The French Hate Speech Regulation : A Nail in the Coffin For Free Speech?France, Democracy and Political Rights, Freedom of expression, Freedom of speech, Hate speechThe French National Assembly passed a law (‘Avia law’) in order to curb the growth of hate speech on the internet. ...
Problems with prevailing defences for the repurposing of apartheid-legacy laws to discriminate against non-citizensSouth Africa, Immigration and Asylum, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn 1964, the apartheid regime in South Africa introduced a new requirement for non-citizens seeking entry into the ...
Germany’s Ban on Conversion Therapy: One Step Forward and Two Steps BackGermany, Sexual OrientationConversion therapy (CT) is a constellation of medical, psychoanalytic, behavioural, religious techniques and ...
Gender Based Violence Courts in Pakistan: A Gap in Gender Equality Remains, but a Promising StartPakistan, GenderAvailable data indicated that in Pakistan, only 2-3% of rape perpetrators were convicted. In light of this, the ...
Abortion In Northern Ireland – We Have Decriminilisation What Comes Next?Northern Ireland, Disability, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationAfter decades of campaigning, parliamentary debates, court cases, national and international inquiries abortion ...
Temporary Exclusion Orders and the Right to a Fair Hearing in the UKUnited Kingdom, Access to Justice, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialIn QX v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020], the UK High Court reached a landmark preliminary ...
Hungarian Bill Obliterates Gender Recognition RightsHungary, Gender, Sexual OrientationOn 19th May 2020, the Hungarian parliament passed Bill T/9934. Article 33 of the Bill makes information on an ...
Suspension of Labour Laws in Uttar Pradesh Amidst COVID-19: A Fundamental Rights Emergency?India, COVID-19, Labour RightsOn May 6, 2020, the Uttar Pradesh government, suspended 35 out of 38 labour laws in the state for three years by ...
Covid-19 and Protecting the Rights of Labourers in IndiaIndia, COVID-19, Labour RightsAt a time when approximately 10 million labourers across India are left with no food or income and are trapped in ...
Rethinking Patients’ Privacy in light of the Coronavirus Epidemic in IndiaIndia, COVID-19, Right to PrivacyThe past months have truly tested our global healthcare systems with over 5,240,000 confirmed cases of the novel ...
Kosovo’s Constitutional Court finds COVID-19 Measures UnconstitutionalKosovo, Constitutions and Human Rights, COVID-19Measures to curb the COVID-19 pandemic in Kosovo have been subject to political contest and legal challenge. In a ...
ECOWAS Court affirms that pregnant girls in Sierra Leone have a right to equal educationSierra Leone, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationExcluded from school since the civil war, orphaned by the deadly Ebola outbreak, and now quarantined by Covid-19, ...