blog, CASIHR. This article examines the increase in intentional killings of women in Turkey as a result of institutionalized gender norms and how such killings with impunity are institutionally enabled and normalized. Introduction “When you destroy a population, once femicide happens, …

When will the Domino Effect of George Floyd’s Movement hit India?

This article is authored by Ruchika and Shubra Sharma, fourth year students pursuing B.A. LL.B.(Hons.) from Symbiosis Law School, Noida. What happens when the protector turns into the perpetrator? The collective celebration for the immediate take on injustice in “Disha’s” case is still vivid in our memories. The showering of flowers, embracing the errant police …

Can the International Community prevent a Famine in Yemen?

This article is written by Sahibnoor Singh Sidhu, a student pursuing B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat. Yemen is facing the worst humanitarian crisis in its history with close to 50% of its population at an imminent risk of starvation. This famine is largely a result of the political turmoil that has …