International Law

Introduction: Public International law is defined as body of rules which regulates relations among states. On the other hand, private international law is that branch of international law which decides what law will be applicable in…

International Law is Oxymoronic?  One of the most controversial issues that has been long debated and discussed and on which the opinions of the Jurists are sharply divided since the beginning of the science of law of nations concerns the…

Introduction: The international community often witnesses territorial changes. New states are born out of the existing states or old states disappear by merging with other states or splitting into many new states. Revolution occurs and…

Introduction: The rule regarding prisoners of war is enumerated in Geneva Convention 1949. It contains exhaustive provisions as to treatment of prisoners of war. It would apply to all cases of war even if the conflict is not of…

Definitions:- Treaty is defined as“Agreements of a contractual character between states or organizations of states creating legal rights and obligations”.Oppenheim.“In nearly all the cases, the object of the treaty is to impose…

Introduction: Diplomatic agents are the persons who are reside in foreign countries as representatives of the state by whom they are dispatched. They provide an important link between the country which dispatch them and the country to…

Introduction: Ordinarily, every state exercise and enjoys complete jurisdiction over all the person within its jurisdiction, but sometimes there may be cases where a person after committing crime runs away to another country. In such a…

Introduction: A state’s authority to grant asylum is recognized by customary International Law. Every state has absolute right to grant asylum unless it has accepted some particular restriction in this regard. The conception of…

Introduction:- The United Nations Convention on the law of the Sea is an international agreement that govern the rights and responsibilities of nations with respect to their use of the international water, establishing guidelines for…

NEUTRALITY: Definition:- “Neutrality is the attitude of impartiality adopted by third states towards belligerents, such attitude creating rights and duties between the impartial states and the belligerents”. Explanation…

Introduction: States are under an obligation to settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security are not endangered. However states are reluctant to submit disputes to independent…

Modes of Acquisition of state territory. Acquisition of a territory by a state means the acquisition of sovereignty over such territory. An existing state may acquire the territory which may already be under the sovereignty of another…