Category: International Law
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The Deportation of Rohingyas to Bhasan Char: A Prospective case of ‘Crimes against Humanity’?
The small state of Bangladesh is overburdened by a migrating population of the Rohingya, thus, since 2020 they have begun sending the Rohingya people to Bhasan Char, an Island close to their coast but considered uninhabitable by experts. Bangladesh intends to shift around 1 lakh of them, though so far, thousands have been shifted. They…
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Analysing the Most-Favoured-Nation clause under Tax Treaty: Is India’s Divergent View Correct?
In Concentrix Services Netherlands B.V. v. Income Tax Officer (TDS) and ANR. (“Concentrix Services”) (22 April, 2018), the High Court of Delhi (“Court”), decided an issue over the most-favoured-nation (“MFN”) clause in the protocol of the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (“DTAA”) in which the court using the principle of common interpretation (“principle”) relied upon a…
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National Security: Protection or a Mishandled Governmental Tool Against Rohingya Refugees in India
INTRODUCTION On 8 April 2021, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India, in the case of Mohammad Salimullah v. Union of India refused to authorize the release of approximately 150 Rohingyas, currently detained in holding centres in Jammu. Furthermore, the court permitted their deportation to Myanmar where they face an imminent genocidal threat. The defence…
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The Diabolique of the CAA 2019 and India’s Faithless Tryst with International Law
INTRODUCTION We have slowly and horrendously morphed ourselves into a society where there are taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider highways but narrower viewpoints. The government in force in the world’s largest democracy, India, cuts a sorry reflection of the aforementioned thought. Much like our vaunted soul-cousins, the United States of America and two of…
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Uyghur Muslims in China: A Call for Action by the International Community
INTRODUCTION After China reportedly constructed a public toilet over a mosque that was razed in the Atush region of Xinjiang province, almost a month later on 7 July 2020, a group of Uyghur exiles urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate China for crimes against humanity and genocide. The demolition of the mosque is…
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Condition of refugees during the COVID 19 crises: A glance over the problems of refugees of South East Asia and the Middle East
Problems of refugees in a pandemic As the world is dealing with the COVID-19 epidemic, the condition of the refugees stays a problem. Different regions of the world have different immigrants and displaced people who are categorised under the category of refugees. Although refugees are given shelter in the asylums and given security, in this…
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