The External Affairs Minister of India submitted a Declaration on 27 September 2019 accepting as compulsory ipso facto and without any special agreement the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in conformity with article 36 paragraph 2 of the ICJ Statute. This new Declaration replaces the previous one made 45 years ago on 18…

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949. The importance that has been attached to the four Geneva Conventions (GCs) in the last seven decades is discernible from their universal acceptance. Since their adoption hardly there has been an armed conflict situation where the discussions have not involved the issues related to the…

After four decades of their adoption, India continues to have an ambivalent position on the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977, and the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to…