WHAT IS GATT?[i] The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is a legal agreement between many countries, whose overall purpose was to promote international trade by reducing or eliminating trade barriers such as tariffs or quotas. According to its preamble, its purpose was the “substantial reduction of tariffs and other trade barriers and the elimination of preferences, on a reciprocal and mutually advantageous basis.” The…
WHAT IS WIPO? World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), is an international organization designed to promote the worldwide protection of both industrial property (inventions, trademarks, and designs) and copyrighted materials (literary, musical, photographic, and other artistic works). The organization, established by a convention signed in Stockholm in 1967, began operations in 1970 and became a specialized…
WHAT IS WTO?[i] The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services,…
INTRODUCTION The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is one of the world’s most enduring conflicts, with the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip reaching 54 years of conflict. Various attempts have been made to resolve the conflict as part of the Israeli–Palestinian peace process. Public declarations of claims to a Jewish homeland in Palestine, including the 1897 First Zionist Congress and the 1917 Balfour Declaration, created early tension…
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Capitalism in health sector puts a price on human life and it further regulates its affairs which is completely run over the life and death of people. Capitalism in health sector plays a pathetic role in making money out of people’s misery and ill health. It not only helps the corporation…
THE FUTURE OF ASYLUM REGIME IN INDIA WITH RESPECT TO PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AND RECENT LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS SYNOPSIS INTRODUCTION India has long been a refugee-hosting region. India has one of the largest numbers of forced refugees receiving protection in the country. India has declined to sign the 1951 Refugee Convention for a number of ideological…
RUSSIA HAS RED LINE ON UKRAINE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said that Russia would be compelled to act if “red lines” on Ukraine were crossed by NATO. Putin said that organization of specific hostile rocket capacities on Ukrainian soil would be viewed as a trigger by Russia. Putin was talking at a venture…
History is replete with many instances of violence. Terrorism is a political violence which is considered unjustified. Terrorist are the actors in terrorism, often addressing themselves as “Freedom fighters” “Jehadis”. Terrorism involves the systematic use of terror. Terror is unleashed in the form of violence causing indiscriminate killing or as threat of violence. Yhough terrorism…
ESTABLISHMENT OF US HEGEMONYThe sudden collapse of the Soviet Union While one of the two superpowers ceased to exist, the other remained with all its powers intact, even enhanced. Thus, it would appear that the US hegemony began in 1991 After Soviet Power disappeared from the international scene. Iraq invasion of Kuwait In August 1990,…
INTRODUCTION International Law has always been a controversial area as to whether it can be considered as a law or not. Different scholars and philosophers have distinct perspectives and theories on international law. Some prominent thinkers such as Thomas Hobbes and Jeremy Bentham believe that since international law is not binding and enforceable, therefore, it…
