The First Gender Persecution Conviction at the International Criminal CourtInternational Criminal Court, Sudan, Crimes Against Humanity, Gender justice, Gender Persecution, International Criminal LawOn 6 October 2025, the Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) found Ali Muhammad Ali ...
The CJEU ruling on the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Opening a door for progressive social experimentation? (Part II)Council of Europe, Court of Justice of the European Union, Denmark, European Social Charter, European Union, Labour RightsOn 11 November 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU/Court) delivered the anxiously awaited ...
The CJEU ruling on the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: opening a door for progressive social experimentation? (Part I)Council of Europe, Court of Justice of the European Union, Denmark, European Social Charter, European Union, Labour RightsOn 11 November 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU/Court) delivered the anxiously awaited ...
Positive and Negative Rights Strike Again: Mathur v. OntarioCanada, Climate Change, Climate justice, Positive Duties, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe distinction between positive and negative rights continues to complicate, and defeat, constitutional ...
Human Rights Gaze into AI and Human Genetics and Genomics: Guiding the Legal and Policy FrameworksUnited Nations, Artificial Intelligence, Business and Human Rights, Right to scienceAdvancements in human genetics and genomics have been continually impacting basic human rights and fundamental ...
Asylum vs. Temporary Protection: The paradox of legal protection in Latin AmericaInter-American Convention on Human Rights, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Latin America, Venezuela, Immigration and Asylum, Refugee Convention, refugee rights, Right to Seek AsylumVenezuela’s protracted collapse has driven millions to seek protection across Latin America and the Caribbean ...
A Long Shadow: Jwanczuk, SC, and IncommensurabilityEngland and Wales, European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, United Kingdom, Judicial Review, Proportionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Social ProtectionThe UK Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the UK Government’s appeal in R (Jwanczuk) v Secretary of State for ...
Connectivity Without Access: How Nepal’s Social Media Ban Strips Substance from the Right to Internet AccessNepal, Human Dignity, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Role of the Judiciary, Social Protection, Standard of Review, Substantive EqualityIn September 2025, Nepal faced massive public protests triggered by a ban on social media apps and websites, where ...
Transphobia at the highest level: UN Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem’s report on Violence Against Women and Girls in breach of the Special Mandate Code of ConductCanada, England and Wales, United Nations, Gender Equality, Gender identity, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn June 2025, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem, released a report ...
Malaysian Federal Court Held that a Fatwa Cannot Declare a Company ‘Deviant’ from Islamic TeachingsMalaysia, Freedom of Religion, Right to Freedom of ReligionOn 19 June 2025, the Federal Court of Malaysia overturned a Court of Appeal decision which upheld a fatwa ...
Right to Children’s Identity in PakistanPakistan, United Nations, Children's Rights, Rights of the ChildThe right of children to identity is globally recognized, with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the ...
A Decolonial Jurisprudence in Making – the Right of a Woman to Dissolve a Marriage in PakistanPakistan, Family law, Gender, Islamic law, MarriageRecently, the Supreme Court of Pakistan handed down a judgment, titled Dr. Seema Hanif Khan v.Waqas Khan and ...