Tag: 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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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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Climate Change Law – From the Kyoto Protocol to the Present Day and Beyond
INTRODUCTION One of the most pressing issues affecting the international community today is the issue of climate change. Increased carbon dioxide emissions, coupled with the release of water vapour, nitrous oxide, methane and chlorofluorocarbons, have led to the greenhouse effect. This has further resulted in global warming, which has especially increased since the mid-twentieth century. …
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Human Settlement on Mars – Is It Legally Feasible?
Elon Musk’s recent announcement about colonising of Mars raises the crucial questions on the appropriation of outer space by private companies.[1] With the turn of the century, many countries have authorised private companies to invest in space programme most prominent of them being the United States.[2] SpaceX was founded by Elon Musk in 2002 with…
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