Against the backdrop of the global Black Lives Matter movement, debates around the social impact of hate crime legislation have come to the political fore. In 2019, the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice urgently asked how legal systems can counter bias and discrimination. In India, a nation with vast socio-cultural diversity, and a complex colonial past, questions about the relationship between law and histories of oppression have become particularly pressing. Recently, I...| Stanford University Press
On Tuesday 10 December 2024, the Royal Asiatic Society was delighted to announce the launch of the annual James J. Busuttil Medal and Prize for the publication of a book on human rights, in English, preferably by someone within the first ten years of their academic career. Nominations are invited for books on human rights…| Royal Asiatic Society