A Masterpiece of Judicial Avoidance? United States of America, Business and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Sexual OrientationMasterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 584 U.S. (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court’s ...
The Restitution of Conjugal Rights in Indian Law violates the Right to PrivacyIndia, Gender, Right to PrivacyIn 1983, the Indian Supreme Court held that the right to privacy did not guarantee the autonomy of an individual ...
Paying Lip Service to the CJEU: The Unsurprising Decision of the Constitutional Court of Romania in the Coman CaseEuropean Union, Romania, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationOn June 5, the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) held in Coman and Others that Member States should ...
Indian High Court’s Recognition of a Person’s Right to Live as Transgender – A Bitter-Sweet PillIndia, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionIn a recent judgement by the Kerala High Court, the court refused to issue a writ of habeas corpus and dismissed ...
Parent Company Liability for Human Rights Abuses in the UK? We Need ClarityUnited Kingdom, Access to Justice, Business and Human RightsThe liability of parent companies for the extraterritorial human rights abuses committed by their subsidiaries has ...
Suffering in Silence: The Persecution of the Ahmadiyas in PakistanPakistan, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to VoteAn appalling humanitarian crisis is gripping Pakistan where violent extremism has shrouded religious tolerance and ...
Trump, “Zero Tolerance,” and the Separation of FamiliesUnited States of America, Children's Rights, Immigration and AsylumOn June 20, in the wake of public outcry, President Donald Trump issued an executive order intended to end the ...
India’s Reaction to the 1st UN Report on Kashmir is UnwarrantedIndia, Pakistan, United Nations, Conflict and Human RightsOn June 14, 2018, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in recognition of the urgent need to ...
Affirmative Action in South Africa: The Urgency of Accounting for Historically Entrenched White Privilege and PowerSouth Africa, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn a recent judgement by the South African Constitutional Court, Minister of Constitutional Development v South ...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the Future of Women’s Reproductive RightsUnited States of America, Abortion, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual and Reproductive RightsPresident Trump recently named Justice Brett Kavanaugh as his Supreme Court nominee. Although the nomination ...
Pakistan’s New Transgender Law: Lessons To Be LearntPakistan, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe Pakistan Supreme Court in 2009 recognised transgender persons as the third sex in Pakistani society. However, ...
Let’s Talk About Kashmir: The Symbolic Significance Of The UN Report On KashmirIndia, Pakistan, United Nations, Conflict and Human RightsOn 14th June, 2018, The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published a 49 page report, the first one ...