New UK Ministry of Defence proposals risk impunityUnited Kingdom, Conflict and Human RightsIn July 2019, the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) made a series of proposals on Legal Protections for Armed Forces ...
Protecting the right to privacy against doxxing: injunction as the only effective meansHong Kong, Right to PrivacyDoxxing refers to the act of researching one’s private information (e.g. home address) and then exposing it ...
From contract to role: using human rights to widen the personal scope of employment protectionsUnited Kingdom, Labour RightsThe UK Supreme Court’s judgment in Gilham demonstrates how human rights can be used to widen the class of ...
The Filipino Anti-False Content Bill: Fake News and Free ExpressionPhilippines, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionOn 1 July 2019, the ‘Anti-False Content Bill’ was introduced in the Senate of the Philippines, seeking to ‘protect ...
Environmental Human Rights Litigation in IrelandIreland, EnvironmentRecently, the Irish High Court handed down judgment in the case of Friends of the Irish Environment v The ...
Protecting the Right to a Basic Education for Undocumented Learners: An Update from the Legal Resources CentreSouth Africa, Right to Education(As the current Oxford Human Rights Hub/Rhodes University Travelling Fellow, I’ll be blogging about my experiences ...
The Green New Deal: On Systemic Justice and the Limits of a Human Rights FrameworkUnited States of America, EnvironmentThe Green New Deal is a United States (U.S.) Congress resolution that proposes a comprehensive plan to address ...
Meeting Australian Human Rights Priorities before Implementing a Charter of RightsAustralia, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationA ‘landmark’ case currently in Australia involves one of world rugby’s biggest stars, Israel Folau, who was sacked ...
The UK Supreme Court’s “One Off” JudgmentUnited Kingdom, Constitutions and Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryIt was a "one off". A conclusive determination on a series of seismic constitutional clashes: representative ...
The Communications Blackout in Kashmir: The Rebirth of a ‘National Security’ Court?India, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionOn October 1st, the Indian Supreme Court heard petitions relating to the media and communications blackout in ...
The Four Categories of Risk to Rights in the Brexit ProcessUnited Kingdom, BrexitWriting only weeks before the (re)scheduled date of UK withdrawal from the EU, there seems little of which to be ...
Organ Donation: New Law, New HorizonsUnited Kingdom, Socio-Economic RightsThe Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019 became law on 15th March 2019 and introduces a new system of organ ...