The Student Bar Council (2023-24) of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, has called for condemnation of Israeli’s actions and academic dissociation with the State of Israel in view of its relentless offensive in Gaza, particularly the recent bombardment of Nuseirat Camp.
The students’ Council that is composed of students from LLB, LLM, Department of Management Studies, alumni and 12 faculty members as well as Student Body’s Executive Council which has 362 signatories in total asked the university’s vice-chancellor “to cut all ties pertaining to international exchange programmes with Israeli institutes: Tel Aviv University and The Radzyner School of Law as a part of complete academic and economic dissociation with the Israeli State and academia.”
Additionally, the petition dated June 15 that was made public last Friday also highlights BDS National Committee campaign which seeks to end international support for Israel brutalization against Palestinians and make Israel comply with international law.
Even though there are many leading jurists among them International Court of Justice who have indicated that genocide could be plausible explanation for the treatment towards Palestinians yet this petition says,” …it is incumbent upon an institution (NALSAR) that stakes claim to adhere to principles of justice that it must not indulge in inaction. Inaction here reveals not just apathy but also complicity.”
