English–Urdu Legal Terms – R Note from the author: “As an erstwhile burger vakeel (lawyer), eager to join the lively katchery (district courts) scene, I can relate to the frustration […]
Illegal minicab driver jailed in UK for raping drunken passenger
Illegal minicab driver jailed in UK for raping drunken passenger Iranian Ali Moaberfard was jailed for 6 years in London on charges of rape of a […]
Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion
Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion September 28 universally marks the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal […]
Conflicts Not of an International Character and the Applicable Law
Conflicts Not of an International Character and the Applicable Law ABSTRACT The International humanitarian law (IHL) recognizes two categories of armed conflict: international armed conflict (IAC) […]
Indian Supreme Court Wants Lawyers To Pass Fitness Test To Appear In Court
Indian Supreme Court Wants Lawyers To Pass Fitness Test To Appear In Court The Supreme Court of India has said that the mental and physical fitness […]
Combating Online Misogyny
Team CTL recently attended a discussion on How To Combat Online Misogyny in Pakistan, organized by The Last Word bookshop in collaboration with Susan Benesch of The […]
Pakistan Needs Comprehensive Law to Combat Child Sexual Abuse
Pakistan Needs Comprehensive Law to Combat Child Sexual Abuse Child sexual abuse is a silent crime committed under the veil of disguise. Almost all the developing […]
Is There Hope For Victims In This Criminal Justice System?
Is There Hope For Victims In This Criminal Justice System? “I don’t want to die before I get justice.” These are the words of Kainat Soomro, […]
Little Abused Souls Await Justice
Little Abused Souls Await Justice In every civilized nation of the world children are regarded as innocent, special and valuable assets through whom significant societal transformation […]
Exercises in Brutality: Torture Laws in Pakistan, in Light of American Policy Failure
Exercises in Brutality: Torture Laws in Pakistan, in Light of American Policy Failure ‘It is far pleasanter to sit comfortably in the shade rubbing red pepper […]
Child Abuse
Child Abuse Nelson Mandela once said: “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats it’s children.” Indeed […]
Revising the Ways We Impart Legal Education: The Need of the Hour
In many ways, the generation gap that has befallen over the last ten years is as void as space. Manners have been altered; cultures and civilizations […]
A Mindset That Needs To Be Eradicated
Centuries have passed, countless books have been written, technology has surpassed barriers, innumerable studies have been carried out yet the perception of a woman as mere […]
PAKISTAN: Jails – Reformatory Institutions or Factories Producing Hardened Criminals?
The arguments against jail term in the context of a developing country such as Pakistan holds ground if one considers the fact that the state does nothing […]
“A Boot Stamping On A Human Face – Forever” (International Day Against Torture – 26 June 2015)
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.” Perhaps the author of these words, George Orwell, could not […]
The Conditions of Women’s Human Rights
“My silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you.” Audre Lorde had it right when she said that women have been taught to […]
Private Members’ Bills Passed by the Senate
Proposed Bill: The Anti-Rape Laws (Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill 2014 Mover: Senator Syeda Sughra Imam (Pakistan People’s Party) (Member-in-Charge) Status of discussion in Senate: Passed Summary: […]