Student Movements, the Right to Protest, and Bangladesh’s Human Rights ObligationsBangladesh, Enforcement of Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Negative Rights, Proportionality, Right to Freedom of Assembly, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to ProtestIn June 2024, students in Bangladesh protested against the reinstatement of the quota system by the High Court ...
Jumping Up From the Doctrine to the Case Law: The Lost Possibility to Apply the Spillover Theory in NIAC by Special Jurisdiction for Peace in ColombiaColombia, Access to Justice, Conflict and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Standard of ReviewThe Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) made an important decision on April 11 regarding a former FARC-EP ...
The ECtHR in Podchasov v. Russia – Preserving Encryption And Denying BackdoorsECHR, Russia, Data Protection, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Privacy, Role of the JudiciaryOn 13th February 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) pronounced the seminal judgment of Podchasov v. ...
The Dangerous Path of Mexico’s Judicial Reform: What is at Stake for Judicial Independence in the AmericasAmerican Convention on Human Rights, Mexico, Role of the JudiciaryRecently, Mexico’s President proposed a series of initiatives to reform the judiciary. This blog focuses on two of ...
Calpurnia’s Dream: the Menace of Mob Lynching in IndiaCaste, Gender discrimination, India, Policing, Religion, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to LifeThe repeated reported incidents of mob lynching in India represent a growing negation of fundamental right to life ...
Why the Court got it wrong on Minimum Sentencing on Sexual Offences: Republic v Joshua Gichuki MwangiKenya, Comparative law, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Criminal Process Rights, Life imprisonment, Minimum sentencing, Right to Fair Trial, Role of the Judiciary, Supreme Court of KenyaOn the 12th July 2024, the Supreme Court of Kenya (SCORK) rendered its decision on an appeal by the Director of ...
A Missed Opportunity: Indian Supreme Court’s Limited Innovation in Balancing Free Speech and Disability RightsConflict of rights, human dignity, India, restriction of rights, Supreme Court of India, Disability, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionOn 8 July 2024, the Supreme Court of India in Nipun Malhotra v Sony Pictures Films India addressed the issue of ...
Post-Conflict Restorative Justice in the Aftermath of ISILIraq, United Nations, Access to Justice, Counter-terrorism, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Human Dignity, Social Protection, Standard of Review, Substantive EqualityAfter last year’s announcement of the sudden and premature closure of the United Nations Investigative Team to ...
Testing the Limits of the Right to Peaceful Demonstration under the 2010 Constitution: Kenya’s 2024 Finance BillKenya, Right to Freedom of Assembly, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Privacy, Right to Protest, Socio-Economic RightsKenya has for the past three weeks been thrust into the international scene due to demonstrations under the ...
The Ahmadiyya in Pakistan: Religious Persecution, Human Rights, and IslamPakistan, Constitutions and Human Rights, Cultural rights, Death Penalty, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Association, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Life, Right to work, Socio-Economic RightsThe Ahmadiyya are a religious minority who suffer persecution in Pakistan and many other Muslim-majority ...
Responsabilidad Corporativa por Violaciones de Derechos Humanos Internacionales en las Cortes de los Estados Unidos: El Litigio de Chiquita MarcasUnited States of America, Business and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Life, Role of the JudiciaryEl 10 de junio de 2024, el innovador juicio federal estadounidense, Chiquita Marcas Internacional, Inc., Litigio ...
Corporate Accountability for International Human Rights Violations in US Courts: The Chiquita Brands LitigationUnited States of America, Business and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Life, Role of the JudiciaryOn 10 June 2024, the groundbreaking US federal trial, Chiquita Brands International, Inc., Alien Tort Statute and ...