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Sustainable Conservation: The Rights-Based Way to Save Africa’s Rainforests

Sustainable Conservation: The Rights-Based Way to Save Africa’s Rainforests

African Union, Environment

A new report by the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) shows that people living in Africa’s Congo Basin face ...

Steinfeld v Secretary of State for Education: Court of Appeal has Granted Leave to Appeal

Steinfeld v Secretary of State for Education: Court of Appeal has Granted Leave to Appeal

United Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Sexual Orientation

It has recently been announced that the challenge to the prohibition on opposite sex couples entering into civil ...

Solidarity Not Separation: The Case for Continued Interaction Between UK and EU employment rights – an attempt to sum up

Solidarity Not Separation: The Case for Continued Interaction Between UK and EU employment rights – an attempt to sum up

European Union, United Kingdom, Brexit, Labour Rights

I have consciously and deliberately picked up on and generalized the title of Professor Fredman’s initial ...

The Maltese Equality Act: Friend or Foe of Freedom of Religion?

The Maltese Equality Act: Friend or Foe of Freedom of Religion?

Malta, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion

With the recent rise of anti-discrimination legislation, the need for legislators to strike a fair balance between ...

The Silicosis Ruling and Its Far Reaching Implication on Access to justice and the Mining Sector

The Silicosis Ruling and Its Far Reaching Implication on Access to justice and the Mining Sector

South Africa, Business and Human Rights, Right to Health, Socio-Economic Rights

In a landmark ruling handed down on 13 May 2016, the full bench of the South Gauteng High Court in South Africa ...

Of Railways and Labour Rights: The Untold Story of Pakistan’s Porters

Of Railways and Labour Rights: The Untold Story of Pakistan’s Porters

Pakistan, Labour Rights

In the subcontinent, railway stations are identified by their iconic red-uniformed porters – commonly referred to ...

Brexit: What would be the timetable for leaving?

Brexit: What would be the timetable for leaving?

European Union, United Kingdom, Brexit, Constitutions and Human Rights

This blog considers when the UK would cease to be a member of the EU, if the result of the referendum on 23 June ...

Forgotten Victims: Children of Parents Sentenced to Death or Executed

Forgotten Victims: Children of Parents Sentenced to Death or Executed

United Nations, Children's Rights, Death Penalty

According to recent figures from Amnesty International, at least 1,634 executions took place worldwide last ...

Rodrigo Duterte – the Philippines’s Human Rights Wild Card

Rodrigo Duterte – the Philippines’s Human Rights Wild Card

Philippines, Conflict and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights

On 9th of May, Rodrigo Duterte, a long-time mayor of Davao City in the Southern island of Mindanao, was elected ...

The 9 Point Agreement and the Fate of the Transitional Justice System in Nepal

The 9 Point Agreement and the Fate of the Transitional Justice System in Nepal

Nepal, Conflict and Human Rights

For more than a decade, Nepal had undergone a conflict between the security forces and the Maoist political ...

Brexit and collective labour rights

Brexit and collective labour rights

European Union, United Kingdom, Brexit, Labour Rights, Right to Freedom of Association

There has been considerable concern expressed regarding the employment rights that British workers would lose by ...

The Missing Peace? Global-Regional Partnerships in Africa

The Missing Peace? Global-Regional Partnerships in Africa

African Union, United Nations, Conflict and Human Rights

UN peace operations have reached unprecedented levels of cost, complexity and risk – and its operational focus is ...

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