Manikanda Prabhu J and Santhiya KS The debates and discourse surrounding Environmental protection and Conservation of flora and fauna have not given adequate attention to the human angle to environmental issues. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has answered a query filed under the Right to Information Act, 2005 that a total … Continue reading Human Displacement in Protected Areas vis-a-vis Bringing Down Walls of Forest Conservation
Information Technology Rules, 2021 – An Emerging Threat to Human Rights in India?
Tanvi Rahim As per the Central Government, the Information Technology Rules, 2021 were introduced with the noble aim of preventing social media misuse and enhancing transparency in the functioning of Internet intermediaries. However, a bare reading of these Rules will be sufficient to infer the vagueness with which they’ve been drafted. This ambiguity arms the … Continue reading Information Technology Rules, 2021 – An Emerging Threat to Human Rights in India?
Does Preference To State Sovereignty Over Individual Rights Jeopardize The Relevance Of Human Rights?
Khushal Gurjar Relationship between a state and individual has been the driving force behind the idea that enforces rule of law and pillars of justice in a society. A major part of this relationship is attached to the idea of state being the protector of human rights of individuals as described in various theories explaining … Continue reading Does Preference To State Sovereignty Over Individual Rights Jeopardize The Relevance Of Human Rights?
The Question of Right to Self-Perceived Gender Identity in Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020
Sarthak Gupta On September 25 2020, in India the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment issued a notification about the draft of the new Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020 ("Rules 2020") removing some of the facets which infringed the fundamental rights of Transgender individual such as, the requirement of medical examination as it … Continue reading The Question of Right to Self-Perceived Gender Identity in Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020
Another SCOTUS Decision: Limiting applicability of Alien Tort Statute?
Akshay Dhekane and Basant Vijay Sagar This piece focuses on how the US Supreme Court decision in Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe would have an impact on human rights and international law claims brought by foreigners/aliens to the US. It explores the history of the Alien Torts Statute, which is the primary law under which foreigners can … Continue reading Another SCOTUS Decision: Limiting applicability of Alien Tort Statute?
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