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 ...
Internet Shutdowns: The Irony of a Digital Nation?India, Business and Human Rights, Right to Education, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Socio-Economic RightsBetween January to May (2018) alone, the Indian government imposed 55 internet shutdowns. An internet shutdown ...
Governance Gaps Lead to the Displacement of People Living in Rural Communities in ZambiaZambia, Business and Human Rights, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic RightsIn Zambia, gaps in governance are allowing commercial farmers to contravene the law. This has resulted in the ...
HM Chief Inspector v Interim Executive of Al-Hijrah School: Religious Conviction is Not a Solvent of Legal ObligationUnited Kingdom, Children's Rights, Gender, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionThe most interesting feature of the case of HM Chief Inspector v Interim Executive of Al Hijrah School [2018] ...
“A New Form of Discrimination”: Civil Partnerships for Different-Sex Couples in the UK Supreme CourtEuropean Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Sexual OrientationCivil partnerships were introduced by the New Labour government in the UK in 2005 to give same-sex couples many of ...
New Legislation Promoting the Right to Health in Karnataka, IndiaIndia, Right to Health, Socio-Economic RightsAfter a long standoff between private doctors and the Government of Karnataka, India, The Karnataka Medical ...
Why There is No Right of ReturnIsrael, Palestine, Conflict and Human Rights, Immigration and AsylumPreviously, on this blog, Ms. Loureen Sayej wrote an interesting article entitled Palestinian Refugees and the ...
Are Christian bakers part of the wedding cakes they make; and what follows if they are?Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America, Business and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Sexual OrientationIs making a cake for a gay wedding the same as making a cake with an anti-gay message? This equivalence was drawn ...
The Fate of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in UK Law After Brexit is SealedEuropean Union, United Kingdom, Brexit, Constitutions and Human RightsOn Monday in the House of Lords, Lord Pannick withdrew his amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill retaining the EU ...