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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 ...

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 ...

Sealing the Records of Irish Institutional Abuse

Sealing the Records of Irish Institutional Abuse

Ireland, Children's Rights, Gender, Right to Privacy

The Irish Oireachtas (parliament) has passed controversial legislation relating to the Mother and Baby Homes ...

Ten years of the Argentine inquiry into Franco-era crimes: what has been achieved?

Ten years of the Argentine inquiry into Franco-era crimes: what has been achieved?

Argentina, Spain, Access to Justice, Conflict and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender

On 14 April 2010, the Argentinean criminal courts began an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity ...

Right to Protest v. Convenience of the Public – The Indian Supreme Court’s Decision on Shaheen Bagh Anti-CAA Protests

Right to Protest v. Convenience of the Public – The Indian Supreme Court’s Decision on Shaheen Bagh Anti-CAA Protests

India, Right to Freedom of Assembly, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression

On 7 October 2020, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India held that the right to protest guaranteed ...

Fighting for fair representation for women through dissolution of the Kenyan Parliament

Fighting for fair representation for women through dissolution of the Kenyan Parliament

Kenya, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

In the Chief Justice’s advice to the President, Kenya’s current Chief Justice David Kenani Maraga has advised the ...

Openness is a Human Rights Issue: Copyright Amendment Bill and Access to Educational Materials in South Africa

Openness is a Human Rights Issue: Copyright Amendment Bill and Access to Educational Materials in South Africa

South Africa, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

October 19th to 25th is International Open Access (OA) Week 2020. This year’s theme is “Open with Purpose: Taking ...

The US ‘Snapback Sanctions’ on Iran Tantamount to Crimes Against Humanity

The US ‘Snapback Sanctions’ on Iran Tantamount to Crimes Against Humanity

Iran, Rome Statute, United States of America, Conflict and Human Rights, COVID-19, Right to Health

In 2015, Iran agreed a long-term Nuclear Deal on its nuclear programme with the world powers known as the P5+1 - ...

Adjudicating Religious Minority Rights: Stavropoulos and others v. Greece

Adjudicating Religious Minority Rights: Stavropoulos and others v. Greece

Greece, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

Stavropoulos and Others v. Greece questioned Greece’s respect for religious minority rights. When Mr. and Mrs. ...

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