BLOG SPECIAL – X: The Geneva Conventions @75: Use of Weapons of War and Audacity for Humanizing Warfare
By Prof. (Dr.) Bharat H. Desai On August 12, 2024, the historic 75 years milestone of the Four Geneva Conventions of 1949 passed almost...
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Blog Special: The ICJ Advisory Opinion on the OPT: Upholding Majesty of International Law
By Prof. (Dr.) Bharat H Desai On July 19, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) finally delivered its historic advisory...
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Apr 199 min read
Blog Special: Storming of the Diplomatic Missions: Upholding the Majesty of International Law
By Prof. Bharat H Desai On 18 April 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) scheduled ‘oral hearings’ (30 April and 1 May 2024) at...
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Jul 24, 20236 min read
Blog Special:Taming the Beast: On the Global Regulation of Artificial Intelligence for a Safe Future
By Prof. Bharat H. Desai On July 21, 2023, the US President Joe Biden hosted a White House meet of a group of seven leading behemoths...
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Apr 13, 20235 min read
Blog Special – VIII: The Conflict Diamonds and the Weapons of War: A Challenge for International Law
By Prof. Bharat H. Desai On March 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution titled “The role of diamonds...
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Mar 11, 20235 min read
Blog Special – VII: Rape under Orders as a Weapon of War: A Challenge for International Law
By Prof. Bharat H. Desai On March 8, 2023, in a symbolic justice, the Committee of the 1979 Convention on Elimination of Discrimination...
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Mar 7, 20235 min read
The Challenge of Protecting Women’s Rights in the Digital Age: Making International Law Work
By Prof. Bharat H. Desai The 67th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) opened in New York on March 06 for a...
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Oct 1, 20225 min read
Blog Special: The Indian Bid for Permanent Membership of the UN Security Council
By Prof. Bharat H Desai Apart from the claim of India and others, the question of veto remains the bone of contention. Will the P5 allow...
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Aug 6, 20225 min read
Part - III: Abused Ammunition as a Weapon of War in the DR Congo: A Challenge for International Law
By Prof. Bharat H. Desai The troubling reality is that the abundance of our natural resources – gold, coltan, cobalt and other strategic...
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Jul 17, 20224 min read
Russia Ukraine Conflict: The Legal Question of War
By Srijan Sharma The concept of contingent sovereignty which says that sovereign rights and immunities are not absolute. They depend on...
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May 10, 20225 min read
Nailing the Filibuster on the ‘India-Pakistan Question’ as the UNSC’s ‘seized’ Item
By Prof. Bharat H. Desai On 6 April 2022 the Permanent Representative of Pakistan (PRP), Munir Akram, sent a letter to the President of...
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