The legal process relating to a citizenship register in the state of Assam in India is violative of multiple human rights obligations. With the deadline of 31 July 2019 looming large, I look at the flaws in the process and international law obligations.
The EU and Migrant Detention in Libya: Complicity Under the Microscope Finally?
Stymieing Humanity – On the Prosecution of Aid to Migrants
Enforced Disappearances: A Global Scourge, Increasingly Under the Radar
Qatar v UAE: Uncharted Territory at the ICJ
Truth Commissions and Colonial Atrocities: Moving the Needle Further Towards State Responsibility?
“Comfort Women”, the “Birangona” and historical war time sexual violence: Ignoring wounds of the past?
I attended the opening of the exhibition on Women & War at the Ayala Museum in the Philippines. Hearing a Lola - or grandmother who survived the ordeal of being a “Comfort Woman” - made me think of this issue more, and also look into the often forgotten '“Birangona” of Bangladesh. What hope for justice and redress?
Human rights impact assessment in Myanmar: Facebook’s anodyne report
Philippines withdrawal from the International Criminal Court: Legal challenge at the Supreme Court
The withdrawal of the Philippines from the International Criminal Court is being challenged before the Philippine Supreme Court. Attending the hearings have given me an insight into the way the case may proceed - here are my reflections on issues of international law and domestic law - and a prediction about the case.