Kashmir

Law of Evidence under International Criminal Law with Respect to International Atrocities

Image Source: Diane Marie Aman, ‘ICC Prosecutor Symposium: Placing the Prosecutor within the International Criminal Justice Project’ ( OpnioJuris.com, 17 April 2020), https://opiniojuris.org/2020/04/17/icc-prosecutor-symposium-placing-the-prosecutor-within-the-international-criminal-justice-project/accessed 12.02.2024. Overview The international legal framework for collecting and presenting evidence related to international atrocities, such as war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, is primarily governed by the statutes, rules, and […]

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The United Nation’s Involvement in Jammu and Kashmir Dispute

Image Source: UNSC set to hold Kashmir meeting after 50 years, (16 Auguest 2019, Dawn) UNSC set to hold Kashmir meeting after 50 years – World – DAWN.COM accessed 26.02.2024. Background Under British colonial rule, the South Asian subcontinent was governed in part by directly-administered British territories and in part by Princely States that were

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Steps Toward Real Action: The Possibility of an International Criminal Tribunal on Kashmir.

Image source: ‘Big rally in New York’s Time Square slams Indian actions in Jammu & Kashmir’ (Daily Pakistan, 9 February 2020) <https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/09-Feb-2020/big-rally-in-new-york-s-time-square-slams-indian-actions-in-jammu-kashmir> accessed 15 June 2022 This article explores the prospects of creating an international criminal tribunal over the Kashmir issue. The Kashmir conflict has bred a myriad of human rights and international law violations

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Kashmir and ICJ’s Advisory Jurisdiction

Image Source: Govt urged to refer Kashmir issue to International Court of Justice in wake of Myanmar verdict – World – DAWN.COM Pakistan has often pondered upon taking the Kashmir dispute before the International Court of Justice (‘ICJ’). However, the ICJ’s ability to adjudicate the Kashmir dispute depends upon its jurisdiction concerning the same. In

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The classification of conflict in the Indian Administered Kashmir: An international or non-international armed conflict?

Image source: Map of Indian-Administered Kashmir, from BBC News, 6 August 2019, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-11693674 Introduction A conflict has been taking place in Kashmir for decades, rooting from the accession to independence of Pakistan and India in 1947. In 2019, India’s intervention in the Indian Administered Kashmir (IAK) has significantly impacted the Kashmiri people and highlighted, once

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