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UK’s ‘no notice’ immigration policy unlawfully interfered with the right to access to justice, holds Court of Appeal

UK’s ‘no notice’ immigration policy unlawfully interfered with the right to access to justice, holds Court of Appeal

United Kingdom, Access to Justice, Immigration and Asylum

Until March 2019, the UK operated an immigration policy – set out in Chapter 60 of the General Instructions to ...

The UK’s Overseas Operations Bill: licence to kill?

The UK’s Overseas Operations Bill: licence to kill?

United Kingdom, Conflict and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right against Torture

The UK Government is seeking to pass a new legislation that would impede prosecutions against British troops for ...

A historical precedent: IACtHR recognizes breach of the right to equality and non-discrimination in the enjoyment of a socioeconomic right on intersectional grounds of gender, poverty and race in Fireworks Factory case

A historical precedent: IACtHR recognizes breach of the right to equality and non-discrimination in the enjoyment of a socioeconomic right on intersectional grounds of gender, poverty and race in Fireworks Factory case

Brazil, Children's Rights, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

In July 2019, I wrote a blog post introducing the main arguments presented to the Inter-American Court of Human ...

The Early Years: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Breaks the Cage [Blog Series on US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

The Early Years: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Breaks the Cage [Blog Series on US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

United States of America, Gender, Judges' Legacy, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

In 1972, the year I was born, a young law professor became the founding director of the ACLU Women’s Rights ...

Introduction: The “Notorious R.B.G.” [Blog Series: The Legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Introduction: The “Notorious R.B.G.” [Blog Series: The Legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

United States of America, Gender, Judges' Legacy, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

On September 18, 2020, the first evening of the Jewish New Year holiday, Rosh Hashanah, U.S. Supreme Court Justice ...

Kenyan Lessons on the right to education as a human right amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic

Kenyan Lessons on the right to education as a human right amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic

Kenya, Children's Rights, COVID-19, Right to Education

In BPA v Directors, Brookhouse Schools, a group of parents ofminors at Brookhouse Schools, a private school, ...

A Review of the Credibility Assessment in Hong Kong’s Torture Claim Regime

A Review of the Credibility Assessment in Hong Kong’s Torture Claim Regime

Hong Kong, Immigration and Asylum, Right against Torture

Since 2014, Hong Kong has conducted its asylum process through the Unified Screening Mechanism. The process ...

Foreign National Rough Sleepers Penalised Under the UK’s Revised Immigration Rules

Foreign National Rough Sleepers Penalised Under the UK’s Revised Immigration Rules

United Kingdom, Immigration and Asylum, Right against Torture, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Housing

On 22 October 2020, the UK Government’s Home Office Department published a Statement of Changes (‘SoC’) to update ...

Jammu and Kashmir Media Policy 2020: A Veil Covering Freedoms

Jammu and Kashmir Media Policy 2020: A Veil Covering Freedoms

India, Environment, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression

Through an order dated 15th May 2020, the Jammu and Kashmir Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) ...

On the grounds of sex’: SCOTUS brings sexual orientation within the ambit of Title VII

On the grounds of sex’: SCOTUS brings sexual orientation within the ambit of Title VII

United States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual Orientation

On June 15 2020, the US Supreme Court decided in Bostock v. Clayton County that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights ...

Reproductive Rights and Democracy in Poland

Reproductive Rights and Democracy in Poland

Poland, Abortion, Right to Life, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

On 22 October 2020, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal held it was unconstitutional for a women to access abortion ...

A Decolonial Approach to Education and the Law (with Foluke Adebisi)

A Decolonial Approach to Education and the Law (with Foluke Adebisi)

Race, Right to Education

This episode is part of a four-part series in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. In this episode, we ...

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