About Purna
I am a Visiting Professor at the Child and Woman Abuse Unit at LMU where I run a webinar series on ending violence against women for which recordings are available here, here and here. Please join us for these discussions! …
The ICC and me
The International Criminal Court exists to investigate, and if warranted, to put on trial ‘individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression’. It is a …
Victim centred? Not so much….
#MeToo Being made seen In early leaks about the ongoing sexual harassment case against the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC or Court), a number of details about the reporter/accuser were made public. These included nationality, age, role and …
Hi there
Thank you for visiting, this is Purna. Here is a little information about me and this site. The world just doesn’t work right for some people. Those people are far too many in number and far too removed from places, …
For Lord Meghnad Desai- Contesting Heterosexual Norms
Transgressing heterosexual norms
I wrote a piece about how those who refuse to confirm to heterosexual norms in parts of south Asia can face violent retrubution. The refusals might take the form of inter-faith or cross-caste marriage or homosexual partnerships. On the other …
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