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Carissima Mathen - 10th March 2021
The boy with a subwoofer on his head. When I complained that he sang badly, I was told “He’s dying. Let him live his dream.” It’s been five years…and he’s not dead yet! In 2005, a boy named Jeremy Gabriel sang Canada’s national anthem at a professional baseball game in Montreal. Jeremy, who has […]
Margarita Ilieva - 4th March 2021
On 16 February 2021, the European Court of Human Rights delivered landmark judgments against Bulgaria regarding ethnic minority berating: Behar and Gutman; Budinova and Chaprazov. The Court found violations of private life rights in conjunction with non-discrimination rights: domestic courts had failed to afford minority members redress for anti-community speech. The Court articulated (non-exhaustive) criteria […]
Dalia Palombo - 23rd January 2021
As a business and human rights scholar, I often argue that we need to regulate and limit transnational corporate power. My focus is on multinational enterprises, typically headquartered in the West, and abusing environmental and human rights in the Global South. As I write, two of these cases are pending: one in front of the US […]
- 11th January 2021
Criminal investigation has become convenient for the law enforcement agencies after the advent of “Facial Recognition Technology” (FRT) in India. Regardless of its benefits, it’s a threat to privacy and basic human rights of the citizens. Use of such technology in the absence of any regulatory authority or law will lead to abuse of power […]
Sfiso Nxumalo - 9th December 2020
Section 10 of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act (“the Equality Act”) has not been without controversy and robust opprobrium. Since its inception, numerous legal academics and practitioners have, rightly, questioned the constitutionality of this provision. On 22 September 2020, the question regarding the constitutionality of section 10 of the Equality […]
Daniil Ukhorskiy - 8th December 2020
On Saturday 21 November, despite a nationwide lockdown, thousands took to the streets across France to protest the loi de securité globale (global security law) being debated in the General Assembly. The original Bill was largely uncontroversial, with most provisions simplifying existing policing law. The government took this opportunity to tack on the highly divisive […]
- 23rd November 2020
On 11 November 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC) decided to disqualify four members of the emergency sixth-term Hong Kong Legislative Council (the “Decision”), as they solicited external interference, vowed to vote against government bills indiscriminately, and objected to the National Security Law (NSL). Thus, the sanctity of Article 34 of […]
Alvin Cheung - 22nd November 2020
Tony Chung, an advocate of Hong Kong independence, has been charged with secession and conspiring to publish seditious content under the NSL, and consequently denied bail. This blog post compares the HK courts’ approach on balancing the right to freedom of expression against the national security threat of secession to that taken by the ECtHR. […]
Prakhar Raghuvanshi - 3rd November 2020
Through an order dated 15th May 2020, the Jammu and Kashmir Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) issued a revised Media Policy 2020 (hereinafter “the Policy”). The Media Policy 2020 sparked protests across the valley and stands as a major concern for the freedom of press, not only in J&K but across India. The criticism […]
Snehal Dhote - 27th October 2020
On 7 October 2020, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India held that the right to protest guaranteed under the Constitution of India cannot be exercised at public places for an indefinite period of time. This judgement resulted from a Special Leave Petition filed in the Supreme Court for the clearance of Delhi’s […]
- 1st October 2020
News stories emerging from Belarus resemble a gruesome shopping list of human rights abuses. Authorities have systematically violated the right to freedom of expression, freedom from torture, freedom of assembly, and freedom from arbitrary arrest, among others. In recent weeks, an even more concerning trend has emerged. Lukashenko has refocused efforts on silencing opposition activists […]
Rakshitt Bajpai - 23rd September 2020
The recent statistical report presented by the National Statistical Organization (NSO) indicates the deteriorating standards of availability of internet and computers to students in India, which violates their fundamental rights and creates a digital divide between the privileged and the unprivileged. The situation of India’s education sector is deteriorating rapidly, which is reflected in the […]