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Empowering Indigenous Voices: Indigenous Cultural Rights in International Law

Imagine a world where entire families are evicted from their own land, budding young ones are taken away from their families compelled to speak a foreign tongue, and disassociate themselves from their culture, simply because they were different. Billions of Indigenous people had to endure such a harsh reality. So why are culture and “cultural […]

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Women’s Role in Global Organization

“There Is No Development in Gender Equality” Introduction Women’s representation in international organizations has emerged as a critical issue at the global level. The importance of women as individuals in society and their significant participation in the workforce are crucial for the all-around development of a country, i.e., social, economic, and cultural development. Women’s participation […]

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Empowering Equality: Women’s Rights in International Human Rights Law

Introduction International law has witnessed remarkable progression over the last century with regards to the recognition and protection of women’s rights as human rights. International human rights norms, with a notable absence of critique of gender equity, placed most of their emphasis on state autonomy and war. The past few decades, however, have seen women’s […]

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Regulating The Principles of The International Environmental Law a Critical Analysis with Respect to Environment

“Sooner or later, we will have to recognize that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans.” Evo Morales Abstract The research study encompasses a critical analysis of the existing international environmental law principles. […]

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International Surrogacy and The Child’s Rights to Identity and Family

On September 9, 2008 the Supreme Court of India disposed off a writ petition filed by Ms. Emiko Yamada, a Japanese national appealing for the custody of her grandchild born of commercial surrogacy, which the Rajasthan High Court had denied in order to prevent the social malaise that was the commercial surrogacy industry flourishing in […]