Author: Rohit Gupta

[Dr. Matthew Gillett is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at the University of Essex and the Chair Rapporteur of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Rohit Gupta is a PhD Candidate at the Institute for International Peace and Security Law at the University of Cologne and a Fellow at the Centre for International Law Research and Policy.] Introduction The first of...

[Dr. Matthew Gillett is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at the University of Essex and the Chair Rapporteur of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Rohit Gupta is a PhD Candidate at the Institute for International Peace and Security Law at the University of Cologne and a Fellow at the Centre for International Law Research and Policy.] Introduction Is it misanthropic...

[Rohit Gupta is a Fellow at the Centre for International Law Research and Policy and the Case Matrix Network. He is currently pursuing the LL.M. (International Law) at the Geneva Graduate Institute. The author would like to thank Prof. Djacoba Liva Tehindrazanarivelo whose lectures on 'Participants in International Legal Processes' greatly benefitted this piece.] 1.       Introduction Debate as to the state-centrism prevalent in...

[Rohit Gupta is a final year student at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences and Prospective Member of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL).] In 2018, the United States (‘US’) Department of Defense submitted a legislative proposal to the US Congress outlining the establishment and structure of the US Space Force (‘USSF’). Globally, the establishment of the USSF produced a destabilizing...