Urban Violence in Karachi – A Legal & Situational Analysis

Project Overview The project is a joint study between the Sindh Judicial Academy and the Research Society of International Law (RSIL) with support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on law enforcement and judicial responses to urban violence in Karachi. Executive Summary/Description Background: The megacity of Karachi has witnessed one of the…

International Law Benchbook for The Judiciary In Pakistan

Project Overview This publication examines the engagement of Pakistan’s domestic courts with public international law. Though the contents of the Benchbook are intended to be informative to all members of the judiciary, the superior judiciary is considered the primary audience because it exercises the most expansive jurisdiction over those issues that involve questions of international law.…

Case Brief on the South China Sea Arbitration between the Republic of the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China by the Permanent Court of Arbitration

by Abeer Mustafa, Research Associate, RSIL  SOUTH CHINA SEA ARBITRATION (PCA Case Number 2013–19) Between The Republic of the Philippines and The People’s Republic of China Before An Arbitral Tribunal Constituted Under Annex VII to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 Registry: Permanent Court of Arbitration                     Date of Award: 12 July…