International Court Of Justice (ICJ) Subject: IR Section: International Organisation Context- Indian judge at ICJ votes to seek end of Russia war on Ukraine. Concept- Justice Dalveer Bhandari, whose election to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) was hailed as a major diplomatic victory by the government, has voted with 12 other judges […]

    UNSC Vote Subject: IR Section: International Organisation Context: Recent voting by India on Ukraine issue Concept: UN Security Council Voting System: The voting system in the UNSC is rigid. Every vote counts as the resolutions adopted by the UNSC are mandatory for all members of the UN. Chapter VII of UN charter ‘Actions […]

    WIPO REPORT Topic: IR Section: International organization Context: According to a recent report “Patent Landscape Report” on Covid-related vaccines and therapeutics from WIPO, extraordinarily active patent filing activity happened during Pandemic. Concept: The report comes amidst international negotiations for a temporary IP waiver on Covid-linked products, including vaccines, to facilitate greater access to these […]

    GENEVA CONVENTION TOPIC: IR Context- Geneva Conventions and the Russia-Ukraine war. Concept- What are the Geneva Conventions guidelines during wartime? The Geneva Conventions are a set of four treaties, formalised in 1949, and three additional protocols, which codify widely accepted ethical and legal international standards for humanitarian treatment of those impacted by war. […]

    Biological and Chemical weapon Subject: IR Section: International Agreement Context- Russia claimed that U.S. had Chemicals and bio-weapons labs in Ukraine. Concept- About Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention 1972: The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), or Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), is a disarmament treaty that effectively bans biological and toxin weapons by […]