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South African Constitutional Court confirms that the right to basic education encompasses access to final exams

South African Constitutional Court confirms that the right to basic education encompasses access to final exams

South Africa, Right to Education, Socio-Economic Rights, Standard of Review

Unlike many other socio-economic rights in the South African Constitution, such as the right to ‘further ...

South African Constitutional Court confirms that the right to basic education encompasses access to final exams

South African Constitutional Court confirms that the right to basic education encompasses access to final exams

South Africa, Right to Education, Socio-Economic Rights, Standard of Review

Unlike many other socio-economic rights in the South African Constitution, such as the right to ‘further ...

The ‘Death to Asylum’ Rule: United States’ Evisceration of Women’s Rights under the Refugee Convention

The ‘Death to Asylum’ Rule: United States’ Evisceration of Women’s Rights under the Refugee Convention

United States of America, Gender, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

The United States’ (‘US’) new Rule on processing asylum applications, which was to take effect from 10 January ...

India’s sexual harassment law wouldn’t be effective unless we fix the issue of ‘Limitation’

India’s sexual harassment law wouldn’t be effective unless we fix the issue of ‘Limitation’

India, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

Recently, the High Court of Delhi (India) refused to entertain a challenge to the dismissal of a Judicial Officer, ...

Which workers and which unions can claim protection under freedom of association? The EU-Korea FTA Panel Decision Part II

Which workers and which unions can claim protection under freedom of association? The EU-Korea FTA Panel Decision Part II

Europe, European Union, Republic of Korea, South Korea, Labour Rights, Right to Freedom of Association

This blog continues analysis of the EU-Korea FTA Expert Panel Report, focussing on the significance of the ...

Asserting Jurisdiction to Assess Compliance with ‘Multilateral labour standards and agreements’ – The EU-Korea FTA Panel Decision

Asserting Jurisdiction to Assess Compliance with ‘Multilateral labour standards and agreements’ – The EU-Korea FTA Panel Decision

European Union Republic of Korea, Labour Rights, Right to Freedom of Association

On 25 January 2021, the European Union (EU) and the Republic of Korea (Korea) released the Report by a Panel of ...

African Human Rights Court holds vagrancy laws incompatible with African human rights instruments

African Human Rights Court holds vagrancy laws incompatible with African human rights instruments

African Charter on Human and People's Rights, Children's Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights on 4 December 2020, delivered a historic Advisory Opinion against ...

Setting the Record Straight on Socio-Economic Rights Adjudication: Kenya Supreme Court’s Judgment in the Mitu-Bell Case

Setting the Record Straight on Socio-Economic Rights Adjudication: Kenya Supreme Court’s Judgment in the Mitu-Bell Case

Kenya, Right to Housing, Role of the Judiciary, Socio-Economic Rights

On 11 January 2021, the Kenyan Supreme Court delivered the judgment in Mitu-Bell Welfare Society. The case ...

Kenyan Supreme Court on Structural Interdicts and Application of UN Guidelines on Evictions

Kenyan Supreme Court on Structural Interdicts and Application of UN Guidelines on Evictions

Kenya, Right to Housing, Role of the Judiciary, Socio-Economic Rights

The Kenyan Supreme Court has overturned a Court of Appeal decision which found that the forceful eviction of the ...

Hong Kong: Anti-Mask Law Held Constitutional (but please wear a mask for COVID-19)

Hong Kong: Anti-Mask Law Held Constitutional (but please wear a mask for COVID-19)

Hong Kong, COVID-19, Right to Freedom of Assembly, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Privacy

The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (“HKCFA”) recently held that the Prohibition on Face Covering ...

President Biden and the War on Children

President Biden and the War on Children

United States of America, Children's Rights, Conflict and Human Rights, Immigration and Asylum

On entering office last week, President Joe Biden was greeted by an in-tray unprecedented in US history: a global ...

Statement by Edwin Cameron, Retired Justice, South African Constitutional Court: The President of Magdalen prosecutes a homophobic case to deny LGBTIQ persons in the Cayman Islands equal rights

Statement by Edwin Cameron, Retired Justice, South African Constitutional Court: The President of Magdalen prosecutes a homophobic case to deny LGBTIQ persons in the Cayman Islands equal rights

Cayman Islands, United Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual Orientation

Statement by Edwin Cameron, Retired Justice, South African Constitutional Court. The President of Magdalen ...

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