Public International Maritime Law (PIML) Archives

ROLE OF MARINE INSURANCE IN OIL POLLUTION IN INDIA

All too often, “the asserted divide between public and private international law suggests that the two occupy different, mutually exclusive domains. On the one hand, public international law comprises the legally binding rules and principles…

UNDERWATER COMMUNICATION CABLES: VULNERABILITIES AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES RELEVANT TO INDIA PART-2

This is the second and concluding part of an article on submarine communications cable systems relevant to India. Part-1 focussed upon providing an overview of these systems and the vulnerabilities to which they are subject. This concluding…

UNDERWATER COMMUNICATION CABLES: VULNERABILITIES AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES RELEVANT TO INDIA PART-1

This two-part article aims to provide Indian policy-makers and lay readers alike with an overview of submarine communications cable systems in India, highlighting their criticality, their vulnerabilities, and the inadequate protection they receive…

RISE OF THE ROBOTS: WEAPONIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

The history of human civilisation is a complex tapestry of individual and collective human development in the humanities and sciences interwoven with an apparently insatiable quest for power. This article concerns itself with some contemporary…

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NAVIES AND THE ‘USE OF FORCE’- ANALYSING AN ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE US NAVY AND SEAGOING FORCES OF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS PART 2: ADDRESSING THE LEGAL ISSUES

The preceding segment of this two-part article had set the context within which three important legal questions needed to be explored: (1) Do IRGCN gunboats classify as warships? (2) Do their harassment-actions constitute a level of ‘use…

SEA LEVEL RISE AND CLIMATE REFUGEES: A CASE OF INADEQUATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

Key messages >>> If we are able to make right choices to arrest the increase in greenhouse gas emissions now, the impact of sea level rise can be reduced to an extent and so can the number of climate refugees. Overall, climate…

CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO VERDICT OF INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE: AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE

On 25 February 2019, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its verdict in favour of Mauritius, over the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago and asked the United Kingdom (UK) to hand over the disputed islands to the former. It…

EMPLOYMENT OF UNMANNED MARITIME SYSTEMS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC: LEGAL IMPLICATIONS AND THE WAY AHEAD

LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE 25TH NOVEMBER 2018 KERCH STRAIT INCIDENT

INDIA AND PROTECTION OF ITS OVERSEAS NATIONALS

CHINA'S APPROACH TO FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION: NO SAIL ZONES

Introduction Torturous negotiations, involving much bargaining and several compromises, characterised the multiple sessions of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. Although the Conference eventually succeeded in formulating…

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CHINA AND FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION IN SOUTH CHINA SEA: THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL’S VERDICT

On 12 July 2016, the Tribunal constituted at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea, 1982 (UNCLOS) issued its decision in the arbitration instituted by the Philippines…