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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 ...

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

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

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

In 2017, France became the first country to enact a due diligence law, the Law on the Duty of Vigilance, requiring ...

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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