Islam and Human Rights: A Critical IntersectionRight to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionGlobal politics is increasingly concerned with the relationship between religion and human rights. Human rights ...
Battling for Equality: Recognizing Civil Service Benefits in Same-sex MarriagesHong Kong, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationThe struggle for LGBTQ rights remains an embryonic fight in Asia, waiting to be further developed through advocacy ...
Watching the Indian Supreme Court Walk a Tight-Rope on the Right to Privacy in a Digital AgeIndia, Right to PrivacyA nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India has reserved its decision on whether or not there is a ...
The Constitutional Conundrum of The Right to Privacy in IndiaIndia, Right to PrivacyA nine-judge constitution bench of Supreme Court of India is currently considering whether privacy is a ...
Aadhaar and the Right to PrivacyIndia, Right to PrivacyThe Indian legal community is currently on tenterhooks awaiting judgment from the Supreme Court about the ...
India’s Model Beggary Bill: Towards Rehabilitating the BeggarsIndia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Life, Socio-Economic RightsThe practice of beggary is rampant in India and currently, over 4 lakh (400,000) people are involved in it. Some ...
State Intervention in Muslim Personal Law: A Case of Fundamental MisunderstandingIndia, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionThe All India Muslim Personal Law Board [the Board], has been at the centre of a raging controversy for the past ...
Preserving Evidence of ISIL Atrocities: The International, Impartial and Independent MechanismUnited Nations, Conflict and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialOn 21 December 2016, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 71/248, establishing an ‘International, Impartial ...
UN Committee Condemns Australia’s Punitive Asylum PolicyUnited Nations, Immigration and AsylumOn 23 June 2017, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted its concluding observations on ...
Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave… The EU (Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19 and Human Rights post Brexit: Part 2United Kingdom, Brexit, Constitutions and Human RightsIn a blog post yesterday, I looked at the consequences of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill for human rights protection in ...
Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave… The EU (Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19 and Human Rights post Brexit: Part 1United Kingdom, Brexit, Constitutions and Human RightsThe EU (Withdrawal) Bill had its first reading in the British House of Commons on 13 July 2017, and is due to have ...
Women in the Iranian Labour Market: Infringement of Economic, Social and Cultural RightsIran, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationRegardless of the fact that women have a very significant contribution to make to national production, employment ...