Author: Taskeen Nazir

An online presentation on Mental Health Facilities presented by the MoSJE was appreciated by the Supreme Court. The portal instructs the infrastructure of all the States and UTs rehabilitation facilities and the number of mentally ill patients withering over. The portal intends to ensure their rehabilitation. A presentation on Mental health facilities given by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with disabilities in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MSJE) on an online dashboard called “Manoashraya” was appreciated by the Supreme Court. This portal directs the details for the Rehabilitation and Halfway homes in India. This presentation was in…

Kazakhstan holding elections today after the violence in January 2022 in which 220 people were killed. The country is expecting a change and democratisation with political liberalisation. Kazakhstan citizens would be casting their votes today for the new political faces that would form the new majlis, the lower house of the parliament. The country is also going to elect the maslikhat deputies of all levels. There was a short active campaign for seats in the lower chamber, which is being reconfigured due to the deadly unrest a year ago in the resource-rich Central Asian nation. Kassym -Jomart Tokayev, President of…

A Gender Sensitisation programme was held at High Court presided by the HC Chief Justice on Sexual Harassment at the Workplace to ensure a safe and secure working environment for women. The High court of Jharkhand Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee organised a programme on 17 the Day of March(Friday) at the venue White Hall, High court of Jharkhand, on the theme of Gender Sensitisation with a specific focus on the Prohibition, Prevention and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women at the workplace. Elucidates India’s Landmark Judgement: Vishaka V/s State of Rajasthan Sexual harassment at the workplace is an…

Erik Mose, a former Norwegian Supreme Court and European Court of Human rights judge who led the investigation; pointed out the presence of elements of planning and resource availability, which indicates the committing of torture crimes against humanity. In the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, they are accounted to have committed numerous war crimes, as concluded by the investigative commission of the UN Human Rights Council. The list of atrocities includes an attack on civilians, rapes, forced deportations of children, unlawful detention and intentional killing of the people who were not involved via any combative forms, as the…