Selling Arms to Saudi Arabia: Part 1United Kingdom, Conflict and Human Rights, Right to Life, Standard of ReviewYemen’s devastating conflict has inflicted an egregious toll on civilians, catalysing, in the words of the UN ...
Do Rohingya Refugees in India have Constitutional Rights?India, Immigration and AsylumThe Indian Government recently issued a direction to identify and deport around 40,000 Rohingya refugees in India, ...
The Forced Expulsion of Rohingyas Reflects Why India Needs a Refugee LawIndia, Immigration and AsylumThe Indian Government recently revealed its decision to deport the 40,000 Rohingya Muslims from the country, ...
Niqabs in Strasbourg, Again: Part 2European Convention on Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionIn a blog post yesterday, I considered the impact which the recent decisions of the European Court of Human Rights ...
Niqabs in Strasbourg, Again: Part 1European Convention on Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionBurqa bans seem to be in fashion, not only in the 5-odd countries that have chosen this policy line, not only at ...
An Iraqi Kurdish Independence ReferendumIraq, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to VoteOn 15 September 2017, the Iraqi Kurdish parliament voted to hold an independence referendum in Iraq's autonomous ...
An International Law Perspective on India’s Response toward the Rohingya Refugee CrisisIndia, Immigration and AsylumIn the opening statement made in the Human Rights Council’s 36th session on 11th September 2017, the United ...
The United Kingdom’s Drone Programme: Secrecy and AccountabilityUnited Kingdom, Conflict and Human RightsIn what circumstances can the UK Government target and kill a British citizen abroad? Can the Government withhold ...
Litigating for the Right to Education in the United States: Part 2United States of America, Right to Education, Socio-Economic RightsIn yesterday’s blog post, I reviewed US right to education litigation at the federal level, and at the state level ...
Litigating for the Right to Education in the United States: Part 1United States of America, Right to Education, Socio-Economic RightsAlthough the U.S. Supreme Court held in 1973 that there is no right to education in the federal constitution, over ...
Tunisia’s Revolutionary Steps: New Law Protecting Women Against ViolenceTunisia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, GenderJuly 26th 2017 marked a historic date in Tunisian history, with the passing of a national law against domestic ...
CEDAW Committee General Recommendation on Violence against Women UpdatedUnited Nations, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn July 2017, the CEDAW Committee released a new General Recommendation (No. 35) on Violence Against Women (VAW), ...