Miller, the European Union Withdrawal Bill, and the Non-explanatory NotesUnited Kingdom, Brexit, Constitutions and Human RightsIn her blog posting of January 24th 2017 about the decision of the Supreme Court in the Miller case, Professor ...
What kind of extremist will you be?United Kingdom, Counter-terrorism, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionThe UK Government’s procedure for identifying ‘dangerous extremists’ has come under legal scrutiny (at long last) ...
Aadhaar’s Bearing on India’s Public Distribution System and the Right to FoodIndia, Right to Food and Water, Right to Privacy, Socio-Economic RightsSince 1951 India's Public Distribution System (PDS) has operated as a safety net for millions of poor households. ...
The Multiple Imperatives To Protect Schools As Safe Spaces Of LearningUnited Nations, Children's Rights, Conflict and Human Rights, Right to EducationAs of January 10 2017, 57 states have endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration, setting out the importance of ...
Lam Wing Kee, Hong Kong, and China’s ever-expanding reachHong Kong, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionThe disappearance of Lam Wing Kee and four other Hong Kong booksellers sparked outrage amongst Hong Kong citizens ...
Inequality and Discrimination faced by Religious Minorities in PakistanPakistan, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Socio-Economic RightsPakistan is one of the worst countries to live in as a member of a religious minority group, due to the lack of ...
Socioeconomic rights researchers, advocates and practitioners gather at Åbo Akademi UniversitySocio-Economic RightsThrough this blog, I share what I have learned from recently attending a week long advanced course on the ...
The Majority Judgment in Miller: Vulnerable but DefensibleUnited Kingdom, Brexit, Constitutions and Human RightsThe UK Supreme Court concluded yesterday, by an 8–3 majority, that legislation is needed for Article 50 to be ...
Miller: A Vital Reaffirmation of Parliamentary SovereigntyUnited Kingdom, Brexit, Constitutions and Human RightsIn a ringing defence of the power of Parliament against the executive, the Supreme Court today held that the ...
Environmental Human Rights in the Trump Era: Modes of Resistance and ReformUnited States of America, Environment, Right to Food and Water, Right to HealthThe ecological ramifications of the Trump administration may well prove catastrophic. Climate change denial and ...
Donald Trump is President: What are the Implications for the Death Penalty?United States of America, Death PenaltyPrior to the election of Donald Trump, death penalty abolitionists were quietly confident that capital punishment ...
Access to information in order to speak freely: Is this a right under the European Convention?European Convention on Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionIf access to government information is “necessary” for you to investigate and communicate about matters of ...