Banning Refugees From Australia: Not Targeting Those Preying On The Vulnerable – Just Preying On The VulnerableAustralia, Immigration and AsylumAs previously discussed on this blog here and here, since 2001, Australia has made concerted efforts to intercept ...
Indigenous Peoples and Land Demarcation in Brazil: A Never-Ending Process?Brazil, Environment, Socio-Economic RightsFrom 7 to 17 March 2016, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, visited ...
Who is my mother? The dilemma of surrogacy agreements – Part IKenya, Sexual and Reproductive RightsThe High Court of Kenya in A.M.N & 2 others v The Attorney General & 5 others was faced with the issue of ...
The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland on sexual orientation discrimination – justice served?United Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Sexual OrientationThe facts of Ashers have been set out on this Blog previously, so only a brief recap is necessary here. The ...
Towards an International Legally Binding Instrument on Business and Human RightsUnited Nations, Business and Human RightsThe UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are the first global set of guidelines for states and ...
Swazi Court Reiterates Prominence of Human Rights in their Home-Grown ConstitutionEswatini, Constitutions and Human Rights, Counter-terrorism, Right to Freedom of Association, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionIn September 2016, the High Court in Swaziland ruled that certain provisions in the Sedition and Subversive ...
Australia set to ban asylum seekers from entering Australia: It is time to hold Australia accountableAustralia, Children's Rights, Immigration and Asylum, Right against TortureOn the 30th of October 2016, the Australian government announced that it would be introducing a law into ...
Miller in the Supreme Court: The Scottish CaseUnited Kingdom, Brexit, Constitutions and Human RightsIn the Miller case, the High Court determined that the UK Government may not trigger Article 50 by use of the ...
Al Mahdi convicted of crimes against cultureRome Statute, Conflict and Human RightsIn the first case to prosecute crimes against culture as war crimes, the Trial Chamber of the International ...
Sexual and Reproductive Rights in the Courtroom: Litigation Strategies in Light of the Zika OutbreakBrazil, Abortion, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Sexual and Reproductive RightsEarlier this year the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency in response to the Zika virus, ...
A Commentary on Recent Developments in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on the Standing of Legal EntitiesAmerican Convention on Human Rights, Access to JusticeThe Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) Advisory Opinion OC-22/16 examined the question of whether legal ...
Uber, Informal Work and the Expert Working Group on Discrimination Against WomenUnited Nations, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe decision of the London Employment Tribunal that Uber taxi drivers are employees and not self-employed is of ...