Right to Healthcare For Prisoners during COVID-19: Overcrowded and Suffocated
At the onset of May, the Supreme Court ordered the release of prisoners due to the second wave of COVID-19. Only last year the court had order states to establish a High Powered Committee to ensure decongestion of prisons. But with a slump in cases, many high courts across India ordered prisoners to surrender and return. Despite the surge in cases, the infirm condition of Indian prisons such as overcrowding and poor medical facilities continues to be a norm. Can the latest order by the Apex Court bring about any substantial change in prisons?
Detention Centres in India: Do We Reek of Human Rights Violation?
Three staples for constructing detention centres in India include law, state and ‘illegal migrants’. These, along with bricks, cement and mortar, build suffocated cubicles, cramped by many who fail to prove their citizenship. In trying to establish their linkages with the state and in prooving bloodlines on paper, many succumbed to legal and administrative machinery.
Deepanshi Mehrotra tells the story of violations and confinement and an increasing number of detention centres in India despite COVID-19.
Analysis: No COVID-19 Vaccine for Asylum Seekers and Refugees in India?
Asylum seekers, undocumented migrants, refugees and displaced persons. These are some categories of residents or non-citizens who are unrecognised by the state. Though visible as illegal migrants, their invisibility is jarring in terms of their inclusion in governmental schemes. Despite residing in India for years, most of them don’t have documents to establish their identity. Deepanshi Mehrotra analyses if refugees and asylum seekers will be able to access the COVID-19 vaccine.
It’s Time to Ban Female Genital Mutilation in India: Here’s Why
By Prerna Murarka, fourth-year law student, ILS Law College, Pune.
The Right to Adequate Housing Denied: Homeless Amidst Pandemic
By Deepak Kumar, Research Scholar at Centre for the Study of Law and Governance in Jawaharlal Nehru University. Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has affected people
Death Penalty: Its Repurcussions
By Ankita Singh, RMLNLU 1. INTRODUCTION Over time, the death penalty has been a debatable issue in the criminal justice system. There are numerous pro
Media trial: freedom of speech v. fair trial
Shabnam Saidalavi, School of Legal Studies, Cochin Editor’s note: Freedom of expression is a fundamental right that goes to the very heart of individual identity
Conflict, Refugee Situation and Human Rights: A Case Study of Tamil Refugees in the Sri Lankan Conflict
By Anonymous Editor’s Note: Refugee situations and statelessness are two of the most pertinent issues today in International Law. There are millions of displaced persons
The Struggle of a Democracy against Terrorism: Sacrificing Civil Liberties to Reduce Terrorism Risks
Terrorist threats have existed throughout modern history, and the importance of deterring and preventing terrorist acts is of central importance. The impulse to abandon human rights norms in times of fear and crisis is short-sighted and self-defeating. As the revelations of shocking abuses at Abu Gharib prison have demonstrated, the world will not easily accept inhumane treatment in any context, and such treatment will tarnish and undermine even legitimate security operations. Therefore, this is an issue which requires in-depth analysis, as done by the author, due to its complex and multidimensional nature.
Insufficiency of medical facilities
By Abhinav Yadav The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata Editor’s note: The health situation and medical facilities in India continue to be
Law Of False Imprisonment In India
By Oyshee Gupta, CNLU Patna EDITOR’S NOTE:- In light of the recent trends of human rights violation in cases of custodial torture, it is imperative for
Principle of Non-Refoulement and its Absolute Nature
By Akkiraju Chandralekha, SLS Pune Editor’s Note: The principle of non-refoulement is a major concept in public international law, dealing specifically with refugee laws within
Globalization and Human Rights
By Akash Mishra, WBNUJS Editor’s Note: Globalization can be simply defined as an interplay among individuals in ideas, cultures that extends beyong geographical boundaries. This paper discusses the
Need For Codification Of Refugee Laws In India
By Sagarika Chandel, KIIT School of Law, Bhuvaneshwar “EDITOR’S NOTE:- While India has been home to several immigrants from neighbouring indigenous communities in turmoil, however,
Law On Phone-tapping In India
By Priyan Garg, Amity Law School, Noida “EDITOR’S NOTE:- The recent times have exposed the diabolic methods used by government agencies all over the world
Genocide – An Indian Perspective
Aditya P Arora RGNUL, Patiala “Editor’s Note: The author of the paper has dealt with Genocide in the Indian context comprehensively looking at legislations, meaning
The Protection of Refugees Bill, 2014
By Shristi Banerjee and Aditya Pattnaik, WBNUJS Editor’s Note: This paper is in the form of a proposed draft for a bill titled the Protection of
Ethnic Relations
By Anonymous Editor’s Note: The terms ‘ethnicity’ and ‘ethnic’ groups are derived from the greek word ‘ethnos’, normally translated as ‘nation’ or commonly said, people
The Corfu Channel Case
By Aarti Goyal, UILS, Chandigarh Editor’s Note: The general principles of International law are among the sources of national and International Law, which have long been
Comparative Analysis of the Phenomena of Death Row and its Unconstitutionality
By Naveen Kumar Gautam, RMLNLU ‘Editor’s Note: Death Row phenomenon is an attribute of the long and slow infamous trials of Indian judiciary. It is
