[ad_1] While âabeyanceâ lacks a formal status in international law, the closest corresponding legal concept is âsuspensionâ under Article 62 (1) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT). It recognizes a change in circumstances as a valid but narrowly constructed ground for suspending or terminating treaty obligations if: (a) the change is…
[ad_1] In a strong measure against Pakistan, after terrorists from The Resistance Front killed 26 tourists in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, Indiaâs Cabinet Committee on Security decided that âthe Indus Waters Treaty [IWT] of 1960 will be held in abeyance with immediate effect, until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorismâ….
[ad_1] That Pakistan could not afford an arms race with much-larger India was clear all along. The infirmity of its quest for parity via nuclear weapons, for which a former Pakistani leader once said people would go hungry if need be, was exposed by its own role in a covert game of inflicting a âthousand…
[ad_1] The decision, made after a meeting of Indiaâs Cabinet Committee on Security on Wednesday, comes in response to the Pahalgam attack, which left 26 people dead. Read this | Terror strike throws blanket of gloom over Kashmir’s tourism landscape Mint unpacks how Indiaâs move reframes water as a strategic tool, explores the legal arguments…
