Targeted Killing by States under International Law – Are Nations secretly executing Murder?
Extrajudicial killings, usually referred to as targeted killing by states, are a contentious topic of international law. Such executions are conducted by governments without due process and thus are frequently defended on the basis of counterterrorism or national…
Lethal Bots or Soldiers of the Prospect – Will Robot fight our Wars?
This might sound as straight from a fictional novel, but we may soon have robot armies to fight in human wars. The development of autonomous weapon systems has stirred the hornet’s nest. On one hand, we have…
Drone Strikes and Targeted Killings – Legal Geography of War
Warfare between nations is not a new chapter in the annals of human civilizations. With the advent of technological advancements, they have evolved into new profiles. In the very past, the kingdoms undertook massive battles to conquer…
War-Torn Afghanistan – Fighting an Uphill Battle?
Donald J. Trump strikes a deal with the Taliban, that USA will withdraw its forces from Afghanistan soil. On 14 April, Joe Biden who inherited the deal from Trump, announced from the White House, Washington DC, “It’s…
Legal Character and Effects of War
Law of war is that part of International law that manages the commencement, conduct, and end of the war itself. Its point is to restrict the endured agony caused to warriors and to the people who might…
Should Trump build the Wall?
We’re going to build a wall, was probably one of the famous claims of US President Donald Trump since he launched his presidential campaign in 2016. What seemed to be a vague and futile statement, in fact,…
War Crimes
According to the United Nations, war crime may be a serious breach of international law committed against civilians or ‘enemy combatants‘ amid a worldwide or domestic armed conflict. War crime happens when superfluous damage or pointless suffering…
The Killing of General Soleimani – Assassination or Anticipatory Self-Defence?
In January 2020, the United States launched an airstrike attack against an Iranian convoy which resulted in the death of Major General Qassem Soleimani along with nine other people. This event marked another low in the ever-deteriorating…
How did the land of Kurds become a Warzone?
In an age of bombs guzzling blood, skylarks merge peace with thought and action. Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams The war always claimed heavy price on every person who were involved in it and one of…
