Part IV of the Kashmir Series. To read the previous parts click, for Part I, Part II, Part III. Posted on 17 December 2019, Rekha Oleschak-Pillai Picture (c) Government of India, Post, 2017; Commemorative Stamp on the 1942 Quit India Movement. A little bit of history 8th August 1942: From a public park in Bombay, … Continue reading →

India and International Human Rights: An Ambiguous Relationship Posted 31 October 2019 In the post-world war II stage, at the time when the United Nations Organisation was being formed, India was still under colonial rule. Yet, it had a seat at the table and was one of the founding members of the United Nations. While … Continue reading →

Rekha Oleschak-Pillai, posted on 10 October 2019. We believe in peace, non-violence and upholding human dignity. As such, the concept of torture is completely alien to our culture and it has no place in the governance of the nation.[1] At the time I started thinking of the contents of this post I was travelling through … Continue reading →

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By Roman Friedrich The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 Term, having witnessed the arrival of a new Justice, is now over and the Nine Justices have receded into their summer break. This term the US Supreme Court decided 73 cases, ranging from the usual share of criminal cases to cases dealing with the Court’s newly-found passion … Continue reading →

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS  Kosovo International Summer Academy 2019 (6 ECTS) “Peace building in post-conflict areas – Diplomacy, Leadership and Negotiations” http://www.academy-ks.org  Open to (Eligibility): Undergraduate, graduate and post graduate students (who are enrolled or have already completed aforementioned levels of university studies) and young professionals. Date/Venue:  KSA Part I: 10-20 July 2019, Prishtina, Kosovo KSA … Continue reading →

  By Rekha Oleschak-Pillai In 2007 I participated in a conference on the Accountability of International Organisations, which resulted in a book titled ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS (https://intersentia.com/en/accountability-for-human-rights-violations-by-international-organisations.html). The main theme of the conference and the book was to examine what accountability of international organisations entails and what the implications of … Continue reading →

By Roman Friedrich The low frequency of blog posts may be a sign that the Supreme Court’s 2018 term is not necessarily the most spectacular one we have seen in a longtime. Still, this case is promising from the perspective of constitutional law: Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, docket no. 17-1702, a case arising from the … Continue reading →

Prof. Evelyne Schmid and Prof. Martino Maggetti are in charge of this exciting project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation on Bypassing the Nation State? How Swiss Cantonal Parliaments Deal with International Obligations. They have two open positions- a Post doc and a doctoral position- please check them out. http://wp.unil.ch/ilsp http://wp.unil.ch/ilsp/jobs/   Continue reading →

By Roman Friedrich           Will Timbs drive his Rover again? This week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a high-profile case dealing with the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which reads as follows: „Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.“ The case … Continue reading →