@WAR
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@WAR explores anything related to armed conflict in the particular context of Pakistan. @WAR is an initiative of the Conflict Law Centre (CLC) at the Research Society of International Law, Pakistan (RSIL), an independent, non-partisan think tank based in Pakistan. The CLC is a unique portal at RSIL which is dedicated to the law of armed conflict and conducts research on all aspects of an armed..
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3M ago
Ayesha Malik and Hennie Strydom talk about South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, and what we should expect from the the ICJ's preliminary orders  ..read more
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5M ago
Ayesha Malik sits down with Dr. Marco Longobardo to discuss his book The Use of Armed Force in Occupied Territory, and the right to resistance, the right to self-determination, the classification of the conflict, how to apply human rights law in occupied territory, and what we can expect from the upcoming Advisory Opinion.  ..read more
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5M ago
In this episode, we sat down with Saroop Ijaz, Senior Legal Counsel for Human Rights Watch, about apartheid in Israel and Palestine, HRW's report 'A Threshold Crossed' and the key factors involved in making that determination.  ..read more
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6M ago
Ayesha Malik and Zarrar Khuhro talk about how narratives around this conflict have changed over the decades, the conflation of anti-Zionism, the international community's reaction, and whether international law remains relevant.  ..read more
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6M ago
Ayesha Malik and Dr. Ahmad Siddiqi talk about the roots of the conflict, the various phases of Israeli policy towards the Palestinian population, whether the Palestinians were actually offered statehood five times, why Hamas has acted now and why Israel's response has been what it is, and finally what the international community can do ..read more
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7M ago
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Saadia Zahoor, a policy expert at the National Security Division, to talk about looking at national security from a gendered lens, women in decision-making roles, manels, personal attacks on women, local graduates, being inclusive, and the need to not be petty.  ..read more
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8M ago
In this episode of @WAR, Ayesha Malik, Team Lead of the Conflict Law Centre, is joined by Feisal Naqvi, Advocate of the Supreme Court and Senior Partner at Bhandari, Naqvi and Riaz, to talk about the Indus Waters Treaty and India's request to modify it. We discussed past disputes under the treaty, its technical aspects, India's request to modify, and the impact of climate change on the treaty ..read more
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11M ago
In this episode of @WAR, Ayesha Malik, Team Lead of the Conflict Law Centre, is joined by Antonios Tzanakopoulos, Professor of Public International Law at Oxford University, to talk about sanctions under international law. We discussed traditional and extraterritorial sanctions, their effectiveness, whether they are punitive, and the rise of blocking statutes.
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1y ago
Civil war in Sudan - Ayesha Malik and Joshua Craze discuss the conflict's two main personalities, the international actors involved, centre-periphery relations between Kharthoum and the rest of the country, as well as the current ceasefire and whether it will hold.  ..read more
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1y ago
In this episode of @WAR, our Team Lead for the Conflict Law Centre, Ayesha Malik, is joined by Dr Farrukh Khan, an Associate Professor at LUMS, to discuss how culture interacts with conflict and the ways in which it has long been used, across all eras and traditions, to oppose, promote, and recover from war.
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