Blogs by jurisdiction

Provoking Debate: The UN Special Rapporteur and the Right to Housing in the UK

United Nations, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic Rights

The right to housing seldom captures the public imagination or the media spotlight. Yet the visit of the UN ...

The Need for ‘Hard Evidence’ of Public Sector Equality Duty Outcomes

United Kingdom, Business and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

The Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) Review report, published 6th September, was met with cautious relief. ...

Guantanamo Military Commissions: Reflections from a Legal Observer – Part 2

United States of America, Counter-terrorism, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial

There is perhaps no more controversial space in the world than the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. For ...

Mmusi Ruling a Watershed Moment for Gender and Customary Law in Botswana and Beyond

Botswana, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

On September 3rd, the Court of Appeal in Botswana decided that Edith Mmusi’s parents’ home belonged to her and her ...

Criminalising Cross-Dressing in Guyana: Quincy McEwan et al vs. Attorney General of Guyana

Guyana, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

2013 has been a busy year for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights (LGBT) in the Commonwealth Caribbean. ...

Bugmy v The Queen: Exploring the Significance of Indigenous Background in Sentencing

Australia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial

Bugmy v The Queen provides the High Court of Australia with its first opportunity in thirty years to rule on the ...

The Québec Charter of Values Project: Republican or Immigrant-phobic?

Canada, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion

Tuesday, September 10 2013, the Government of Québec finally released its Strategy aimed at protecting the Values ...

The CEDAW Committee Holds an Uncomfortable Mirror to the UK

United Kingdom, Access to Justice, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

On July 26th, 2013 the CEDAW Committee released concluding observations on the UK’s compliance with CEDAW. The UK ...

Guantanamo Military Commissions: Reflections from a Legal Observer – Part 1

United States of America, Conflict and Human Rights, Counter-terrorism

There is perhaps no more controversial space in the world than the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. For ...

Cultivating a Common Bond: The Right to Adequate Education in South Africa and the United States

South Africa, United States of America, Right to Education, Socio-Economic Rights

As the newest wave of education adequacy litigation crashes upon the shores of South Africa, courts there face the ...

A New Role for Businesses in Safeguarding Human Rights

United Nations, Business and Human Rights

This summer, the European Commission published industry-specific guidelines on the implementation of the UN ...

Spatial Justice in South African Evictions Jurisprudence

South Africa, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic Rights

Apartheid’s legacy has entrenched patterns of spatial injustice in South Africa. Poor, overwhelmingly black ...