The High Court of England and Wales: facilitator of the death penalty abroad?United Kingdom, Death PenaltyLast week, the High Court of England and Wales held that it was lawful for the British Government to assist ...
Human Rights, Participation and the 2030 AgendaSocio-Economic RightsFour years into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, embedded human rights principles are under strain. ...
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: An Eightieth Anniversary ReflectionUnited Nations, Immigration and AsylumThe UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) fills important gaps in the Universal Declaration ...
Diminishing Accountability, Corruption, and C.Y. LeungHong Kong, Access to Justice, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialThe Hong Kong Bar Association formally issued a statement on 21st December 2018, regarding the Department of ...
India’s Expanding Surveillance Scheme Violates the Right to PrivacyIndia, Right to PrivacyOn 20 December, 2018, the Ministry of Home Affairs in India issued an office order authorising a plethora of ...
The Citizenship Amendment Bill in Favour of Children Born to an Iranian Mother and an Afghan Father in IranIran, Immigration and AsylumOn 4 November 2018, the Iranian Cabinet adopted a new bill concerning the amendment of citizenship laws to ...
Trump’s Invocation of Emergency Powers over Border Wall: Is It Legal?United States of America, Conflict and Human RightsIn recent weeks, President Trump has sent signals that he is prepared to declare a national emergency in order to ...
Continued Criminalisation in Ireland’s New Abortion LawIreland, AbortionSince the start of January lawful abortion has been available in Ireland. The passage of the Health (Regulation of ...
“A Past Still Present”: Equal Rights Trust report explores discrimination and inequality in Egypt, eight years after the revolutionEgypt, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationLast week marked the 8th anniversary of the Egyptian revolution – known as the “25 January revolution” – which led ...
India’s New Transgender Bill and its DiscontentsIndia, GenderThe government of India attempted to take a progressive step to protect the rights and dignity of transgender ...
Universal jurisdiction to the rescue: a way forward for victims of Franco-era crimes of gender-based violence?Conflict and Human Rights, GenderBetween the years of 1960 and 1974, Spanish lawyer and feminist activist Lidia Falcón O’Neill was detained seven ...
The Dollars and Cents of Human Rights: The UN Guiding Principles on Economic Reform and Human RightsSocio-Economic RightsWhoever would have predicted that the cutting edge of human rights work would take us to ‘Automatic Exchange of ...