Supreme Court of India Prepares to Hear Babri Masjid/Ram Temple DisputeIndia, Right to Freedom of ReligionWhen the same physical space is seen as sacred to different communities, they can become a point of intercommunal ...
Draft Copenhagen Declaration – Diluting European Supervision by ‘Robust Subsidiarity’European Convention on Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryAs a prelude to the High Level Conference to be held in Copenhagen in April 2018, the Danish chairmanship of the ...
Recent Trends in Climate Change Litigation: Colombia’s Amazon and Juliana v U.S Colombia, United States of America, EnvironmentOn April 4, 2018, the Colombian Supreme Court handed down an important ruling (Tutela, a rights-based injunction) ...
The Right to Die with Dignity: The Indian Supreme Court Allows Passive Euthanasia and Living WillsIndia, Right to Life, Right to PrivacyIn a landmark judgment (Common Cause (A Regd. Society) v. Union of India & Anr.) delivered on 9th March, 2018, ...
Moving towards the recognition and protection of climate change refugees under international human rights lawUnited Nations, Environment, Immigration and AsylumThe recent hurricanes that hit the coast of the Caribbean have renewed the fears of a global climate refugee ...
What the Right To Privacy Judgment Means for India’s Marital Rape ExceptionIndia, Gender, Right to PrivacyFollowing Puttaswamy v Union of India – in which the judges unanimously and unequivocally ruled that a right to ...
Gaining More from Human Rights: Access to Health Care and Surviving Childbirth is not EnoughUnited Nations, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Socio-Economic RightsSustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 seeks to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all, at all ages. ...
U.N. Framework Principles on Human Rights and the Environment: A Catalyst for Grassroots-Centered U.S. Reform?United Nations, United States of America, EnvironmentJohn H. Knox, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, recently issued a final report to ...
CRPD Committee Adopts New General Comment on Equality and Non-DiscriminationUnited Nations, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities released its advance unedited version of the General ...
The Human Rights Implications of Xi Jingping’s Limitless Presidential TermChina, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionChina’s National People’s Congress recently passed a constitutional change to remove the two-term presidential ...
Homeless at Home: Forced Internal Displacement In IndiaIndia, Environment, Right to Housing, Social Protection, Socio-Economic RightsIn September 2017, the Prime Minister of India inaugurated the Sardar Sarovar Dam (SSP), which was designated as ...
Developments from the 48th Ordinary Session of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ RightsAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryIn the last week of February 2018, Africa’s principal human and peoples’ rights judicial organ, the African Court ...