Tag: United Nations
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Revisiting the Dilemma: Crime of Aggression and Humanitarian Interventions
By Ruchika Mohapatra, National Law University, Odisha. Firstly, to understand the concept of Crime of Aggression, it is important to understand the relevant international conventions and treaties as well as the customary international law, and finally the general principles that define acts of aggression. A general act of aggression, as discussed in the U.N. Charter and…
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Zero Hunger Programme: A Step to Remove Nutritional Deficiency in India
By Arifa Khan, Post Graduate College of Law, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Every day, men and women across the globe struggle to feed their children a nutritious meal. In a world where we produce enough food to feed everyone, one in nine – still goes to bed on an empty stomach each night. The second most populous country…
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Towards Inclusion
By Pragya Dhoundiyal, Law Center-1, Faculty of Law, Delhi University. The United Nations was established with the objective of maintaining peace in the world and to prevent any further outbreak of war. To give shape to this objective, the Dumbarton proposal suggested establishment of an executive organ of limited membership whose prime responsibility would be to maintain…
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The Millennium Development Goals and India: How far along have we come?
By Hita M. Agarwal, WBNUJS, Kolkata. The millennium year, 2000, or Y2K, as it has come to be known in popular culture – marked an occasion of renewal of hope and aspirations. A new date, meant to many, a chance to shed the burden of the past and aspire for a better future. How then, could…
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Censorious assay to the Recommendations regarding United Nations, 2015
By Puja Kaushal, RMLNLU, Lucknow. The United Nation was founded in 1945 to save succeeding generations from the courage of war. But still too many people in this world and few places are beginning the year in grief, suffering and miserable conditions caused by conflict and deliberate violence. In short, human beings are far from…