HKSAR v Lai Chee Ying: The Good, The Bad and The UncertainHong Kong, Civil and political rights, Freedom of expression, SeditionIntroduction On 15 December 2025, the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong handed down a ...
The Indian Supreme Court’s Shifting Approach: Go to High CourtIndia, Supreme Court of India, Access to JusticeDuring the drafting of Indian Constitution, the father of the Indian Constitution, Dr B.R. Ambedkar, categorically ...
Closed Classrooms – Exploring the Impact of School Closures due to Air Pollution on Children’s Right to EducationIndia, Children's Rights, Right to Education, Right to healthy environmentThe worsening of air quality across Delhi in India has again led to school closures. Almost all schools have moved ...
Who is a mother under international human rights law?International Law, United Nations, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Gender Based Violence, Gender Equality, International Covenant on Economic, social and cultural rights, Transgender rights, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesA new call for input has been advertised on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. ...
An International Human Rights Law Critique of Karnataka’s Hate Speech BillIndia, Freedom of speech, Hate speech, Legislative Reform, Proportionality, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationKarnataka’s Legislative Assembly recently passed the controversial Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes ...
The Shadow of ‘Honour’: Persistent Violence and the Imperative of Human Rights in South AsiaPakistan, Criminal Justice, Criminal procedure, Right to LifeThe fragility of the right to life in Pakistan was starkly highlighted on July 21, 2025, when Pakistani ...
Pakistan’s New Constitutional Court and the Importance of Institutional IndependencePakistan, Constitutions and Human Rights, Democracy and Political Rights, judicial independence, Role of the JudiciaryTypically, specialised constitutional courts are regarded as effective institutional protectors of democracy and ...
Bervidi: Reasonable Accommodation for Parent of Child with DisabilityCJEU, Court of Justice of the European Union, EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, Disability, Employment Equality Directive, Reasonable Accommodation, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesFor many persons with disabilities, their family and social network play an indispensable role in ensuring their ...
From Protection to Precarity: Examining the U.S. Decision to Terminate TPS for Burmese NationalsMyanmar, United States of America, Immigration and Asylum, International Humanitarian Law, Rights of refugeesOn 25 November 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced in the Federal Register that it ...
Assam’s Standard Operating Procedure- Stateless citizens elegy: Part 2- Legal sanction for SOPIndia, Procedural Justice, Right to Nationality, rule of law, Statutory interpretationIn Part 1 of this blog, I argued that Assam’s Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) imposes arbitrary procedural ...
Assam’s Standard Operating Procedure – Stateless Citizens Elegy: Part 1- On Arbitrariness of Procedural requirements of SOPIndia, Human Dignity, Procedural Justice, Right to Nationality, rule of lawOn 9.09.2025, Assam’s Chief Minister approved the Standard Operating Procedure (‘SOP’) for implementation of the ...
Migration with Dignity or Statelessness by Design?: A Closer look at the curious case of KiribatiKiribati, Climate Change, Immigration and Asylum, Rights of refugees, Territorial IntegrityWith regions across the globe experiencing its effect in different forms, climate change has reached every nook ...