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Protecting Reproductive Rights: A Balancing Exercise for the Spanish Constitutional Court

Protecting Reproductive Rights: A Balancing Exercise for the Spanish Constitutional Court

European Union, Spain, Abortion, Access to Justice, Gender, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Right to Privacy, Role of the Judiciary

In stark contrast to recent regressions on abortion rights, including the fall of Roe v Wade in the USA, the ...

The Menace of Manual Scavenging in India: The Case for Stronger Legal Implementation

The Menace of Manual Scavenging in India: The Case for Stronger Legal Implementation

India, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Environment, Human Dignity, Right to Health, Right to Life, Right to work, Socio-Economic Rights

The right to a clean, safe, and healthy environment is a fundamental right protected by Article 21 of the Indian ...

(Un)Learning from the US Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Judgement: A South African Perspective

(Un)Learning from the US Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Judgement: A South African Perspective

South Africa, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

As explored in a recent blog (here), in Students For Fair Admissions, Inc. v President and Fellows of Harvard ...

Hindering Accountability and Safety in Sports: the Lack of Internal Complaints Committees in Indian Sports Federations

Hindering Accountability and Safety in Sports: the Lack of Internal Complaints Committees in Indian Sports Federations

India, Business and Human Rights, Labour Rights

Recently, allegations of ‘rampant’ sexual harassment in sports have prompted the Indian Express news outlet to ...

The Miseries of Juvenile Prisoners of Bangladesh

The Miseries of Juvenile Prisoners of Bangladesh

Bangladesh, United Nations, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right against Torture, Right to Education, Right to Life

Juvenile prisons in Bangladesh are effectively torture cells for teenage offenders. Known as juvenile development ...

The United States Supreme Court Puts an End to the Consideration of Race in University Admissions and Potentially Increases Racial Trauma for Applicants

The United States Supreme Court Puts an End to the Consideration of Race in University Admissions and Potentially Increases Racial Trauma for Applicants

United States of America, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

On June 29, 2023, in a 6-3 decision by ideological lines, with a republican and conservative majority, the United ...

The Need to Revisit Indian Consent Paradigms for the Storage and Use of Digitalized Biological Data

The Need to Revisit Indian Consent Paradigms for the Storage and Use of Digitalized Biological Data

India, Right to Privacy

The Indian Biological Data Center, established in 2022, is India’s first life sciences data repository. The ...

Ecocentrism and the Right to a Healthy Environment: To What Extent Can Human Rights Protect Non-Human Life?

Ecocentrism and the Right to a Healthy Environment: To What Extent Can Human Rights Protect Non-Human Life?

United Nations, Environment, Right to Health, Right to healthy environment

In 2022, the United Nations General Assembly recognized the human right to a ‘clean, healthy, and sustainable ...

The Use of Russian Language in Ukraine in Wartime

The Use of Russian Language in Ukraine in Wartime

Russia, Ukraine, Conflict and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right against Torture, Role of the Judiciary

After the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops on the 24th February 2022, the status of the Russian ...

Rethinking families: Reflections on the same-sex marriage case in India

Rethinking families: Reflections on the same-sex marriage case in India

India, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Rights of the family, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Sexual Orientation,

The arguments in the case seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage in India concluded last month and the ...

A Slippery Slide Back to Parliamentary Sovereignty? The Namibian Parliament Looks to Override the Supreme Court’s Decision to Recognise Same Sex Marriages

A Slippery Slide Back to Parliamentary Sovereignty? The Namibian Parliament Looks to Override the Supreme Court’s Decision to Recognise Same Sex Marriages

Namibia, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual Orientation

On 16 May 2023, a day before the International Day Against Homophobia, the Supreme Court of Namibia (SC) ordered ...

Jus Cogens and the Lack of a Universal Gender Equality Norm

Jus Cogens and the Lack of a Universal Gender Equality Norm

United Nations, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

What is ‘Jus Cogens’? Within international law, the principle of jus cogens has been used to solidify certain ...

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