The pandemic and juvenile justiceon May 20, 2020The recent outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe has not only threatened globalization that the world secured after the demise of the Soviet Union but also threatened lives of ordinary human beings and those behind bars for offences which they did not commit at first place. The pandemic of COVID-19 has threatened civil […]
Human Rights should not be undermined amidst Covid-19on April 18, 2020In the wake of the rapidly increasing Covid-19 pandemic, governments across the world are racing to adopt schemes and patterns, aiming for adoption of new surveillance in sheer violation of international human rights. The schemes that have been adopted in some countries are tracing of mobile data location, green light tracking operation system, and other […]
From Lahore to Delhion March 24, 2020Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, and Pawan Gupta were hanged. They were convicted of raping and murdering Jyoti Singh, “Nirbhaya“, a 23-year old paramedics student, and brutally causing grievous bodily harm to her friend on December 2012 on a moving bus in Delhi, India. They had been on the death row since a fast […]
Why only General Musharraf?on December 27, 2019Recently, a special court comprising of Justice Waqar Seth, Justice Shahid Karim, and Justice Nazar Akbar, which was constituted to conduct a trial, under Article 6 of the Constitution of Pakistan 1973, of Retired General Musharraf, penned down a death sentence over charges of abrogating the Constitution of Pakistan in November 2007. Out of three, […]
Questioning life imprisonmenton November 4, 2019The debate concerning defining of the term of life imprisonment in Pakistan has sparked once again. The ongoing debate has gained momentum within Pakistan because it has been seen in coming years life imprisonment will become an alternative to the death penalty. However, it is too early to predict anything like that though. It is […]
Unseen victims: children!on July 29, 2019When Pakistan executes a prisoner, it not only commits state-sanctioned murder but also ignores the welfare of the children of that prisoner. The UN Convention on Rights of Child would celebrate its 30th anniversary on November 20, 2019. The same was adopted by Pakistan, when it ratified the convention, back in 1980. The UN CRC […]
From Islamabad to Oval Office!on July 24, 2019The US administration is interested in backing all those housed in prisons across Pakistan on the charges of blasphemy. The Prime Minister of Pakistan was due in the Oval Office this Monday for having a one-on-one meeting with the US President. His trip to the US is his very first visit after winning 2018 general […]
Justice for juvenile offenderson May 22, 2019A man is likely to be released by the Indian Supreme Court after remaining on death row for two decades. He had been convicted in 1998 of the gruesome murder of seven people. The release is likely to be ordered on account of his being a juvenile at the time of murder. Under law, a […]
The emotional element in death penatly debateon April 22, 2019A UK-based non-government organization has recently submitted its report on death penalty to the minister for law and justice. The report mentions that in recent years the Supreme Court of Pakistan has overturned death penalty in 78 per cent of the cases. The report reveals that the apex court has frequently cited unreliable testimonies, insufficient […]
UN convention on rights of childrenon March 26, 2019In Pakistan, juveniles who get into run ins with the law are often subjected to torture during investigations and detained in police stations without any proper legal assistance for days. No apparent legal reasoning seems to be required. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted by the UN in 1989 (CRC) […]