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Section 377: The Essence of Freedom

India, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual Orientation

A country that routinely bans movies that attempt to speak of homosexuality is witnessing a historic discussion on ...

Coup, Constitution and the Court: Zimbabwean Constitutional Court whitewashes flawed rigged elections

Zimbabwe, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Vote, Role of the Judiciary

Today, the Constitutional Court dismissed a legal challenge to Zimbabwe’s presidential elections. In my previous ...

Promoting ‘Gender Ideology’: Constitutional Court of Bulgaria Declares Istanbul Convention Unconstitutional

Bulgaria, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

On July 27 Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled that the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating ...

Battling for Equality: The Court of Appeal Rules No Benefits for Same-sex Spouses

Hong Kong, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual Orientation

The Hong Kong Court of Appeal recently overturned the Court of First Instance's decision that the same-sex spouse ...

State Policy or Individual Right: The Recent Development of Environmental Protection in China

China, Constitutions and Human Rights, Environment

In late June 2018, the Chinese State Council released the three-year action plan to 'win the battle for blue ...

Landmark judgment on PSPO Regime has Significant Repercussions for Freedom of Expression

European Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Abortion, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Privacy, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

On 2 July 2018, the High Court handed down judgment in Dulgheriu v London Boroughof Ealing [2018] EWHC 1667 ...

Rohingyan Repatriation and the Principle of Non-Refoulment

Bangladesh, Myanmar, Immigration and Asylum

Myanmar and Bangladesh recently concluded a controversial deal in order to repatriate the first batch of the ...

Women’s Rights and the Proposed Changes to the Gender Recognition Act

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

In this post we use the word women to refer to individuals born as women (also known as ‘natal women’). The ...

Indonesia’s New Counter-Terrorism Law and the Government’s Hidden Agenda?

Indonesia, Conflict and Human Rights, Counter-terrorism, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial

Following the suicide bombings by attackers with links to the Islamic State in May, the Indonesian Parliament has ...

Canadian Supreme Court Deeply Divided on Religious Freedom in Faith-Based Law School Cases

Canada, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Sexual Orientation

Earlier this summer, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) wrote the final chapter of a years-long saga concerning the ...

The Indian Supreme Court Reserves Judgment on the De-criminalisation of Homosexuality

India, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Sexual Orientation

In 2009, the High Court of Delhi handed down a landmark judgment in Naz Foundation v NCT of Delhi. It read down ...

The Forgotten Asylum Seekers of Calais and Dunkirk

European Union, France, United Kingdom, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic Rights

Since the closure of the ‘Jungle’ in October 2016, the asylum seekers and refugees that remain in Calais, Dunkirk ...