Rajbeer Singh Saluja
How It Started: The Spark Behind the Violence
The violence in Manipur began on 3 May 2023 following a “Tribal Solidarity March” organised by the All-Tribal Students’ Union Manipur (ATSUM) against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe status. Tensions had already been building for years due to disputes over land rights,…
Sarthak Sahoo
The two-element approach to identifying customary international law is now the mainstay in international law scholarship and practice. However, while this legible and demanding test makes the identification process more predictable, neither the International Court of Justice nor municipal courts have been as principled—or predictable—as one would hope.
The long-standing perspectives on ‘inductive’…
Arunava Banerjee
The story of international law spans differently when viewed through the objects that shape its performance. In this tale, a shipping container does not simply carry goods; rather, it carries a particular vision of global commerce and trade that quietly got standardised through technical disputes between competing private and public actors within the…
Gidey Belay Assefa
The EU-Australia FTA: Investment Protection not Covered
On 24 March 2026, the European Union (EU) and Australia signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) aimed at removing tariffs and technical barriers to trade between themselves. The agreement, however, does not contain investment protection chapters. While the trade agreement is not yet public, the released…
Gurman Narula
In 1917, as the First World War raged across Europe, a businessman named Seth Jumma Lal Ruthia sat in Sehore and made a decision that seemed entirely sensible at the time. He subscribed Rs. 35,000 to the Indian War Loan, a coordinated imperial borrowing programme through which the colonial administration raised money to…
Aman Kumar
A few Special Rapporteurs and an Independent Expert of the United Nations Human Rights Council have written to both India and Pakistan regarding the war these countries fought in May 2025. This ‘Communication’ asks for ‘Observations’ by the two countries on a list of questions. The Communication touches upon the issues of Use…
Aman Kumar
In the aftermath of the India-Pakistan War in May 2025, the Indian government decided to send seven groups of parliamentarians to multiple countries. At the time, it was said that the aim was to convey India’s position on the terrorist attacks and to expose Pakistan’s links to the terrorists who committed the Pahalgam…
Shubhamanyu Lahiri
On 22nd October 2025, the ICJ delivered its Advisory Opinion on Israel’s Obligations in Relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nationsto other International Organisations and Third States in and in Relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory. In doing so, the primary jurisdictional constraint the Court faced was the question posed…
Sarthak Sahoo
Introduction
On 22 October 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ/Court) delivered its advisory opinion on Israel’s obligations on humanitarian relief in the occupied Palestinian territories. This came pursuant to UN General Assembly resolution 79/232 of December 2024, which asked the Court to outline (although not assess compliance with) Israel’s obligations in this…
Shantanu Singh
On October 7, 2025, the Economic Times reported that the Indian government planned to send a delegation of Members of Parliament (MP) to New York to attend the UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) 80th session. The report said that the objective of sending this delegation was to:
