Third, these amendments also change the existing disqualification doctrine in India, wherein one can be removed from the ...

Despite Commissioners effectively being appointed by the Indian Government, the ECI developed a strong reputation for ...

To implement this, a “three-step assessment” has been introduced. These steps consist of determining “identification” with gender equality in the individual case, assessing whether the claimed group ...

Over the past ten days, numerous media outlets, YouTube videos, Substack newsletters, and podcasts have eloquently articulated numerous reasons to condemn President Trump’s authoritarian takeover of D ...

If the decision survives a legal challenge, it could pave the way for proscription to be used in relation to a broader range of groups in future. The organisation Palestine Action was founded in 2020 ...

A new July 2025 investigative report highlights the devastating weaponized sexual and reproductive violence unleashed during the 2020-2022 Tigray conflict in Ethiopia in which the Tigray People’s ...

Mass expulsion of this kind is often termed ethnic cleansing. In legal terms, it constitutes a crime against humanity. When conducted with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national group, ...

On 25 June 2025, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its Decision on Kovačević v. BiH. This ruling could completely change the legal assessment of strict ethnic ...

In the U.S., women’s rights are under intense siege – a development that predated Donald Trump’s reign but has been dramatically accelerated by it. This siege is best understood in global context: ...

When a national from a third country applies for international protection, their application can be rejected as unfounded through an accelerated border procedure if their country of origin is ...

More than two years after the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted Resolution 77/276, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its highly anticipated Advisory Opinion on the ...

Zana Syla Zana Syla is a PhD student at the University of East Anglia’s School of Law, specialising in statehood, contested states, and international legal personality.