Navigating Complexities: Unpacking the ICJ Judgment in South Africa vs. Israel

-By Ansh Sharma On 29 December, 2023, the Republic of South Africa (hereinafter “South Africa”) filed in the Registry of the International Court of Justice an application instituting proceedings against the State of Israel (hereinafter “Israel”) concerning alleged violations in the Gaza Strip of obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the …

INDIA – THE VOICE OF GLOBAL SOUTH FOR Climate Change?

By Pooja Nayak & Mansi Saraiya Students of SVKM's Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai University. Global South: ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, refers to India’s advocacy of ‘One Earth, One Family and One Future’, which finds its mention in the Maha Upanishad. This rooted Indian value and philosophy strengthens India’s soft power strategies in dispensing global influence. …

THE NATIVE STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE WITH DIGNITY, FREEDOM AND JUSTICE

by Mohammad Anas Dhorajiwala & Aastha Sheth SVKM's Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai University Every year on November 26th, we commemorate Constitution Day to be reminded of how wonderful our Constitution is and how it took the greatest minds in our country 2 years, 11 months, and 18 days to complete this sacred (living) …

What Are the Iranians Dreaming About?

By Trinayani Iyer, Harshita Tyagi SVKMs Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai University The Mahsa Amini protests have taken the world by storm. A young woman, arrested by the ‘morality police’ of Iran lost her life while in police custody. Though the cause of her death remains uncertain and debatable, the larger question of personal …

Iranian and Albanian conflict in lieu of the recent cyber-attacks

by Jinen Lakdawala SVKM's Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai University. Earlier at the beginning of last month, Albania announced that it has cut all diplomatic ties with Iran and has asked the Iranian diplomats to leave Albania within 24 hours. This decision was taken following the cyber attacks by Iran on official Albanian state …

Volodymyr Zelensky: The Rise of a Comedian turned President

By Riya Jhaveri SVKM's Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai University: Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky is Ukraine's sixth president since May 20, 2019. In the country's presidential election in April 2019, a former comedian and actor with no political experience won by a landslide against incumbent Petro Poroshenko. Prior to campaigning for president, Zelensky held no …

The Rise of Vladimir Putin: Former KGB Spy to President

By Anoushka Desai and Aayushi Vanzara, SVKM’s Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai University: When Russian President Boris Yeltsin abruptly resigned on December 31, 1999, personally culling a former KGB official only a few years into politics as his successor, few predicted that Vladimir Putin would still hold power 20 years later, a Kremlin tenure …

RUSSIA – UKRAINE STANDOFF

By: Khushi Wazalwar and Jinen Lakdawala, SVKM’s Pravin Gandhi College of Law Edited by The Editorial Board of SAIL. History  Ukraine gained independence 30 years ago, following the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Since then, it has struggled to combat corruption and heal deep internal divisions. The western region of Ukraine was generally supportive of …

A PRIVATISED COSMOS

A Legal Analysis of the Loopholes in the OST with reference to Space Tourism By: Harishta Tyagi, SVKM’s Pravin Gandhi College of Law Edited by The Editorial Board of SAIL and Nupur Burman Introduction With the numerous advances by private capitalist ventures, outer space is no longer the exclusive realm of government agencies. This has …

POLAND BELARUS BORDER DISPUTE: AN ENGINEERED CRISIS

By: Aayushi Vanzara, SVKM’s Pravin Gandhi College of Law Edited by The Editorial Board of SAIL. Introduction: Belarus has engineered a migrant crisis in Europe.  Assuring migrants from war-torn nations in the Middle East entry into Western Europe. The procedure to acquire a tourist visa has been simplified to cause an influx of migrants on the …