Introduction
Our world is rapidly urbanising. This growth is projected to increase from 56% in 2021 to 68% in 2025, translating to 2.2 billion urban residents, out of which the majority will live in Asia and Africa. By 2035
Jindal Forum for International and Economic Laws
The Jindal Forum for International and Economic Laws publishes analyses and discussions on international law with a focus on its intersection with economic policies, global inequalities, and post-colonial perspectives. The forum critically examines positivist theories of international law, highlighting their limitations from the viewpoint of the Global South and Third World approaches. It addresses issues such as selective enforcement of international law, climate justice, indigenous rights, and the legacy of imperialism in environmental governance. The forum also explores contemporary challenges to international legal frameworks, including maritime law disputes and the legal implications of artificial islands and climate-induced territorial changes.
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Unclean Economies – Rethinking Development Through Waste
You’ve made all this effort to get to a place where the ugly, shit end of capitalism won’t be present, only to discover that your quest has been futile. A bit of rubbish has found its way into paradise and…
How do we see development vis-a-vis how development sees us?
“The Gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than…
Early-Career Positions at the United Nations (Consultancies and Associateships): On ‘International Lawyering’ with Pratyusha Ivaturi and Kwon Yongmi
In this interview, Adithi and Charu speak with Pratyusha Ivaturi, a consultant with the Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs, and Kwon Yongmi, a Counter-Trafficking Associate with IOM Nigeria, about their very different paths into international law…
Problematizing the Lack of a Human Rights Interpretative Clause in the Statute of the Special Tribunal of Ukraine
On June 25, 2025 the Council of Europe and Ukraine signed an agreement to establish the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine (‘the Tribunal’). The Tribunal is set up within the aegis of the Council of Europe…
Megaconstellations and the Silence of State Responsibility: Filling the Attribution Gap
Introduction
In 2023, researchers at Curtin University detected that 1,806 individual Starlink satellites, roughly 28% of the active constellation at the time, were leaking unintended radio emissions into protected radio-astronomy bands. Nobody violated a rule. Nobody could be held responsible.…
The International Committee of the Red Cross Legal Associateship: On International Lawyering with Luiza Fernandes and Deewanshi Vats
In this interview, we speak to Luiza Fernandes and Deewanshi Vats who are presently Legal Associates at the ICRC! The ICRC’s Legal Division offers a paid traineeship for a period of one year at its headquarters in Geneva. Associates support…
Why Asia Still Lacks a Regional Human Rights System
Introduction
More than 75 years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948, Asia still lacks a binding regional human rights (hereinafter, “HR”) framework. This is not surprising, given that Asia is home to more…
The International Court of Justice Judicial Fellowship: On International Lawyering with Edward Watson and Karin Arana
In this interview, we speak to Edward Watson and Karin Arana, both of whom have been part of the 2025-26 cohort of Judicial Fellows at the International Court of Justice. The Judicial Fellowship programme is a highly competitive scheme…
From Vodafone to the ‘Mother of All Deals’: The Narrowing Corridor for Investor-State Arbitration Against India
I. Introduction
On 27 January 2026, India and the European Union announced that they had concluded negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement. Amounting close to two billion consumers and approximately a quarter of global GDP, European Commission President Ursula von…