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2021 Was a Critical Year for Climate. 2022 Will be Even Bigger
By Emma Shortis, RMIT University in Melbourne Even if the promises made at COP26 were implemented, it won’t be enough to stop catastrophic warming. 2022

When Lawmakers Are So Casual About Breaking the Law, Who Can be Expected to be in Awe of the Law?
There is much more to the Supreme Court’s recent overturning of the disqualification of decision of the Manipur Speaker, Yumnam Khemchand, of three MLAs ahead

SC Reserves Judgement on Parliamentary Secretaries While also Dismissing Disqualification Case of 12 MLAs Dismissed After Manipur Governor’s Decision; Protest Against Oting Massacre Spreads; Demands for AFSPA Repeal Returns
The Supreme Court on December 9 has reserved judgement in the special leave petitions challenging the Manipur High Court’s order of striking down the Manipur

AFSPA is a Case of the Law as a Barrier Before Justice Dispensation in HR Violation Cases
The clamour for justice, including the repeal of AFSPA has grown louder after killing 14 unarmed civilians by the Indian armed forces in Nagaland. The

Pressing Government of India for Withdrawal of AFSPA from Manipur is Not Sensible as Disturbed Area is Declared by the State Government
In the wake of Oting Massacre, the movement against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958 has renewed. Besides condemnations against the Oting Massacre

Nagaland ambush reopens old AFSPA wound in Northeast
Debates on the controversial law, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, AFSPA-1958, has stormed back into centre stage in the wake of the outrage against

A monumental mistake fomented by impunity: Anguish unabated as no sign of end of AFSPA
There are no words to express the outrage and grief over the killing of 14 civilians (the toll so far) in Mon district of Nagaland,

COVID-19 has pushed global health to the centre of international politics
By: Tasha Wibawa and Karthik Nachiappan A lapse in public health diplomacy, long sidelined to seemingly more pressing issues of international trade and security, saw

Omicron is a Product of Vaccine Apartheid
By: Obijiofor Aginam The unintended consequence of vaccine apartheid has left billions of people in poor countries unvaccinated – creating opportunities for COVID-19 to mutate.