The Aftermath of Mullin v. Doe: Better Protections Needed for Climate-Displaced HaitiansHaiti, USA, Climate Displacement, Climate Migration, Environmental Justice, Haiti, Haitian TPS, Immigration Law, Migration Policy, Temporary Protected StatusLast month, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Mullin v. Doe, permitting the Trump ...
“Government is not banning books”: book ban legislation makes its first appearance in CanadaCanada, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionThe book-banning legislation crusade in the United States has officially spilled over into Canada with the passing ...
Beyond the Ranking: What India’s Fall in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index Reveals About the Limits of Constitutional ProtectionIndia, Freedom of expression, Freedom of the PressIndia’s fall from 151st to 157th place in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index has reignited debate about the state ...
Cultural and Environmental Rights are Human Rights: Lessons from the Gunma Declaration on Heritage EcosystemsUnited Nations, Environment, Indigenous RightsIn February 2026, United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Alexandra Xanthaki, issued a ...
Doctrinal Incoherence and the Harm Principle in Parental Medical Decision-MakingUSA, child welfare, Chiles v Salazar, constitutional law, Conversion Therapy, Family law, gender-affirming care, harm principle, informed consent, LGBTQ Youth, medical decision-making, medical ethics, minors, Parental autonomy, Skrmetti, Supreme CourtTwo recent Supreme Court decisions expose a fundamental instability in the constitutional framework governing ...
Twenty Years of OPCAT: Why Preventive Monitoring Must Evolve to Address New Forms of VulnerabilityConvention Against Torture, Right against Torture, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationTwenty years after the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT), ...
When Good Law Is Not Enough: Disability Employment in Uganda after the African Disability ProtocolConvention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Uganda, Disability, Enforcement of Human Rights, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn May 2024, the African Disability Protocol entered into force: the first continental treaty on the rights of ...
The Unseen Wounds: Psychological Injury and the Legal Fight Against Enforced Disappearances in BangladeshBangladesh, Equal Protection, Forced Disappearance, Political Accountability, Right to LifeThe first-ever Bangladesh law against enforced disappearance, the Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Redress ...
Niger’s New Anti-LGBTQIA+ Law Violates the Human Rights of Intersex PersonsInternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Niger, United Nations, criminal law, LGBTQI+ rights, Right against Torture, torture conventionIn February 2026, Niger’s military junta implemented a new Penal Code criminalising indecent, unnatural, and ...
What We Get Wrong About Consent: India’s ‘Promise-to-Marry’ Rape JurisprudenceIndia, Criminal Justice, Sexual Violence, Women's RightsIndian criminal law, under s 69 of India’s new Penal Code (BNS), classifies ‘promise-to-marry’ sexual intercourse ...
Due Diligence in the Age of Government-Deployed AIInternational Law, Artificial Intelligence, Due DiligenceAs artificial intelligence systems are increasingly embedded into government decision-making - from welfare ...
The Violations of the European Convention on Human Rights in the Context of Human-AI RelationsEuropean Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, Artificial Intelligence, Right to Private and Family LifeAs new “social players”, AI companions interact with people in ways that closely resemble human relationships, ...