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Life-Saving At a High Cost: The Case for Provision of Rare Disease Treatments Being a Human Right

Life-Saving At a High Cost: The Case for Provision of Rare Disease Treatments Being a Human Right

Brazil, European Convention on Human Rights, United Nations, Access to Justice, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Socio-Economic Rights

Earlier this year, Brazilian authorities added Zolgesma, once “the world’s most expensive medical treatment to ...

Karnataka Hijab Ban Part 3: Unveiling the Need for an Intersectional Approach

Karnataka Hijab Ban Part 3: Unveiling the Need for an Intersectional Approach

India, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion

This post continues the analysis of the ban on hijabs within the classroom in Karnataka, India (see also Part One ...

Karnataka Hijab Ban Part 2: The Irrelevant Relevance of Essential Religious Practices Test

Karnataka Hijab Ban Part 2: The Irrelevant Relevance of Essential Religious Practices Test

India, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion

This blog continues Part 1 of the exploration of the Karnataka hijab case. The question of whether the wearing of ...

Karnataka Hijab Ban Part 1: An Unveiling

Karnataka Hijab Ban Part 1: An Unveiling

India, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion

This is a 3-part blog on the Hijab ban case in India. Part 1 traces the journey of the Hijab ban order, from the ...

UN Member States Vote to Oust Iran from the UN Commission of the Status of Women

UN Member States Vote to Oust Iran from the UN Commission of the Status of Women

Iran, Gender, Right to Education

Image description: Iran solidarity protest in Berlin, October 22, 2022. On December 14th, 2022, Iran became the ...

The Forgotten I in LGBTQIA+: ECtHR Turns its Back on Intersex People

The Forgotten I in LGBTQIA+: ECtHR Turns its Back on Intersex People

European Convention on Human Rights, European Union, France, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Gender identity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

Image Description: Picture of two fists, with the letters LGBTQIA+ written across the knuckles in rainbow ...

La violencia obstétrica y su reconocimiento por la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos

La violencia obstétrica y su reconocimiento por la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos

American Convention on Human Rights, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Access to Justice, Gender, Right to Health, Right to Life, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

Desde hace algunos años, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH) ha desarrollado estándares en ...

Obstetric Violence and its Recognition by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Obstetric Violence and its Recognition by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

American Convention on Human Rights, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Access to Justice, Gender, Right to Health, Right to Life, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

For some years the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACoHR) has been developing standards regarding sexual ...

A Case for an Objective Threshold in Tax Exemption of Persons with Disabilities in Kenya

A Case for an Objective Threshold in Tax Exemption of Persons with Disabilities in Kenya

African Charter on Human and People's Rights, Kenya, United Nations, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Socio-Economic Rights

Image Description: A Kenyan mother and her daughter are pictured close-up on their faces. The mother looks toward ...

Equality Doesn’t Always Mean Integration: The Right to Education for Neurodiverse People

Equality Doesn’t Always Mean Integration: The Right to Education for Neurodiverse People

United Kingdom, United Nations, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Gender, Gender identity, Intersectionality, Race, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination,

Image Description: A young woman with pink hair is tossing her head in joy. Proponents of the rights of people ...

Dignity Neuroscience: A Universal Rationale for Human Rights

Dignity Neuroscience: A Universal Rationale for Human Rights

United Nations, Human Dignity, Right to healthy environment, Socio-Economic Rights

Image description: Medical diagram of the first two domains of dignity neuroscience: (1) Agency, Autonomy & ...

Pakistan’s Federal Shariat Court Affirms that the ‘Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Act 2016’ Aligns with Islamic Injunctions

Pakistan’s Federal Shariat Court Affirms that the ‘Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Act 2016’ Aligns with Islamic Injunctions

Pakistan, Access to Justice, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender, Right against Torture, Right to Life, Role of the Judiciary

Image description: A group of women and children in Sindh, Pakistan gather in an outdoor shelter It has been ...

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