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A Masterpiece of Judicial Avoidance?

United States of America, Business and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Sexual Orientation

Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 584 U.S. (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court’s ...

The Restitution of Conjugal Rights in Indian Law violates the Right to Privacy

India, Gender, Right to Privacy

In 1983, the Indian Supreme Court held that the right to privacy did not guarantee the autonomy of an individual ...

Paying Lip Service to the CJEU: The Unsurprising Decision of the Constitutional Court of Romania in the Coman Case

European Union, Romania, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual Orientation

On June 5, the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) held in Coman and Others that Member States should ...

Indian High Court’s Recognition of a Person’s Right to Live as Transgender – A Bitter-Sweet Pill

India, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression

In a recent judgement by the Kerala High Court, the court refused to issue a writ of habeas corpus and dismissed ...

Parent Company Liability for Human Rights Abuses in the UK? We Need Clarity

United Kingdom, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights

The liability of parent companies for the extraterritorial human rights abuses committed by their subsidiaries has ...

Suffering in Silence: The Persecution of the Ahmadiyas in Pakistan

Pakistan, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Vote

An appalling humanitarian crisis is gripping Pakistan where violent extremism has shrouded religious tolerance and ...

Trump, “Zero Tolerance,” and the Separation of Families

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

On June 20, in the wake of public outcry, President Donald Trump issued an executive order intended to end the ...

India’s Reaction to the 1st UN Report on Kashmir is Unwarranted

India, Pakistan, United Nations, Conflict and Human Rights

On June 14, 2018, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in recognition of the urgent need to ...

Affirmative Action in South Africa: The Urgency of Accounting for Historically Entrenched White Privilege and Power

South Africa, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

In a recent judgement by the South African Constitutional Court, Minister of Constitutional Development v South ...

Female Genital Mutilation as a Question of Gender Equality (with Brenda Kelly)

Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

New Podcast: One of the targets under UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 is to eliminate all harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation, or FGM. In this episode, we talk with Dr Brenda Kelly, a consultant obstetrician at the Oxford Rose Clinic, which specialises in treating patients with FGM.