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CCTV Cameras in Classrooms: The Conflict between Security and Privacy

CCTV Cameras in Classrooms: The Conflict between Security and Privacy

India, Right to Education, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Privacy

The Chief Minister of Delhi recently announced his decision to install CCTV cameras in all public schools, and to ...

Taking the backseat? Strategic utilisation of human rights in the implementation of SDGs

Taking the backseat? Strategic utilisation of human rights in the implementation of SDGs

United Nations, Business and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Environment, Socio-Economic Rights

Human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are closely entwined. The text of the Agenda declares ...

The Legality of Unilateral Child Conversion in Malaysia

The Legality of Unilateral Child Conversion in Malaysia

Malaysia, Children's Rights, Right to Freedom of Religion

For Indira Gandhi, whose husband converted to Islam and attempted to unilaterally convert their daughter as well, ...

First Criminal Conviction under Belgium’s Anti-Sexism Act

First Criminal Conviction under Belgium’s Anti-Sexism Act

Belgium, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

A man who made sexist remarks to a female police officer was sentenced to pay a €3,000 fine and became the first ...

Australia’s Legal Responsibility for the Refugees and Asylum Seekers it has left Languishing in Offshore Detention

Australia’s Legal Responsibility for the Refugees and Asylum Seekers it has left Languishing in Offshore Detention

Australia, Immigration and Asylum

With Australia’s recent election to the UN Human Rights Council, it is important that the international community ...

The bogey of judicial overreach in South Africa: A note on Economic Freedom Fighters v Speaker of the National Assembly

The bogey of judicial overreach in South Africa: A note on Economic Freedom Fighters v Speaker of the National Assembly

South Africa, Constitutions and Human Rights, Role of the Judiciary

Discussions over the contours of the separation of powers principle in South Africa continue to smoulder. During ...

The Supreme Court of Canada Expands the Scope of Employment Discrimination

The Supreme Court of Canada Expands the Scope of Employment Discrimination

Canada, Business and Human Rights, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

In December 2017 the Supreme Court of Canada released an important decision regarding the scope of discrimination ...

Indian Supreme Court’s stay on the banning of ‘Padmavat’: Hopes and Concerns

Indian Supreme Court’s stay on the banning of ‘Padmavat’: Hopes and Concerns

India, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression

By an interim order, a three judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court has stayed the ban imposed on the exhibition ...

Sustainable Development as a Human Right (with Olivier De Schutter)

Sustainable Development as a Human Right (with Olivier De Schutter)

In September 2015, the UN adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all ...

Women’s Suffrage in Germany

Women’s Suffrage in Germany

Germany, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Vote

Given the political and constitutional history of the 18th and 19th centuries, universal suffrage and free and ...

The future of law clinics: Part 2 – The Law Clinic in the University

The future of law clinics: Part 2 – The Law Clinic in the University

United Kingdom, Access to Justice

Earlier, I wrote about the role of law clinics as agents of social justice in a democracy. In this post, I will ...

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