Distrusting a system is not a problem at all, it is a sure sign of democratic progress: Former Orissa HC Chief Justice S. Muralidhar
Former Orissa High Court Chief Justice S. Muralidhar discusses the importance of judicial independence and the role of international law in holding powerful states accountable. He emphasizes that distrusting systems is a sign of democratic progress and calls for India to prioritize humanitarian law in its foreign policy.
Why it matters
The interview provides a high-level legal perspective on the tension between geopolitical interests and international human rights standards.
Former Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court S. Muralidhar, who chairs the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, speaks to Sarath Babu George about international humanitarian law, India’s position on Palestine, the ability of international institutions to hold powerful States accountable, judicial independence, constitutional offices, civil liberties and the Gen Z protests.
India has historically supported the Palestinian cause while maintaining strategic relations with Israel. From the standpoint of international law, how should India navigate this relationship?
India will have its own compulsions. But there is a bottom line that we should never allow to be crossed. Here, the bottom line is international humanitarian law.
We should not be among those countries that find it acceptable that children are dying of starvation or that children are dying for want of medical aid.
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