International Law – The Law Today Pakistan

Editor, Khudayar Mohla, Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan, SCBA, Indian diplomats in Pakistan, persona non grata, Pahalgam incident, false flag operation, Pulwama attack, Pakistan India tensions, Kashmir conflict, Indian-occupied Kashmir, war crimes in Kashmir, Kulbhushan Jadhav, state-sponsored terrorism, Indian military, human rights violations, international law, diplomatic tensions, SCBA press statement, Pakistan legal fraternity, justice for Kashmir, Pakistan India relations

SCBA Urges Government to Declare All Indian Diplomats in Pakistan as Persona Non Grata

Estimated read time 2 min read
April 24, 2025

SCBA terms Pahalgam is yet another classic example of a false flag operation.

Editor, Khudayar Mohla, Kashmir, Pakistan, India, Article 370, Article 35A, BJP government, Kashmir dispute, Indian Constitution, legal consequences, international law, bilateral treaties, UN Security Council resolutions, Kashmir issue, Jammu and Kashmir, plebiscite, self-determination, human rights violations, Indian aggression, UNSC Resolution 47, geopolitical conflict, Simla Agreement, Line of Control, military occupation, fundamental rights, media blackout, arbitrary detention, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ICCPR, UN Charter, International Humanitarian Law, Geneva Conventions, Kashmir identity, demographic change, International Court of Justice, ICJ advisory opinions, East Timor case, Chagos Archipelago, Israel Wall case, Namibia case, erga omnes obligations, jus cogens, global human rights organizations, international law instruments, Vienna Declaration, Helsinki Final Act, Kashmir autonomy, territorial sovereignty, political rights, freedom of expression, war crimes, UN resolutions on Kashmir, Pakistan’s stance on Kashmir, Kashmir referendum, Kashmir conflict resolution, India-Pakistan relations, Kashmir insurgency, indigenous rights, human rights abuses in Kashmir, war crimes in Kashmir, legal status of Kashmir, Kashmir independence, peace process in South Asia

Kashmir – A Legal Battle

Estimated read time 7 min read
March 30, 2025

The law is against India

French court, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, Lebanese militant, pro-Palestinian militant, 40 years in prison, Paris killings, Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions, LARF, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, US military attache Charles Robert Ray, Israeli diplomat Yacov Barsimantov, French anti-terror prosecutors, parole request, legal victory, political prisoner, Middle East violence, terrorism in France, Lannemezan prison, French legal system, French appeal, French prison release, Israel-Palestinian conflict, Lebanese politics, French judiciary, international law, legal and political victory, French foreign policy, Palestinian rights, French court ruling, Khudayar Mohla, Criminal Practicing Lawyer Islamabad Pakistan Khudayar Mohla

French Court Acquits Lebanese Militant After 40 Years of Incarceration for Paris Killings

Estimated read time 3 min read
November 18, 2024

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah was convicted over 1982 murders of two foreign diplomats in Paris

Editor,Henrik Urdal, Peace Research Institute Oslo, PRIO, Nobel Peace Prize 2024, election observers, OSCE, Office for Democratic Institutions, Human Rights, Sudan, Emergency Response Rooms, UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, International Court of Justice, NESCO, Council of Europe, democracy, electoral processes, humanitarian crisis, Gaza, international law, multilateral collaboration, educational institutions, UNESCO, history education, voter suppression, humanitarian assistance, peace and stability.

Nobel Peace Prize 2024: PRIO Director’s Updated List Announced

Estimated read time 7 min read
October 4, 2024

Each year, PRIO's Director presents his own list for the Nobel Peace Prize while offering opinion on the most worthy potential laureates, based on his independent assessment

Editor,Pakistan and India, Consular Access Agreement 2008, reciprocal consular facilities, prisoners' rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, fair trial, criminal justice system, incarcerated fishermen, legal aid, border violation, Code of Criminal Procedure 1898, Code of Criminal Procedure 1973, consular access, UDHR Article 10, free legal services, legal panel, humanitarian grounds, Kulbhushan Jadhav, online court proceedings, legal instrument, prisoner repatriation, national security, civil society, human rights activists, international law, maritime border, consular facilities, criminal litigation, legal defence

Justice for Fisherfolk

Estimated read time 7 min read
September 2, 2024

Consular access agreement must be revisted

Editor, Khudayar Mohla, International Court of Justice, ICJ, climate change obligations, UN General Assembly, UNGA, advisory opinion, environmental obligations, international law, Paris Agreement, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human rights, small island developing states, greenhouse gas emissions, marine pollution, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, climate change hearings, legal consequences of environmental damage, international climate change developments, written submissions, oral hearings, landmark impact, authoritative legal documents, moral suasion, UN member states, climate change legal issues, international climate law, ICJ public hearings, climate change advisory opinion

ICJ Sets to Hear Arguments on States’ Climate Change Obligation

Estimated read time 2 min read
August 18, 2024

The UNGA asked the ICJ to consider environmental obligations under various international legal instruments such as the UN Charter, the Paris Agreement, and the UDHR

The ICJ opinion on Palestine applies with equal force to Jammu and Kashmir

Estimated read time 6 min read
August 6, 2024

In the case of Jammu and Kashmir, the modality for the exercise of the right of self-determination has already been specifically prescribed by the UN Security Council.

International Committee of the Red Cross, Nobel Peace Prize, Henry Dunant, Solferino, Geneva Convention, humanitarian efforts, prisoners of war, Red Cross emblem, World War I, World War II, League of Red Cross Societies, peace prize, Geneva Convention 1929, Red Cross history, Swiss Government, Louis Renault, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Birger Ekeberg, Martin Tranmæl, Philip Noel-Baker, political prisoners, Nazi Germany, Holocaust, humanitarian activities, Geneva office, Red Cross services, international law, Frédéric Passy, Alfred Nobel’s will, humanitarian work, Red Cross organization, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Carl Joachim Hambro, Hungarian uprising, conflicts in Algeria, Congo, Tibet, Norwegian Nobel Committee, humanitarian aid, peace building, Editor

The Red Cross: three-time recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

Estimated read time 19 min read
August 2, 2024

The 1901 award is particularly important because the Nobel Committee chose a course it would often follow later on.

Human Cost of Political Decisions: Kashmir Post-Article 370

Estimated read time 3 min read
August 2, 2024

By Javed Iqbal

Kashmir, India, Jammu and Kashmir, Partition, Jawahalal Nehru, RSS-BJP, International Law, Rousseau

Kashmir under the heel of India’s settler colonialism

Estimated read time 5 min read
February 4, 2024

By Ahmed Ali