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    UN World Court Begins Landmark Hearings on Rohingya Genocide Case Against Myanmar

    Opening the hearings, Judge Iwasawa Yuji, President of the Court, outlined a detailed schedule that includes two rounds of pleadings by Gambia and Myanmar, as well as closed sessions to hear testimony from witnesses called by the applicant State.

    Sri Lankan Workers Depart for Israel Amid Controversy Over Human Rights Concerns

    The situation places Sri Lanka’s Left-of-Centre government in a precarious position as it seeks to balance economic imperatives with human rights concerns.

    The World Owes the Rohingyas their Right to Human Dignity

    For the hundreds and thousands of Rohingya refugees who entered southern Bangladesh through beaches and paddy fields in 2017, “they brought with them accounts...

    Washington’s Rohingya Genocide Declaration Is Symbolic But Meaningful

    Since the United States typically only cooperates with the International Criminal Court when conditions suits it, the genocide declaration gives those within the administration...

    A Tale of Two Genocide Cases: International Justice in Ukraine And Myanmar

    The way Russia and Myanmar have responded to the cases reveals much about the strengths and limits of international justice mechanisms in addressing global...

    Finding a Pathway Out of Genocide for Mynmar’s Rohingya

    On 21 March 2022, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the United States has determined that the acts committed against the Rohingya minority in...

    UN General Assembly session today on Russia’s ‘war of choice’ on Ukraine.

    The UN Security Council has called for a rare emergency special session of the UN General Assembly on Russia’s military operation in Ukraine to...

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    Preventive Healthcare: Bridging the Last Mile in Tapukara

    A hospital bed or a health card is of limited use if people are unaware of it, or do not access it in time.
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    Bench Under Fire: Sri Lanka’s Retirement Age Row

    Sri Lanka’s NPP government pushes a constitutional amendment to raise apex court judges’ retirement ages by two years, citing...

    NHRC Must Recognise Impact of Heat as Violation of Fundamental Rights

    Extreme heat has become a growing public emergency, depriving people of basic necessities and threatening their right to live in a healthy, safe, and dignified environment.

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    Preventive Healthcare: Bridging the Last Mile in Tapukara

    A hospital bed or a health card is of limited use if people are unaware of it, or do not access it in time.

    Bench Under Fire: Sri Lanka’s Retirement Age Row

    Sri Lanka’s NPP government pushes a constitutional amendment to...