Blogs by jurisdiction | OHRH

blog-filter

Safi and Others and the Council of Europe’s role in preventing further tragedies off the Greek shores

Safi and Others and the Council of Europe’s role in preventing further tragedies off the Greek shores

European Convention on Human Rights, Greece, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

In June 2023 a boat carrying migrants sank near Pylos (Greece), causing 300-650 deaths. The investigation into the ...

Minority v Minority Only Benefits the Privileged

Minority v Minority Only Benefits the Privileged

India, United States of America, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Intersectionality, Race, Right to Education, Substantive Equality

The US Supreme Court’s decision Students for Fair Admissions v Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College ...

Over-compensation by the European Court? A Proposal for Reforming Compensation Awards

Over-compensation by the European Court? A Proposal for Reforming Compensation Awards

European Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial

In light of the Malkinson case, questions are being asked about why successful appellants in the criminal court ...

The Legacy Bill: Furthering the Gap to Truth and Justice

The Legacy Bill: Furthering the Gap to Truth and Justice

Ireland, United Kingdom, Access to Justice, Conflict and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Role of the Judiciary

Currently before the UK’s House of Lords is the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill (the ...

Decoding Manipur: Unveiling Human Rights Violations Against Women Amidst Ethnic Conflict

Decoding Manipur: Unveiling Human Rights Violations Against Women Amidst Ethnic Conflict

India, Conflict and Human Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

A viral video of two tribal women paraded naked by Meitei men in Manipur's Thoubal district has shocked India and ...

Malaysian Court of Appeal Upholds Fatwa Declaring A Company ‘Deviant’ from Islamic Teachings

Malaysian Court of Appeal Upholds Fatwa Declaring A Company ‘Deviant’ from Islamic Teachings

Malaysia, Business and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Religion

On 21 March 2023, the Court of Appeal in Malaysia – by a 2-1 majority – upheld a decision of the Malaysian High ...

Figel’ v Slovakia: Potential landmark ECtHR decision on COVID-19 related restrictions to religious freedom

Figel’ v Slovakia: Potential landmark ECtHR decision on COVID-19 related restrictions to religious freedom

Croatia, European Convention on Human Rights, European Union, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Constitutions and Human Rights, COVID-19, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Privacy, Role of the Judiciary,

The COVID-19 pandemic introduced a period of unprecedented restrictions to fundamental rights, unthinkable no less ...

After SFFA v. Harvard, Universities Must Hold the Line

After SFFA v. Harvard, Universities Must Hold the Line

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

In Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA), the Supreme Court further limited a university’s right to ...

Will Ireland Constitutionalise Environmental Human Rights and the Rights of Nature as a Response to the Biodiversity Crisis?

Will Ireland Constitutionalise Environmental Human Rights and the Rights of Nature as a Response to the Biodiversity Crisis?

Ireland, Environment, Right to healthy environment

Earlier this year, a Citizens’ Assembly in Ireland tasked with examining biodiversity loss made a number of ...

Supreme Court of Pakistan Holds that ‘Harassment’ at the Workplace Includes (Non-Sexual) Discrimination on Basis of Gender

Supreme Court of Pakistan Holds that ‘Harassment’ at the Workplace Includes (Non-Sexual) Discrimination on Basis of Gender

Pakistan, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

About 93 per cent of working women in Pakistan acknowledge facing workplace harassment. In 2023, Pakistan ranked ...

Serendipitous Sustainability: How Karnataka’s ‘Gruha Jyothi’ and ‘Shakti’ Schemes Can Bolster Climate Action

Serendipitous Sustainability: How Karnataka’s ‘Gruha Jyothi’ and ‘Shakti’ Schemes Can Bolster Climate Action

India, Environment

India, with its growing population and energy demands, faces a multifaceted challenge in balancing its commitment ...

The Case for Caution in Making Social Class a Protected Characteristic under the UK’s Equality Act 2010

The Case for Caution in Making Social Class a Protected Characteristic under the UK’s Equality Act 2010

United Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Socio-Economic Rights

Momentum is growing in the UK to make social class a statutory protected characteristic. The Co-Op, The British ...

No results found.

Become A Contributor To The Blog