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Silencing the Indigenous Voice: How Australians Have Failed Their Own People Part I

Silencing the Indigenous Voice: How Australians Have Failed Their Own People Part I

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Nations, United States of America, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Cultural rights, Human Dignity, Indigenous Rights, Intersectionality, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, , Substantive Equality

Last week’s failed referendum affirms the deep-seated racial prejudice embedded in Australia's public ...

Derechos Trans y el Parlamento Escocés: Poniendo a Prueba los Límites Constitucionales del Autogobierno de Escocia

Derechos Trans y el Parlamento Escocés: Poniendo a Prueba los Límites Constitucionales del Autogobierno de Escocia

Scotland, United Kingdom, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination,

El gobierno británico ha bloqueado la Ley de Reconocimiento de Género de Escocia, lo que ha desencadenado una gran ...

Trans Rights and the Scottish Parliament: Testing the Constitutional Limits of Scottish Self-government

Trans Rights and the Scottish Parliament: Testing the Constitutional Limits of Scottish Self-government

Scotland, United Kingdom, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination,

The British government’s recent veto of the Scottish Gender Recognition Bill has caused significant controversy. ...

Queensland’s Suspension of Human Rights Act for Youth Detention

Queensland’s Suspension of Human Rights Act for Youth Detention

Australia, United Nations, Children's Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Human Dignity, Indigenous Rights, Intersectionality, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Life, Substantive Equality

The state government of Queensland in Australia has suspended its Human Rights Act, paving the way for the ...

Giving Voice to the Vulnerable: How Advisory Opinions Have the Potential to Advance Climate Justice through International Courts

Giving Voice to the Vulnerable: How Advisory Opinions Have the Potential to Advance Climate Justice through International Courts

American Convention on Human Rights, Bangladesh, Chile, United Nations, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Children's Rights, Environment, Indigenous Rights, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Food and Water, Right to healthy environment, Role of the Judiciary, Standard of Review

In the context of the current climate crisis, climate change litigation has taken a new form over the past year. ...

Religious Freedom versus Free Speech: Sweden’s Legal Tightrope

Religious Freedom versus Free Speech: Sweden’s Legal Tightrope

European Union, Sweden, United Nations, Constitutions and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, , Standard of Review

The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution aimed at combating religious hatred and blasphemy ...

Suicides within India’s Agricultural Industry: How Climate Change and Government Policy are Impacting Human Rights

Suicides within India’s Agricultural Industry: How Climate Change and Government Policy are Impacting Human Rights

India, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Life, Right to work, Role of the Judiciary, , Socio-Economic Rights, Standard of Review, Substantive Equality

Over 650 farmers have committed suicide in the central region of Maharashtra, India, from January to August 2023. ...

The 2024 Paris Olympics: AI Mass Surveillance Under the Upcoming EU AI Act

The 2024 Paris Olympics: AI Mass Surveillance Under the Upcoming EU AI Act

European Union, France, Counter-terrorism, Right to Freedom of Assembly, Right to Privacy, , Technology

Drafting legislation that spans 27 countries has always been a formidable challenge for the European Union’s ...

Germany’s New Law for Self-Determination: Progressive for Some, Regressive for ‘Others’

Germany’s New Law for Self-Determination: Progressive for Some, Regressive for ‘Others’

European Convention on Human Rights, Germany, Gender, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health,

Germany is currently in the process of amending its gender self-identification law to make it more progressive. ...

Europe’s Gender Recognition Tug-of-War Continues in Germany – Part 2: Implications of the Draft Law on Self-Determination

Europe’s Gender Recognition Tug-of-War Continues in Germany – Part 2: Implications of the Draft Law on Self-Determination

European Convention on Human Rights, Germany, Gender, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health,

Germany may soon close a troubled chapter on its legal provision for gender recognition, ending the decades-long ...

Europe’s Gender Recognition Tug-of-War Continues in Germany – Part 1: The Law as it Stands

Europe’s Gender Recognition Tug-of-War Continues in Germany – Part 1: The Law as it Stands

European Convention on Human Rights, Germany, Gender, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health,

Germany may soon close a troubled chapter on its legal provision for gender recognition, ending the decades-long ...

The Wait is Coming to an End: The Brazilian Supreme Court’s Promising Opportunity to Finally Decriminalise Abortion up to 12 Weeks

The Wait is Coming to an End: The Brazilian Supreme Court’s Promising Opportunity to Finally Decriminalise Abortion up to 12 Weeks

Brazil, Abortion, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Human Dignity, Right to Health, Right to Privacy, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Substantive Equality

In September 2023, a key event changed the direction of discussions about the criminalisation of abortion in ...

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