Muskan Nagpal, a fourth-year student at Amity Law School GGSIPU, takes a look at the international legal framework surrounding the implications of rising sea levels in the context of climate change. Specifically, she addresses the commencement of the Anthropocene, and the potential issues that may arise for those impacted by climate-induced migration.

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In this feature, Sahil Bansal, final year student at Jindal Global Law School, visits the technical regulations on Non-Product Related Process and Production Methods and how they can be helpful in addressing global environmental concerns.

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Prakarsh and Shruti Mishra, second-year students at National Law Institute University, Bhopal, write on 'Revisiting the Teetering Ties of Public Procurement: A Forgotten Negotiation Between India and the EU.' They analyse the narrative of the FTA proposals between India and the EU and also propose the way forward in the context of challenges to international trade between the two regions.

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Olalekan Olayode and Adekunle Abiona, graduates from the Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria, write on the recent tussle concerning consular relations between the US and China. Specifically, they analyse the basis of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning the recent closures of the Chinese Consulate General in Houston and the US Consulate in Chengdu.

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Mahima Balaji, Director of JFIEL and student at Jindal Global Law School, in her first editorial, explores the systemic issues surrounding the treatment of members of the Uyghur community, and she specifically analyses the forced sterilisation of Uyghur women raising the question of genocide in the region of Xinjiang.

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ANMOL RATAN, a third year law student at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, writes on the anthropocentric nature of the law of armed conflicts. In this two part post, he first explores the inherent inadequacies of IHL’s foundational principles, i.e. distinction and proportionality, vis-à-vis environmental and ecological protection. In Part II, he further engages with and critiques the IHL framework from an eco-feminist perspective to call for a more inclusive interpretation of IHL rules.

You can read Part 2 here.

Part II of The Grass is Never Green in IHL: An Eco-Feminist Take on the Anthropocentric Laws of War by ANMOL RATAN.

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Armed Conflicts and outer space? Here, Gunjan Shrivastav, a third-year student at National Law School of India University, Bangalore, explores the mechanism to consider a constructive interpretation of international humanitarian law in outer space, given the absence of treaty provisions regulating possible military operations. Particularly, she considers the need to construe outer space within the ambit of ‘natural environment’ under international humanitarian law.

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Akshita Goyal, a third year law student at Symbiosis Law School, Pune, takes a look at the role of developing countries at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). She particularly  focuses on unearthing the underlying power dynamics at the WTO through concrete instances and internal politics (including the underrepresentation of certain developing nations).

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In this feature, Anushka Rungta, a third year law student from Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai, sheds light on the recent Artemis Accords, and its attempts at extending the peaceful collaboration for exploration and utilisation of lunar resources. The article explores the principles of international cooperation enshrined in international space law, subsequently envisioned in the Accords. It further analyses the diplomatic-economic concerns of major space-faring nations with respect to the agreement and their refusal to unify with the United States on the mission.

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