By Nicole Tan
“I promise to love you, honour you, comfort you and keep you in sickness and in health and be faithful to you so long as we both shall live.”
Contrary to what is mentioned above, the past ideal of the sanctity of marriage has unfortunately eroded in modern times. Divorce is now very much accepted in today’s world. Singapore is clearly no exception to this. Despite the growing statistics, many people, including lawyers and even judges, still find it difficult to grapple with the way divorce proceedings are carried …

By Aparna Raman
The unnecessary and unexpected loss of civilian lives has always been a cause for great public concern and introspection in the fight against terrorism, both on land and at sea. This is especially the case if it happens despite the best-intended security measures and practices adopted by State actors and their representatives. That is precisely why the February shooting of two unarmed Indian fishermen in the Arabian Sea by two military marines belonging to an Italian Navy Vessel Protection Detachment onboard a commercial Italian vessel (which the Kerala …

By Xiao Hongyu
They are the invisible members of our society: cleaning our homes; repairing our roads; building our shopping malls. Their work is often undervalued and ignored, while their concerns and problems are dismissed and belittled. More social energy and time is spent on decrying their supposed vices and discussing how to “manage” or “use” them more effectively instead of recognizing their legitimate needs and wants as individual human beings. Migrant workers, already in a tough situation, are often the victims of abuse or unscrupulous practices and face further cultural …

By Intan Wirayadi
Thomas Lubanga, the founder and president of the Union of Congolese Patriots as well as one of the main perpetrators of the Ituri conflict, has the dubious honour of becoming the first person to be convicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in its 10-year history. Lubanga has been found guilty for the war crime of “conscripting and enlisting children under the age of fifteen years and using them to participate actively in hostilities” on March 14 and faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. He has thirty …

By Wu Wenyu
The Ministry of Home Affairs recently announced that it would be considering introducing laws to combat cyber bullying and other forms of Internet harassment – including online defamation – so as to afford better protection to victims of non-criminal wrongdoing in cyberspace.[1] Given the uncertainties often associated with internet-related legislation, one wonders what the exact scope of such laws would be like if they were to be implemented.
However, one thing is for sure – not every Internet user is going to be happy with the government’s new initiative. …