International Law Shaping Policing of Gender Based Violence in Pakistan
This article examines how international law is shaping the policing of gender based violence in Pakistan.
Mr. Kamran Adil is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Research Society of International Law. He is currently serving as Deputy Inspector General (Operations) Punjab Police.
Policing Extremism and Terrorism in Pakistan
This article explores ways in which Pakistan can reshape its law enforcement and policing response to extremism and terrorism
Rethinking Criminal Justice in Pakistan
This article highlights how to rethink and re-design a more optimistic discourse on the subject of criminal justice reform in Pakistan.
Reviewing Penal Policy through Probation and Parole in Pakistan
This article focuses on the existing legislation on probation and parole in Pakistan, and explores the possibility of reforms in the existing legislation.
Justice System Response to Crimes Against Women
A society responds to crimes and wrongs in various ways. At an institutional level, it responds through its justice system, which manifests itself through its criminal and civil streams. The countries that accord priority to crimes and wrongs being caused to their citizens undertake serious academic research and then link the research to larger public policy to redress the grievances of their citizens.
The Primacy of Federal Criminal Law in National Security
Owing to the latest national security concerns, the centrality and primacy of criminal law in meeting national security requirements cannot be discounted. This post examines areas of concern that must be considered while imagining the role of criminal law in national security.
Punishing Rapists: Lessons Learnt from the Motorway Rape Case
In Pakistan’s society’s relationship to public policy is essentially emotional; the domain of criminal justice policy is no exception. There is hardly any discussion on sex crimes, especially rape and its species of offences, in the normal course of things.
Investigating State Sponsored Terrorism Under International Law
International relations, as an academic discipline, is more tolerant to interchangeable terms as compared to international law, which is more particular about the use of terminology employed to elucidate a set of facts.
ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTERING FINANCING OF TERRORISM (AML/CFT) LAWS IN PAKISTAN: AN OVERVIEW
If Pound’s axiomatic first step is taken in understanding laws related to Financial Action Task Force (FATF), it will transpire that many laws have virtually been rewritten; these laws have affected civil, business, corporate, tax, criminal and regulatory regimes in a significant manner. The characteristic feature of FATF-related legislation is that it has linked civil and regulatory laws with criminal laws of the country.
Explainer on The Line of Actual Control
Contrary to popular perception, international law is at the core of China-India recent standoff. China’s claim rests on the primacy of customary international law compared to the claim of India, which is based on succeeding rights from British India. Interestingly, India was not even privy to the agreements from which it derives succeeding claims. The…