Regina Paulose[1] In early January, young Rohingya children went outside of their homes in search of firewood. Four children tripped on a landmine and perished. The remaining children were severely injured. In 1997 the Mine Ban Convention (Ottawa Treaty) banned
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Covid-19 and the State of Exception
ADETOKUNBO HUSSAIN INTRODUCTION The World Health Organization Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on 20 March 2020, revealed reports of more than 210,000 cases of COVID-19 and over 9,000 people deaths caused by COVID-19. Around the world, desperate measures have been adopted to tackle
Turkey – A regressive step back to the 1950s
Fozia Hussain
“I am here because I listen to my consciousness. Because I have children, because of my children. Because I desire to live in a country where we can still live”. (Kadir Demir, protester)
A law which would
COVID-19: A primer on Human Rights and International Health Regulations
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The outbreak of coronavirus ( COVID-19) first detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, China has created a worldwide scare and has highlighted the global vulnerability to all nations alike. It has
COVID-19: A primer on Human Rights and International Health Regulations
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The outbreak of coronavirus ( COVID-19) first detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, China has created a worldwide scare and has highlighted the global vulnerability to all nations alike. It has been declared as
Seeking refuge from climate change
Anne Watanabe
In January, NOAA and NASA announced that the previous decade was the hottest on record, and the UN warned of more extreme weather events in the new decade, the result of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. Climate change’s impacts –
Easy targets? Sex Trafficking in the Prison System
Mariam Paulose
“The eye doesn’t see what the mind doesn’t know.” — D.H. Lawrence
We would like to believe slavery has been abolished since the 19th century yet it continues to exist all around us. We are oblivious to its
UEFA and the Military Salute Investigation – Part II
Yahya Kemal Aksu
Continued from Part I
General Principles of Conduct
According to the article 11 (1) of UEFA DC “Member associations and clubs, as well as their players, officials and members, and all persons assigned by UEFA to exercise
UEFA and the Military Salute Investigation – Part I
Yahya Kemal AKSU
Introduction
Within the scope of participation to UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 2020), in Qualifying rounds, Group H, Turkey played against Albania on October 11, 2019 and France on October 14 respectively. In both matches, after the
Demystifying the Supreme Court’s judgment in the Ayodhya dispute
Taanya Trivedi
In a historic judgment by the Honourable Supreme Court of India (SCI), the Court put to rest a volatile dispute dating back to 1885 that has been “a flashpoint of continued conflagration,”[1] which has caused enormous loss