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Nepal registers First Same-Sex Marriage: A Glimmer of Hope for Global LGBTQIA+

Nepal registers First Same-Sex Marriage: A Glimmer of Hope for Global LGBTQIA+

Nepal, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual Orientation, , Substantive Equality

On 29 November 2023, Nepal became the second Asian Country to register a same-sex marriage after Taiwan. This ...

The Absentia Dilemma: The Introduction of Trial In-Absentia in Indian Legislation

The Absentia Dilemma: The Introduction of Trial In-Absentia in Indian Legislation

India, United Nations, Access to Justice, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Human Dignity, Substantive Equality

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), the successor to the Indian Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), is ...

EU Artificial Intelligence Act Approved: What Remains Missing from this Compromise?

EU Artificial Intelligence Act Approved: What Remains Missing from this Compromise?

European Union, Artificial Intelligence, Human Dignity, Immigration and Asylum, , Substantive Equality

“We had one goal: to develop legislation that would ensure that the AI ecosystem in Europe develops with a ...

The License to Jeopardise: The LGBTQ Rights ‘Movement’ in Russia

The License to Jeopardise: The LGBTQ Rights ‘Movement’ in Russia

Russia, Gender identity, Right against Torture, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Assembly, Right to Freedom of Association, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual Orientation

The Supreme Court of Russia, on 30 November 2023, ruled against the ‘international LGBTQ movement’, declaring it ...

Are we Missing Women in (AI) Healthcare Again? The EU’s Thoughts on AI-Empowered Medical Diagnosis

Are we Missing Women in (AI) Healthcare Again? The EU’s Thoughts on AI-Empowered Medical Diagnosis

EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, European Union, Artificial Intelligence, Gender, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Substantive Equality

With the recent trilogue concluding in the European Parliament concerning the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA), ...

The Regression of Democracy and Systematic Violations of Political Rights: A Case from Jakarta’s Special Region Bill

The Regression of Democracy and Systematic Violations of Political Rights: A Case from Jakarta’s Special Region Bill

Indonesia, United Nations, Access to Justice, Right to Political Participation, Right to Vote

The current draft of Jakarta Special Region Bill (the Draft) proposed by Indonesian House of Representatives ...

Balancing Acts: The Intricacies of Enforcing ICC Arrest Warrants Against Heads of State

Balancing Acts: The Intricacies of Enforcing ICC Arrest Warrants Against Heads of State

International Criminal Court, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Russia, Ukraine

This year, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against the President and the ...

Confronting Cyber Homophobia – Lessons from the United Kingdom and a Plea for Legal Reform in India

Confronting Cyber Homophobia – Lessons from the United Kingdom and a Plea for Legal Reform in India

Australia, India, United Kingdom, Access to Justice, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Life, Sexual Orientation,

Priyanshu, a self-taught make-up artist and social media influencer from Ujjain, India, boasting an Instagram ...

COP28 and Its Shortcomings: The Inadequate Protection of Human Rights

COP28 and Its Shortcomings: The Inadequate Protection of Human Rights

United Nations, Business and Human Rights, Climate justice, Environment, Human Dignity, Right to healthy environment, Right to Life, Right to Privacy

The 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ...

Non-Refoulement of Uyghur Prisoners in India

Non-Refoulement of Uyghur Prisoners in India

China, India, United Nations, Conflict and Human Rights, Gender, Human Dignity, Immigration and Asylum, Intersectionality, Right against Torture, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Association, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Life,

Although India is not party to the 1951 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Refugees, this does not ...

A Regression of Rights? The Exclusion of LGBTQI+ Individuals from the Supreme Court of India’s Sexual Harassment Regulations

A Regression of Rights? The Exclusion of LGBTQI+ Individuals from the Supreme Court of India’s Sexual Harassment Regulations

India, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Substantive Equality

On 7 November 2023, the Supreme Court of India declined a petition seeking to amend the Gender Sensitization and ...

South African High Court Rules that Tribal Levies are Unconstitutional and Contrary to Customary Law

South African High Court Rules that Tribal Levies are Unconstitutional and Contrary to Customary Law

South Africa, Conflict and Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Political Participation, Role of the Judiciary

On 1 November 2023, the High Court of South Africa held that levies involuntarily imposed under section 25 of the ...

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