Aashish Yadav
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PhDing @McMullin_Centre @MelbLawSchool | Previously @JindalGlobalUNI | @LSELaw alum| International law, statelessness, refugees, climate change | Views personal
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined August 2010
Published in @IndianExpress today! We argue that CAA doesn’t create a judicious, fair & accountable refugee system that protects human rights. Rather, it pushes people into a bureaucratic nightmare of uncertainty & vulnerability.
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‘This exercise reveals the state’s presumptuous character. It burdens citizens with the constant demand to prove their identity. The KYC mania has extended to voting: Proof must be furnished again and again, often under arbitrary or shifting standards.’.
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RT @angshuman_ch: Some of us have been screaming our lungs out since the last 5-6 years that the unjust Assam model of NRC/Doubtful Voter w….
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Shared some thoughts with @scroll_in on how lack of clear guidelines on what constitutes as a proof of citizenship in India provides vast discretion to low-level bureaucrats in Bihar electoral roll revision. It has the potential to create exclusion and undermine people’s rights.
The Indian state’s failure to provide easy and universal access to foundational documents creates a precarious system where citizenship can be questioned at any time. Experts note how this turns a fundamental right into a burden, especially for the
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RT @angshuman_ch: How India's new immigration law widens the space for expulsion of foreigners, undocumented migrants & vulnerable refugees….
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The Supreme Court, too, has indirectly supported the systematic and incremental erosion of refugee rights
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Last week, I had the pleasure of engaging with @EdinburghUni students on citizenship & statelessness in India. We discussed the history, citizenship determination mechanisms in Assam, & recent legal changes, including CAA ’19. Always a privilege to return to @TJacobOwens’ class!.
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Thrilled to begin my PhD at @McMullin_Centre @UniMelb! Grateful to the mentors and friends who supported me! I’ll be researching nationality struggles during protracted climate migration. Looking forward to connect, discuss and collaborate!.
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RT @djag2: Happy 40th anniversary of Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America)….
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RT @AMPelliconi: New by @profjmcadam & @ChiaraScissa for @ejiltalk: existing refugee and human rights law can already provide protection in….
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It was not all that long ago that the idea of linking refugee protection to the impacts of climate change seemed not only embryonic, but futuristic. Yet, over the course of the past decade, an...
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RT @AdHaque110: The ICC does not compare States or armed groups with each other. The ICC compares each individual's conduct with their leg….
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RT @Heidi__Matthews: Today's ICC arrest warrants against Israeli PM Netanyahu & Yoav Gallant—and Hamas' Deif—are momentous. This is the fir….
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RT @VictorKattan: Norway to ask ICJ for advisory opinion condemning Israel’s stance on Unrwa
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Draft resolution for UN general assembly seeks to protect the aid agency and allow it to keep functioning in Gaza
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RT @ejiltalk: The General Assembly Must Protect UNRWA by Requesting a Binding Advisory Opinion | by Eirik Bjorge.
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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), a subsidiary organ of the General Assembly, provides a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of Palestine...
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RT @JC_Hathaway: This is quite right. Israel has no authority to prevent UNRWA from doing its critical work for refugees. But Netanyahu a….
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RT @Alonso_GD: “South Africa has no case”. Court admits the case. “But it has no *plausible case*”. Court issues preliminary measures order….
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RT @EpshtainItay: BREAKING: UK government to complete the decolonization of the Chagos Archipelago and reverse sovereignty to Mauritius. A….
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RT @lipstickkranti: This is the data we needed. Honestly, so much more needs to be said about this. To think that this figure doesn’t even….
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RT @AdHaque110: “We Slovenians have dreamed of this right for 1,000 years. We got it 33 years ago,” Golob said. “Unfortunately, the Palesti….
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I will remember this day. So many reasons to be happy. There are instances of divine justice and promises of diverse representation from many quarters. Hope wins, hate loses!.
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RT @appadappajappa: This is absolutely amazing for how bills will be passed in Lok Sabha. There's going to be no party with clear majority.….
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