Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Foreign Affairs, Human Rights on Jul 6th, 2011
A domestic court at The Hague yesterday ruled the Dutch state was “responsible” for the death of three Bosnian Muslims in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. To quote from this astonishing verdict: “The Dutch state is responsible for the death of these men because [UN peacekeepers] Dutchbat should not have handed them over…The Dutchbat had been witness [...]
Posted in Foreign Affairs on Jun 23rd, 2011
A recent bunch of articles I read; along with my watching the latest from the X-Men franchise got me thinking about how, no matter how democratic a Government may be, individual choice, whim and opinion may sometimes play a huge role in decisions that affect the entire globe. The articles I read were about South [...]
Posted in Court, Foreign Affairs on Jun 18th, 2011
Earlier this year, the Indian Supreme Court quoted Faiz and urged the Pakistan Government to release Indian prisoners in Pakistani jails so as to foster friendship between the two countries. The Pakistan Gov paid heed to the appeal and released Gopal Dass in what was a great diplomatic gesture. Now the same bench asked [...]
Posted in Foreign Affairs on Jun 13th, 2011
The recently concluded Indo-African summit to boost trade relations has opened a debate on what exactly India, and other BRIC nations really want to gain from this alliance. Are these nations going to demand their pound of flesh when their times comes. Comparable to some of the more developed yet overly amicable nations ? An [...]
Posted in Foreign Affairs on Jun 8th, 2011
A few weeks ago, in Sanya China, the leaders of the “BRICS” nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) adopted a charter wherein they pledged that they would have a greater stake in the activities of various international organizations. It’s first step was to oppose the candidature of French finance Minister Christine Lagarde. While many [...]
Posted in Foreign Affairs on Jun 6th, 2011
Rumors are flying around regarding international action against Syria. In some of my earlier posts dealing with the Libyan intervention spoke about certain similarities between the 2 cases and probably why Syria was not on the list.(Check out Lets talk about the law). The United States and UK have already imposed certain sanctions against Syria [...]