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Is Mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence a Paper Tiger? Lessons from the French Experience (Part II)

Europe, European Union, France, Business and Human Rights, Environment, Right to healthy environment

France was the first country to enact a due diligence law with its Law on the Duty of Vigilance. While the Law has ...

Religious Discrimination, Headscarves and ‘exclusive neutrality’: backsliding by the CJEU

Belgium, Court of Justice of the European Union, European Union, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Cultural rights, Gender, Intersectionality, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to work, Role of the Judiciary, Standard of Review, Substantive Equality

In OP v Commune d’Ans the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) returned to religious discrimination and ...

Mainstreaming Merits Review: Kenya’s Court of Appeal Further Clarifies the Scope of Judicial Review Law

Kenya, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Role of the Judiciary, Standard of Review

On 10 November 2023, the Kenyan Court of Appeal delivered its judgment in Patrick Kabundu & Another v County ...

The Shell Case: A Viable Path to Establish Corporate Climate Responsibility?

European Convention on Human Rights, Netherlands, United Nations, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Environment, Right to Life, Right to Privacy, Standard of Review

On 26 May 2021, The Hague District Court in the Netherlands ordered energy giant Shell to reduce the CO2 emissions ...

The Intersection of Human Rights and Finance: A Legal Exploration of the UDHR’s Continuing Impact

United Kingdom, United Nations, Business and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to work, Socio-Economic Rights, Substantive Equality

This post marks International Human Rights Day, which occurred earlier this week on the 10 December. This is the ...

The UK’s First Country Visit under the Istanbul Convention. Part I: Systemic Challenges and Institutional Inertia

United Kingdom, Access to Justice, Gender, Human Dignity, Immigration and Asylum, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Life, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, , Substantive Equality

This blog marks the culmination of the 16 Days of Action for the Elimination of Violence against Women, seeking to ...

75 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: What Its Legacy Represents Today

Ukraine, United Nations, Access to Justice, Conflict and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, , Socio-Economic Rights, Substantive Equality

This post marks International Human Rights Day on the 10 December, the anniversary of the signing of the Universal ...

Artificial Intelligence at the European Court of Human Rights

European Convention on Human Rights, European Union, Access to Justice, Artificial Intelligence, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Substantive Equality

“As Judges we are all under a certain amount of pressure to perform more efficiently, to deliver justice more ...

L’intelligence artificielle à la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme

European Convention on Human Rights, European Union, Access to Justice, Artificial Intelligence, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Substantive Equality

« En tant que juges, nous sommes tous soumis à une certaine pression pour être plus efficaces et rendre la justice ...

The Decriminalisation of Marital Rape: How India Continues to Refuse Justice to its Married Women

India, United Nations, Abortion, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Gender Based Violence, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

India is disappointingly one of the fewest countries in the world today that explicitly decriminalises marital ...

Taken for a Ride, Again: Deliveroo Riders in the Supreme Court

European Convention on Human Rights, International Labour Organization, United Kingdom, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Immigration and Asylum, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to work, Role of the Judiciary, Standard of Review

Last week’s ruling in Independent Workers Union of Great Britain v Central Arbitration Committee came as a great ...

Balancing Workers’ Rights and Organisational Changes: The Gray Areas of Section 9A

India, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Labour Rights, Right to work, Role of the Judiciary, Standard of Review

Section 9A of India's Industrial Disputes Act 1947 aims to strike a delicate balance between protecting workers' ...

Is Mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence a Paper Tiger? Lessons from the French Experience (Part II)

Religious Discrimination, Headscarves and ‘exclusive neutrality’: backsliding by the CJEU

Mainstreaming Merits Review: Kenya’s Court of Appeal Further Clarifies the Scope of Judicial Review Law

The Shell Case: A Viable Path to Establish Corporate Climate Responsibility?

The Intersection of Human Rights and Finance: A Legal Exploration of the UDHR’s Continuing Impact

Artificial Intelligence at the European Court of Human Rights

L’intelligence artificielle à la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme

The Decriminalisation of Marital Rape: How India Continues to Refuse Justice to its Married Women

Taken for a Ride, Again: Deliveroo Riders in the Supreme Court

Balancing Workers’ Rights and Organisational Changes: The Gray Areas of Section 9A

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