Day 2 of the Oral Hearings in The Jadhav Case
Pakistan was represented by Mr. Khawar Qureshi QC who was acting in the capacity as the Counsel for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Broadly, his arguments related to the following aspects:
Day 1 of the Oral Hearings in The Jadhav Case
India’s legal arguments were advanced by Mr. Harish Salve who appeared before the Court as a Senior Counsel for India. Broadly, his arguments were as follows:
Training Module Review Committee Meeting of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Police
Date: 28th – 30th January 2019 Throughout 2018, the Research Society of International Law (RSIL) team had been working on the development of Training Modules on Counter-Terrorism Investigations for the Police School of Investigation, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Police in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). From the 28th to the 30th of…
Jamal Aziz, represented RSIL before the Committee on NGOs at United Nations Headquarters in New York
Executive Director Mr. Jamal Aziz, represented RSIL before the Committee on NGOs at United Nations Headquarters in New York this week. The Committee consists of 19 member states and is currently considering RSIL’s request for special consultative status before the UN’s Economic and Social Council.
RSIL team successfully presented a report to Federal Minister of Human Rights
In 2018 the Research Society of International Law (RSIL) was engaged by the Federal Ministry of Human Rights to examine Pakistan’s State practice on international human rights and develop a roadmap for reform which brings Pakistan’s domestic legal landscape in line with its international human rights obligations. On 21st January 2019, the RSIL team presented…
RSIL’s New Website Live
The Research Society of International law launches a new website. The website provides an easy to understand and responsive interface for users to access the organizations profile, projects, event details and the team. Each project page provides a detailed summary of the project and relevant team members involved. The website also provides a list of…
Delegation from Oxford University at the RSIL Office
On the 12th of January 2019, President RSIL Mr. Ahmer Bilal Soofi and the RSIL team welcomed a delegation from Wolfson College, Oxford at the Lahore office to discuss the creation of an endowment allowing Pakistani students to pursue a Master’s degree in international law at Oxford; as well as the future creation of a…
Policy Dialogue for ‘Improving Media Responses to Terrorist Incidents’ in Peshawar
The Research Society of International Law (RSIL) in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), held a policy dialogue for improving media responses to terrorist incidents. The policy dialogue included participants from various print and electronic media houses, police officials, representatives from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prosecution Department and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
Policy Dialogue on Improving Media Responses to Terrorism Incidents in Pakistan
Project Overview Preserving the integrity of a crime scene is critical to the investigation of all crimes. In terrorism incidents, even high-profile cases have been lost in court in Pakistan due to inadequate preservation of the crime scene. As some of the earliest arrivals at the scene of a terrorist incident, media personnel are at…