Vanessa Sant’Anna, a PhD candidate in Interdisciplinary International Studies (IIS) (jointly organised by the Vienna School of International Studies and the University of Vienna), takes a look at the importance of access to clinical trial data to effectively combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically analysing the role of TRIPS in providing affordable pharmaceutical products in light of the global race to finding the cure.

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Snehil Balani, a second year law student at Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, presents a comparative framework of the NAFTA vs the USMCA. He analyses the potential merits and downsides of the new agreement and provides a jurisdiction-specific analysis in terms of the three parties involved, including Canada not being a part of Chapter 14 of the USMCA.

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Nandini Shenai, third year law student at NMIMS, Mumbai, critically explores the interpretation of Article 121(3) of the UNCLOS in South China Sea arbitration. Particularly addressing the comprehensive interpretation by the tribunal which may be the guiding articulation on the issue in times to come.

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Abhijeet Shrivastava, Associate Editor at JFIEL, writes on the heightened tensions between India and China in their recent stand off. Crucially, he questions whether it may qualify as an "international armed conflict." Both, in terms of the hand-to-hand combat, as well as concerning the territorial incursions.

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Rajas S. from National Law University, Nagpur, writes on the possibility of holding China accountability for COVID-19. In a step away from purely diplomatic tactics, he explores the framework of international law and suggests potential avenues for fastening liability (and whether it is, at all, wise to do so).

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Sahibnoor Singh, Contributing Editor at the Jindal Forum for International and Economic Laws, analyses the practice of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (“ITLOS”) in the twenty-seven cases that it has pronounced between 1997 and 2015. With an in-depth analysis, through the findings of the court in these cases, he primarily makes a case surrounding how the ITLOS adeptly deals with challenges to its jurisdiction, and the strides it has been taken, in praxis, to actively assume it.

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Divij Jain, a third-year law student from Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai, looks at the ICC's investigation into alleged international crimes committed by US nationals in Afghanistan and other Eastern European countries that have now spanned for over two decades. He specifically analyses the importance of state cooperation and the possible challenges that may emerge while conceptualizing accountability.

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In this feature, Hitesh Nagpal, a third-year law student from Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai, analyses the Kalapani dispute simmering between the traditionally close neighbours, India and Nepal. He specifically looks at the contested territory from the prism of international law and considers the relevance of effective possession, contradictory maps, and the principle of estoppel. 

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Considered the legality of extracting resources from outer space? In this feature, Nikhil George, a final year student at Jindal Global Law School, explores Trump's 2020 Executive Order that declared the Moon, Mars and other celestial bodies are open for Americans to extract resources from. Interestingly, he explores the relevance of considering UNCLOS and drawing a parallel between the seabed and outer space while considering state sovereignty.

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Adhiraj Singh and Rudraksh Lakra, third-year students from Jindal Global Law School, explore the complexity of dealing with mixed disputes. Their piece critically explores the PCA's characterisation approach and goes on to emphasise the need to replace it by a more concrete and consistent normative approach to ensure internal coherence in international dispute settlement mechanisms.

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