International Journal of Public Law and Policy

Tiwari, Garima; Dhotrekar, Ankit

2023 International Journal of Public Law and Policy

doi: 10.1504/ijplap.2023.127310

While the Constitution of India guarantees several rights relating to religious freedom, there is no mention of the right to convert to another religion. In India, marriages are mostly governed by religious personal laws. Historically, inter-faith marriages have been looked upon with suspicion and laws against conversion have existed, both pre and post enactment of the Indian Constitution. Recently, the term 'love jihad' has emerged with a negative connotation and is described as a campaign propagated by Muslim men for converting Hindu girls' religion on the pretext of marriage. Consequently, several states in India have enacted strict laws to punish forcible or fraudulent religious conversion through and for marriages. The article critically analyses these enactments and argues that these laws hamper the attainment of several rights. The conspectus of these debatable laws, social conditions and court decisions highlight the need for systemic and systematic research and reform.

Emar, Omar Mahmoud; Taha, Mohammad Bani; Abuelzeet, Rehan Naji; Alawamleh, Kamal Jamal

2023 International Journal of Public Law and Policy

doi: 10.1504/ijplap.2023.127315

Enforced disappearance is a crime that witnessed significant attention internationally to confront and prevent such practice. This attention was reflected in the states' internal legislation aiming at fulfilling international obligations. Accordingly, many states have sought to criminalise enforced disappearance of all forms in their laws, guided by the provisions of international conventions and instruments. However, Jordan has not ratified the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance justifying this by claiming that Jordan has an integrated internal legal system that is capable to confront and prevent this crime. Yet, real confrontation and prevention of this crime are potential only through ratification of this convention and inclusion thereof in the internal laws; otherwise, this crime will not be subject to the national jurisdiction.

Rinaldo, Dito; Puspita, Vina Anggilia

2023 International Journal of Public Law and Policy

doi: 10.1504/ijplap.2023.127318

This study attempts to analyse the capital market literacy and inclusion in Indonesia. The total number of respondents was 495 college students in Java, the island with the most significant number of college students having 60.5% of the entire Indonesian college students. Studies have shown that the degree of literacy has had a beneficial influence on the engagement of students in the capital market, whereas the Indonesian student capital market literacy is poor on the basis of statistics. Students' primary weaknesses include practical understanding of the capital market, a material which is extremely important in promoting the engagement of students in the capital market. This research has established a realistic, inclusive, and collaborative model that teaches about the capital market, tackles the challenges, and can be implemented by IDX in its education program.

Aboelazm, Karem Sayed

2023 International Journal of Public Law and Policy

doi: 10.1504/ijplap.2023.127316

This paper will present the concept of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Egyptian law and some other laws. It also presents the advantages and benefits of supporting SMEs to participate in public procurement contracts to reinforce many of the policies that the government seeks to implement such as limiting monopolistic practices, expanding the base of competition and limiting unemployment, raising the employment rate and achieving economic growth. The paper also expresses the challenges and barriers faced by SMEs to win a public procurement contract. Also, the paper provided a mechanism to overcome these challenges by using the descriptive approach, as well as the analytical approach, to find out the numbers of these enterprises in Egypt and the fields in which they operate, and the new law for public procurement, as well as the new law for SMEs.

Mishra, Mayank

2023 International Journal of Public Law and Policy

doi: 10.1504/ijplap.2023.127321

Music is cathartic and can express emotions in ways that language struggles to accomplish. This paper intends to analyse how cultural diplomacy, especially music, can serve as a crucial conduit in ameliorating the relations between India and Pakistan. It traces the evolution of music, its dynamics in bilateral politics and the everyday lives of people of both countries. Forging people-to-people bond through art and cultural exchanges can potentially provide an alternative to the hegemonised antagonistic discourse conquered by the two governments. The paper addresses, whether music can be the language of diplomacy? How does the shared legacy of music of the Indian subcontinent stands in contestation to the idea of the perpetual difference of us versus them between India and Pakistan? Can music play any role in ameliorating bilateral relations? The paper primarily uses the naturalistic elements of qualitative methodology, anecdotal references and briefly historicises the syncreticity of music.

Medvedeva, Olga A.; Cheremisina, Natalia V.; Cheremisina, Tatiana N.; Chernenko, Eleonora M.

2023 International Journal of Public Law and Policy

doi: 10.1504/ijplap.2023.127330

The purpose of the study is to substantiate the population census as an effective institutional tool for conducting socio-economic analysis of regional and national development for the implementation of state policy to improve the quality of life of the population. The authors analysed the results of population censuses dynamics in Russia, identified the main trends in the development of the country and its regions, as well as the causes of new social phenomena. The authors studied statistical information on the distribution of the population in Russia (educational, gender, age, financial, labour characteristics). The authors systematised the main users of information obtained as a result of population censuses, and also formed recommendations for the implementation of state policy to improve the quality of life of the population.