Clarifying Misconceptions about the IWT Dispute
India’s “abeyance” of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) is legally questionable under international law, violating obligations to Pakistan.
Raas Nabeel is a Research Associate at RSIL. He completed his BA-LLB (Honours) from LUMS, graduating with High Distinction in 2021, and completed his LLM from the University of Cambridge (Downing College) in 2022. He was a Conference Assistant at the 2022 Cambridge International Law Journal Conference, as well as having been a part of the LUMS Law Journal Editorial Committee. His areas of interests include public international law, global governance, the law of armed conflict, international human rights law and environmental law.
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