Pakistan, Palestine and the World Court
Pakistan has an important opportunity to support Palestinian rights at the World Court and in doing so to advance key principles of international law that protect human rights globally. In…
International courts ‘more needed than ever’, 25 years after Srebrenica
Twenty-five years after the Srebrenica massacre international courts like those which tried the perpetrators of the slaughter face an uncertain future but are needed more than ever, experts say. The…
Special courts and sexual violence
In the backdrop of the Lahore motorway rape case, President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi exercised his presidential powers under Clause (1) of Article 89 of the Constitution of the…
War criminals
On June 8, a United Nations court upheld the conviction of Bosnian Serb military chief and war criminal Ratko Mladi for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during…
The court is watching
It feels like déjà vu. Israel launching forced evictions, raids of Al Aqsa Mosque, and persecution of Palestinians. Hamas firing rockets into Israel. Israel bombing densely populated areas of Gaza,…
Pardoning war criminals
The US-led war on Iraq, which formally began in March 2003 but essentially started more than a decade earlier with frequent aerial bombing and oppressive economic sanctions, was greenlit by…
International arbitration: Pakistan’s recent woes
In the landmark case of Eckhardt, the (late) Justice Ajmal Mian cautioned that "...while dealing with an application ... in relation to a foreign arbitration clause like the one in…
Post-9/11: unilateralism v international law
Post-9/11, the world is witnessing increasing violations of international law, especially International Human Rights Law (IHRL) and International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in conflict situations, specifically where powerful states are involved,…
Capital suggestion: Criminal Finances Act
On July 24, 2002, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, the queen of England, gave royal assent to the Proceeds of Crime Bill 2002 (POCA), thereby making the bill an act of parliament.…
No more military courts
Accprding to official sources, the government has decided to table a bill to extend the ‘exceptional’ use of military courts for another three years. Reportedly, the draft amendment would give…
