Blogs by jurisdiction

Executing the Intellectually Disabled: a Stronger Prohibition

United States of America, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death Penalty, Disability

On 21 February 1978, Freddie Hall and his accomplice, kidnapped, raped and murdered a young woman, and in a ...

What next for LGBT equality?

United States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual Orientation, Standard of Review

It has been almost a year since the Supreme Court of the United States delivered judgment in Windsor v United ...

Righting wrongful convictions: is anguish enough?

India, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial

In a recent judgment, Adambhai Sulemanbhai Ajmeri v. State of Gujarat, the Supreme Court of India acquitted all ...

Repression of Nonviolent Activism in Syria

Syria, Conflict and Human Rights

These days, nonviolent activists in Syria find themselves targeted on one side by the Syrian regime, and on the ...

Accounting for Rights in EU Counter-Terrorism

In the 12 years after 9/11, the EU introduced 239 counter-terrorist measures, 88 of which were legally binding. In ...

Jueces y juezas rinden cuenta por las decisiones que toman

Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

Como un canal de diálogo entre la sociedad civil y los sistemas de justicia, Women’s Link promueve los Premios ...

How can Judges be Held Accountable?

Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

Each year, operating as a channel of communication between society and legal systems, Women’s Link Worldwide ...

Sexual violence in modern Myanmar

Editor's note: this Thursday 5th June the Oxford Burma Alliance will be hosting a roundtable, addressing the issue ...

Sexual Violence in Modern Myanmar

Myanmar, Conflict and Human Rights, Gender

The Oxford Burma Alliance will be hosting a roundtable on sexual violence in Burma. It will be chaired by Dr ...

McDonald v UK: The ECtHR on Social Care Provision

European Convention on Human Rights, Disability, Right to Privacy

So did Ms McDonald OBE, former ballerina, win her case in the European Court of Human Rights (McDonald v UK) or ...

A Successful First Instance Challenge to Bedroom Tax

United Kingdom, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Housing

The Liverpool first tier tribunal (“FTT”) has recently overturned the decision of a Local Authority to reduce the ...

Implementation of Tripartite Agreement on Hold

Kenya, Immigration and Asylum

As host to the largest Somali refugee population in the world, it is little wonder that Kenya’s shoulders have ...