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The “New Normal” of Redistricting – Texas, California, and Perpetual Partisan Gamesmanship

The “New Normal” of Redistricting – Texas, California, and Perpetual Partisan Gamesmanship

United States of America, Democracy, Gerrymandering, Political Accountability, racial justice, RuleOfLaw, SCOTUS, VotingRights

A seismic shift has recently occurred around redistricting in the U.S. Gerrymandering – both partisan and racial ...

Algorithmic Welfare Exclusion and the Right to Food in India: Lessons from Samagra Vedika

Algorithmic Welfare Exclusion and the Right to Food in India: Lessons from Samagra Vedika

India, Artificial Intelligence, Procedural Justice, Right to Food, Socio-Economic Rights

Bismillah Bee is a 67-year-old widow living in an urban slum in Telangana, India. An algorithm denied her family ...

Is There Any Scope to be an Approver under International Criminal Law?

Is There Any Scope to be an Approver under International Criminal Law?

International Criminal Court, Access to Justice, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Role of the Judiciary, , Standard of Review

‘Approver’ is a common phenomenon in many jurisdictions where domestic criminal law allows an individual who is ...

Trafficking Survivors Relief Act: A Significant Step Towards Improved Implementation of the Non-Punishment Principle in the U.S.

Trafficking Survivors Relief Act: A Significant Step Towards Improved Implementation of the Non-Punishment Principle in the U.S.

United States of America, Children's Rights, Human trafficking, victimization, Women's Rights

The U.S. enacted the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act (TSRA) on 23 January 2026, providing human trafficking ...

Neutrality is not Amnesia: Religious Symbols and the European Convention on Human Rights

Neutrality is not Amnesia: Religious Symbols and the European Convention on Human Rights

Council of Europe, European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, Freedom of Religion, Right to Freedom of Religion

The question of whether religious symbols may be displayed in courtrooms has come before the European Court of ...

HKSAR v Lai Chee Ying: The Good, The Bad and The Uncertain

HKSAR v Lai Chee Ying: The Good, The Bad and The Uncertain

Hong Kong, Civil and political rights, Freedom of expression, Sedition

Introduction On 15 December 2025, the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong handed down a ...

The Indian Supreme Court’s Shifting Approach: Go to High Court

The Indian Supreme Court’s Shifting Approach: Go to High Court

India, Supreme Court of India, Access to Justice

During the drafting of Indian Constitution, the father of the Indian Constitution, Dr B.R. Ambedkar, categorically ...

Closed Classrooms – Exploring the Impact of School Closures due to Air Pollution on Children’s Right to Education

Closed Classrooms – Exploring the Impact of School Closures due to Air Pollution on Children’s Right to Education

India, Children's Rights, Right to Education, Right to healthy environment

The worsening of air quality across Delhi in India has again led to school closures. Almost all schools have moved ...

Who is a mother under international human rights law?

Who is a mother under international human rights law?

International Law, United Nations, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Gender Based Violence, Gender Equality, International Covenant on Economic, , Transgender rights, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

A new call for input has been advertised on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. ...

An International Human Rights Law Critique of Karnataka’s Hate Speech Bill

An International Human Rights Law Critique of Karnataka’s Hate Speech Bill

India, Freedom of speech, Hate speech, Legislative Reform, Proportionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

Karnataka’s Legislative Assembly recently passed the controversial Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes ...

The Shadow of ‘Honour’: Persistent Violence and the Imperative of Human Rights in South Asia

The Shadow of ‘Honour’: Persistent Violence and the Imperative of Human Rights in South Asia

Pakistan, Criminal Justice, Criminal procedure, Right to Life

The fragility of the right to life in Pakistan was starkly highlighted on July 21, 2025, when Pakistani ...

Pakistan’s New Constitutional Court and the Importance of Institutional Independence

Pakistan’s New Constitutional Court and the Importance of Institutional Independence

Pakistan, Constitutions and Human Rights, Democracy and Political Rights, judicial independence, Role of the Judiciary

Typically, specialised constitutional courts are regarded as effective institutional protectors of democracy and ...

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