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India’s Women’s Reservation Bill: Breaking the Political Glass Ceiling

India’s Women’s Reservation Bill: Breaking the Political Glass Ceiling

Bangladesh, China, India, Pakistan, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Substantive Equality

India’s social fabric is complex and diverse, and women's ability to realise substantive equality in this ...

Thubakgale: Bringing Home the Right to Adequate Housing Against a Recalcitrant Municipality

Thubakgale: Bringing Home the Right to Adequate Housing Against a Recalcitrant Municipality

South Africa, Human Dignity, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic Rights, Standard of Review

An August 2023 housing rights decision of the Pretoria High Court in South Africa is the latest in a protracted ...

Holding Social Media Companies Accountable for Hate Speech in Times of Conflict and War: An Urgent Necessity

Holding Social Media Companies Accountable for Hate Speech in Times of Conflict and War: An Urgent Necessity

European Union, International Criminal Court, Rome Statute, United Kingdom, Business and Human Rights, Public International Law, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression

Imagine a world where the Nazis didn't have a powerful propaganda tool like the newspaper Der Stürmer. Could the ...

LGBTQIA+ Rights under siege: Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023

LGBTQIA+ Rights under siege: Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023

Uganda, United Nations, Constitutions and Human Rights, Death Penalty, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Sexual Orientation

On May 26 2023, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed into law one of the globe's harshest anti-LGBTQ bills, ...

(Re)Learning from the Ground-Breaking Judgement of the Supreme Court of Mauritius Decriminalising Sodomy: A Kenyan Perspective

(Re)Learning from the Ground-Breaking Judgement of the Supreme Court of Mauritius Decriminalising Sodomy: A Kenyan Perspective

Kenya, Mauritius, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Sexual Orientation, , Substantive Equality

On 4 October 2023, the Supreme Court of Mauritius delivered a ground-breaking judgment in the case of Abdool Ah ...

A Blueprint for the World: How Karnataka’s Shakti and Gruha Lakshmi Schemes Elevate Women’s Economic Rights

A Blueprint for the World: How Karnataka’s Shakti and Gruha Lakshmi Schemes Elevate Women’s Economic Rights

India, United Nations, Gender, Intersectionality, Labour Rights, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to work, Socio-Economic Rights

Karnataka, through its state government schemes, has taken proactive steps towards ensuring women’s welfare and ...

Silencing the Indigenous Voice: How Australians Have Failed Their Own People Part II

Silencing the Indigenous Voice: How Australians Have Failed Their Own People Part II

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Nations, United States of America, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Cultural rights, Human Dignity, Indigenous Rights, Intersectionality, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, , Substantive Equality

The first part of this blog series addressed the background to the referendum and the Constitution of Australia, ...

Silencing the Indigenous Voice: How Australians Have Failed Their Own People Part I

Silencing the Indigenous Voice: How Australians Have Failed Their Own People Part I

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Nations, United States of America, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Cultural rights, Human Dignity, Indigenous Rights, Intersectionality, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, , Substantive Equality

Last week’s failed referendum affirms the deep-seated racial prejudice embedded in Australia's public ...

Derechos Trans y el Parlamento Escocés: Poniendo a Prueba los Límites Constitucionales del Autogobierno de Escocia

Derechos Trans y el Parlamento Escocés: Poniendo a Prueba los Límites Constitucionales del Autogobierno de Escocia

Scotland, United Kingdom, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination,

El gobierno británico ha bloqueado la Ley de Reconocimiento de Género de Escocia, argumentando que afecta a ...

Trans Rights and the Scottish Parliament: Testing the Constitutional Limits of Scottish Self-government

Trans Rights and the Scottish Parliament: Testing the Constitutional Limits of Scottish Self-government

Scotland, United Kingdom, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination,

The British government’s recent veto of the Scottish Gender Recognition Bill, alleging its impact on matters ...

Queensland’s Suspension of Human Rights Act for Youth Detention

Queensland’s Suspension of Human Rights Act for Youth Detention

Australia, United Nations, Children's Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Human Dignity, Indigenous Rights, Intersectionality, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Life, Substantive Equality

The state government of Queensland in Australia has suspended its Human Rights Act, paving the way for the ...

Giving Voice to the Vulnerable: How Advisory Opinions Have the Potential to Advance Climate Justice through International Courts

Giving Voice to the Vulnerable: How Advisory Opinions Have the Potential to Advance Climate Justice through International Courts

American Convention on Human Rights, Bangladesh, Chile, United Nations, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Children's Rights, Environment, Indigenous Rights, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Food and Water, Right to healthy environment, Role of the Judiciary, Standard of Review

In the context of the current climate crisis, climate change litigation has taken a new form over the past year. ...

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