The Years of Lost Freedom: The Untold Cost of Rights and India’s Unkept Promise of CompensationIndia, Freedom from Arbitrary Detention, Prisoners rights, Remedies, Right to LibertyIn India, populist narratives often reduce personal liberty to an abstract idea, and its true value is realised ...
Delhi Chokes in Hazardous Air: A Human Rights EmergencyIndia, Right to Health, Right to healthy environment, Right to LifeYear after year, the capital city of India chokes in an Air Quality Index (“AQI”) that exceeds levels deemed not ...
Pauni recounts the counting of sick days: Exhausted sick leave does not automatically exhaust employer dutiesCJEU, Council of Europe, disability rights, Disability, Disability Rights, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationUnder EU law, counting sick days to determine whether an employee has exceeded a certain limit after which they ...
Transgender Rights in Employment after Jane Kaushik v. Union of India: A Socio-Legal Analysis of the Supreme Court’s RulingIndia, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Life, Social Protection, Standard of Review, Substantive EqualityIn October 2025, in Jane Kaushik v Union of India, the Indian Supreme Court confronted a form of exclusion that ...
India’s Deepfake Dilemma: Why Publicity Rights and the Proposed Intermediary Rules Both Miss the MarkIndia, Artificial Intelligence, Human Dignity, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Privacy, Sexual Violence, Technology and human rightsOn October 22, 2025, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) proposed a set of ...
Sprache ist Heimat: Bayerns sprachliches Erbe und das Recht auf EntwicklungBavaria, Council of Europe, Germany, Language, Minority Rights, Rights of the ChildIm November 2025 führte der Sonderberichterstatter der Vereinten Nationen zum Recht auf Entwicklung einen ...
Hostage Justice? Pre-charge Detention and Defence Rights in JapanEngland and Wales, Japan, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Criminal procedure, Right to remain silentThe right to a fair trial is a foundational principle of global criminal justice systems. Japan boasts a ...
Beyond Procedural Relief: The Case for Systemic Constitutional Review of India’s Anti-Conversion LawsIndia, Supreme Court of India, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of ReligionOn 17 October 2025, the Supreme Court of India in Rajendra Bihari Lal v. State of Uttar Pradesh, quashed multiple ...
The Indian Supreme Court’s New Report on Caste: What Is It About and Why It Matters?India, Supreme Court of India, Caste, Constitutions and Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryThe Indian Supreme Court’s in-house think tank, the Centre for Research and Planning, recently released its ...
Language Is the Homeland: Bavaria’s Linguistic Heritage and the Right to DevelopmentBavaria, Council of Europe, Germany, Language, Minority Rights, Rights of the ChildIn November 2025, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development conducted an official country ...
Reassessing Corporate Due Diligence Standards in Dual-Use Technology Supply ChainsPakistan, United Nations, Business and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Protection, Standard of Review, Substantive EqualityAmnesty International’s recent report “Shadows of Control” documents how companies from Germany, the UAE, Canada, ...
The SNAP Crisis and Socio-Economic Rights: Does it matter that the United States has not ratified the ICESCR?United States of America, Human Dignity, Intersectionality, Right to Food and Water, Social Protection, Socio-Economic Rights, Standard of ReviewOn 24 October 2025, during a government shutdown, the US Department of Agriculture announced that it would halt ...