The Peculiar Phenomenon of ‘Kid-Gurus’ in IndiaIndia, Best Interest of the Child, Children's Rights, Protection from Exploitation, Right to Education, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionAt just 10 years old, Abhinav Arora has garnered nearly a million followers on Instagram – as a spiritual leader. ...
Abolish ICE? What It Really Means—and What Comes NextUnited States of America, Immigration and Asylum, refugee rightsCalls to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have moved from activist circles to mainstream ...
New WIPO Treaty to Protect Indigenous Rights: Reform without SanctionUnited Nations, WIPO, Indigenous Rights, Property, Traditional KnowledgeIndigenous people’s traditional knowledge has routinely been misappropriated through the use of conventional ...
Bangladesh’s National Human Rights Commission: A Watchdog Without Teeth?Bangladesh, Denmark, India, Constitutions and Human RightsThe haunting image of fifteen-year-old Felani Khatun’s body hanging from a barbed wire fence after being shot by ...
Reflecting on the Right to Self-Determination as the Primary Ground for Protection of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial ContactUnited Nations, Environment, Human Dignity, Indigenous Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Self-Determination, Social Protection, Standard of Review, Substantive EqualityFrom 21 April to 2 May 2025, the UN Headquarters in New York hosted the 24th session of the United Nations ...
Breaking the Cycle of Injustice: The Global South’s Struggle to Climate Equity in International ForumsBangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, United Nations, Climate Change, Climate justice, Socio-Economic RightsIn the Global South, climate change is not merely an environmental crisis but a major human rights issue. This ...
Business and Human Rights in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Current opportunities and challenges from Brazil’s condemnationsBrazil, Inter-American Convention on Human Rights, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Business and Human RightsIn October and November 2024, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued two judgments condemning ...
Two children too many? Expanding maternity benefits to mothers with more than two children in IndiaIndia, Gender Equality, Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave, Women's RightsOn 23 May 2025, the Indian Supreme Court in K. Umadevi v. Government of Tamil Nadu broadened the interpretation of ...
Affordable Housing and Reasonable Standards of Sanitation in KenyaKenya, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Housing, Role of the Judiciary, Socio-Economic RightsIn the Global South, particularly in Africa, to be born and raised in a poor background is to learn the harshness ...
Human Rights Economy: A Solution to Economic Cruelty and Everyday AtrocitiesUnited Nations, Business and Human Rights, Socio-Economic RightsThe UN Human Rights Office has called for human rights guardrails in the economic sphere, also known as a Human ...
How a Caste Census Could Transform India’s Reservation PoliciesIndia, Supreme Court of India, Constitutions and Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Right to Education, Substantive EqualityThe Indian government recently announced that the next nationwide population census will be conducted in 2026-27, ...
When The Shield Becomes A Sword: The Abuse Of Involuntary Treatment Provisions For Mentally Ill Persons In IndiaIndia, Supreme Court of India, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe involuntary admission and treatment of persons with mental illness is a breach of privacy and autonomy. It can ...