A Cry for Help in Tigray: When the Line of Defense Becomes the Perpetrator

Akshay Sharma This blog piece focuses on how the institutions in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, that are vested with the legal and moral obligation to protect civilians and maintain peace & tranquility, are doing the exact opposite of what they are expected to do by law. As it is evident from the regional and international …

Should Liberalism consider Torture to be morally acceptable in exceptional circumstances?

Astha Tripathi Literary works across the globe have sought to denounce the barbarity that is torture. However, some have also argued in favour of torture as an emergency exception in extreme circumstances. The ticking bomb hypothetical is often used as a simplistic scenario aimed at depicting the extreme cases where torture may be justified, and …

Poland’s New Abortion Law: A Step back for the Rights of Women

Shriansh Jaiswal Introduction On October 22, 2020, the constitutional tribunal of Poland passed a controversial ruling which barred abortion in case of fetus abnormalities. The rationale behind the ruling was that such abortions violated the constitutional right to life of the fetus. Therefore, now the only exceptions to the law against abortion are in cases …

NHRC’s Advisory for Protecting the Rights of the Dead and the Question of its Enforcement

Mohit Kumar Tanwar The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc in India. With thousands of deaths being reported every day, it has given birth to a human rights crisis concerning the rights of the dead. The gravity of the situation is evident from the media reports of mistreatment of the bodies of …