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Authored by Ujjwal Gupta who is a 3rd year student at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. I. Introduction In 2025, the United States took extreme measures in its sanctioning regime by targeting sitting judges and prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”). Through Executive Order 14203 (“the EO”) and subsequent designations in…

Authored by Prof. Sunanda Bharti, Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, India, and a Certified Professional Mediator from the Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation. Introduction The history of the temple of Preah Vihear is complex. So is its geo-political-religious placement. It is ironic that a temple dedicated to Lord…

Authored by Anjali Yadav, second year B.A.LLB (Hons.) student and Raja Pathak, third year student B.A.LL.B (Hons.) student at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law Iniversity, Lucknow INTRODUCTION Recently, in late February 2026, the United States and Israel launched air and missile strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. To counter this, Iran retaliated with missile and…

Authored by Varun Pathak, Partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and Co, New Delhi and Divyansh Morolia, Fifth-year student at the National Law Institute University, Bhopal Introduction There is an old saying: one person’s hero is another person’s villain. And only a few figures in modern history embody this contradiction more starkly than Sir Winston Churchill.…

Authored by Anahita Panda, 3rd Year Student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur INTRODUCTION The Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, 2021 (“LkSG”) enacted on January 1, 2023, in Germany, addresses critical legal gaps in corporate accountability by mandating human rights and environmental due diligence across supply chains. The legislation marks an important advancement by requiring…

Authored by Ayushi Sareen and Tresshaa Dutt, 5th year students B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) at National Law University, Jodhpur The application of international trade law to territories with contested sovereignty has gained renewed attention  in light of the ongoing Russian-Ukraine conflict over Crimea. In  August 2023, the domestic industries of Crimea (as a part of Russia),…

Authored by Suhana Roy 3rd year BA LLB student at Hidayatullah National law University In January 2025, a Ryanair flight from London to Vilnius was diverted to Warsaw when it suffered from unexplained GPS interference. Over 800 such cases were reported in Lithuanian airspace alone in late 2024, with Estonia and Finland also voicing concerns over…

Authored by Suhana Roy 3rd year BA LLB student at Hidayatullah National law University Introduction Taxing digital assets and services has become a huge challenge for governments everywhere. The Governments are focused not only on regulating cryptocurrency transactions, but also to crack down on laundering, tax evasion, and the unregulated nature of crypto markets. There have…

Authored by Suhani Jain, Second-year law student, Integrated Law Course (ILC), Faculty of Law, University of Delhi and Harshit Aggarwal, Second-year law student, Integrated Law Course (ILC), Faculty of Law, University of Delhi INTRODUCTION Gender apartheid is a contemporary threat and a reality for millions of women, especially in countries such as Afghanistan and Iran,…

Authored by Aashi Singh, penultimate-year law student at Jindal Global Law School, Delhi. The grave human rights violations in the long-standing Israel-Palestine conflicts project one of the many manifestations of the global failure to universally implement warfare and anti-torture principles laid out in numerous international instruments. The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or…