Garima Khanna and Priankita Das, currently fourth year students at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Lucknow, pursuing the B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) course. DATE OF PUBLICATION- 31/07/2021 Introduction When international space law emerged as a distinct field of study, there were only a few players in the spacefaring league and hence, scope of disputes among…

Priyam Indurkhya, a second-year student at  National Law Institute University, Bhopal, currently pursuing B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) course. DATE OF PUBLICATION- 06/08/2021 A Division Bench of the Madras High Court comprising Justice R. Mahadevan and Justice P.D. Audikesavalu has delivered a judgment on 7th June 2021, issuing a set of 75 directions for the preservation of historical…

Aranya Chatterjee, a second year law student at Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune, and Raj Shekhar, a second year law student at National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi. DATE OF PUBLICATION-13/08/2022 The announcement of SpaceX megaproject ‘Starlink’, an ambitious project which aims to diversify the reach of the internet to the remotest…

This article is authored by Vahid Bazzar,  Ph.D. graduate in international law from Allameh Tabataba’i University, Iran. DATE OF PUBLICATION- 8/16/2021  Ms. Mokgadi Caster Semenya is a female athlete of South African nationality. The gold medal at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic games and the gold medal at the 2009, 2011, and 2017 IAAF world…

This article is authored by Aditya Sharma, a 5th year student of B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), at Sybmiosis Law School, Pune, India.  DATE OF PUBLICATION- 9/6/2021  The United Nations General Assembly (hereinafter ‘UNGA’) is the principal deliberative and  policy-making organ of the United Nations (hereinafter ‘UN’). It constitutes of all the 193 members of the UN,…

This article is authored by Vaishnavi Chaudhry, a Third Year student of Law at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. DATE OF PUBLICATION- 9/8/2021  Overview In the past few years, there has been an increased focus on using digital open-source intelligence (OSINT) for investigating war crimes. This is primarily because OSINT has made it…

This article is authored by Hriti Parekh, a Third-Year student of Law at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur, India. DATE OF PUBLICATION- 9/16/2021 “International law today forms part of a legal hierarchy embracing a number of normative systems united by their ultimate dependence on those functional norms which may be well termed the international Constitution.…

This article is authored by Diya Rajesh Kumar Vaya, a Third Year Student of B.S.W. LL.B. at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. DATE OF PUBLICATION-9/19/2021 Overview Peace and justice are the two important considerations that arise in a post-conflict society. However, they are often seen as incompatible goals. The paradoxical issue of peace vs justice…

This article is authored by Adhiraj Lath and Shubham Gandhi, who are Fourth Year Students of Law at National Law University, Jabalpur. DATE OF PUBLICATION- 10/10/2021  Judge Peter Tomka recently resigned from the tribunal which was hearing a case brought before ICSID by a Japanese investor, Macro Trading Co., against China under the China-Japan BIT.…

This article is authored by Shruti Sarkar, a Third Year Student of Law at Jindal Global Law School.  DATE OF PUBLICATION-1/6/2022  Introduction Bilateral investment treaties (BITs) serve as an effective tool in the regulatory landscape of international investment law. It mainly encompasses the regime of bilateral and regional treaties with a focus on investment clauses…