Amira Ibrahim Expropriation is the ‘occupying or taking of property belonging to a non-native investor by the government, if done illegally, exposes the government to international liability’. In investment arbitration, expropriation refers to two concepts: Each State’s right to implement sovereignty over its territory; Each…
Sharafat A. Chaudhry, Rabia Mustafa In recent years, several incidents of gender-based violence occurred in Pakistan that captured the limelight of the social and electronic media. These incidents are scars on the face of Pakistani society and the international community are also looking at that…
Sharafat A. Chaudhry, Rabia Mustafa ‘Modesty’ as defined by the Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries is ‘the fact of not talking much about your abilities or possessions’. Also, it is defined as ‘the action of behaving or dressing so that you do not show your body or…
Rabia Mustafa, Sharafat A. Chaudhary Background Pakistan has been at the vanguard of the international movement for the protection of the rights of children. Pakistan was one of the six countries that initiated the World Summit for Children in 1990 to highlight concern about the…
Rabia Mustafa Any method or process of resolving conflicts by a neutral third party, such as a mediator or arbitrator outside of court or without litigation process is referred to as Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). The word ‘alternative’ is itself self-explanatory. Negotiation, conciliation, mediation, and arbitration…
Rabia Mustafa The last days of 2022 observed a very brutal incident that marked the extreme nature of human rights violations. On 27th December 2022, In Sindh’s Sinjhoro area, a case of the gruesome murder of a 42-year-old Hindu woman has come to light. Diya…
The concluding ceremony of the Two-day Training for Lawyers on Child Sexual Abuse and Child Domestic Labour was graced by the Parliamentary Secretary for Law and Justice, Ms. Mehnaz Akbar Aziz. She was delighted to see such a training event where the participant learned about…
Rabia Mustafa Two-day Training for Lawyers on Child Sexual Abuse and Child Domestic Labour was conducted on 28-29 December 2022 at Roomy Signature Hotel, Islamabad. This two-day training was led by HSU Advocates (Hassan, Sharafat and Umar Advocates) and GDP (Group Development Pakistan). Almost 25…
The book, “Law and Development: An Alternative Indicator for the Measurement of Development” is authored by a Sharafat A Chaudhry, a lawyer having interdisciplinary academic and professional background in law, social sciences and humanities. The Author Sharafat A. Chaudhry contextualizes the interacted relationship between Law…
Gramsci, Hegemony and Civil Society in Pakistan is a latest publication analysing, the shrinking space of civil society in public domain. The Author, Mr Khalid Saif-Ullah is the founding Director of Society for Law and Development, a Phd Scholar and a well-known development practioner with…
