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! …
Category: sexual aggression
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. Welcome to my musings, to notes on what I’m up to, commentary on things happening in the world and suggestions on how to make improvements. I join hands with those searching to make …
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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