Setting the Scene In the wake of the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir in April 2025, the Government of India launched what it called a "Political Mission" on the global stage. At the centre of this initiative was the deployment of high-level all-party delegations to key capitals. This practice, referred to here as delegation diplomacy, involved briefing host governments on India’s account of the incident, the alleged role of The Resistance Front (TRF), and Pakistan’s purported complicity in cross-border terrorism. According to official briefings, the aim was not limited to strategic messaging. It was the projection of a legal narrative designed to present India as a state under siege and to frame Pakistan as a violator of international norms.
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No Longer Hard Law’s ‘Poor Relative’: The Growing Respect for Soft, Non-Binding Legal Instruments in the International Order
In the rich scholarship on and practice of hard and soft laws in the international order, hard law (specifically legally-binding treaties) is often perceived more favourably than soft, non-binding legal instruments, given the former’s precise wording and enforceable obligations compared with the latter’s aspirational remit and assumed transitional status towards hard law. Preference for hard law persists despite…
The Application of International Law in Cyberspace – A Debate that is Recoding International Law
Editor's Note: This post is the final of three which have run over recent days as part of a book discussion on the Handbook on Developing a National Position on International Law and Cyber Activities: A Practical Guide for States. The debate on how international law applies in cyberspace has the potential to reconfigure many…
Developing a National Position on International Law and Cyber Activities: Legal and Policy Considerations
Editor's Note: This post is the second of three forming a book discussion on the Handbook on Developing a National Position on International Law and Cyber Activities: A Practical Guide for States. Background The Open-Ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies (“ICTs”) 2021-2015 (“OEWG”) was…
The Handbook on Developing a National Position on International Law and Cyber Activities: A Practical Guide for States
Editor's Note: This post is the first of three which will run over the coming days as part of a book discussion on the Handbook on Developing a National Position on International Law and Cyber Activities: A Practical Guide for States. Background The internet and other information and communication technologies (ICTs) have brought…
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