The law of the seas is a public international law body regulating coastal states ‘territorial jurisdictions and states’ privileges and duties in the use and protection of the ocean environment and its natural resources. Sea law is generally identified with …
EXPROPRIATION: A STATES PREROGATIVE The right to expropriate is an undisputed right of sovereign States. Expropriation is legal per se under international law. In principle, it has always been beyond doubt that a State has the power and the right to expropriate …
Humanity without oxygen is what a person without citizenship is like. Statelessness, a term easy to pronounce but hard to exits with. It is like a man on no man’s land. In today’s era the international bodies mainly the UNHRC …
International trade allows different countries to expand and evolve their markets so as to make those goods and services available at their doorstep which is not available domestically. Due to the system of International trade, the market is more competitive …
What is International Humanitarian Law? International humanitarian law (IHL), also known as martial law or law on armed conflict, is the legal framework for situations of armed conflict and occupation. As a set of rules and principles, its objective is …
Introduction The United Nations declared 1993 as the “International Year of the Indigenous People of the World.[1]” 1993 as the “International Year of the Indigenous People of the World.[2]” This declaration came only five hundred years after Christopher Columbus’ fateful …
Private international law or international private law is a series of streams of procedural law that govern the relationship between natural and legal persons of different nationalities. It dictates which legal system and which law applies to a dispute between …
1. INTRODUCTION State responsibility refers to the liability of the nation-states for any violation of international law. The basis of this responsibility is Hugo Grotius’ legal maxim which propounds that every fault creates the obligation to make good the losses. …
Courts There is a wide assortment of worldwide courts and councils that have fluctuating degrees of connection to the UN. The international court of Justice The International Court of Justice is the vital legal organ of the UN. It comprises …
The international space law and air law are often confused as one because of the usage of terms like aerospace law. But the space law and the air law cover under its ambit entirely different aspects of law. The air …