Prof. Sir Bob Hepple Q.C. (1934 – 2015)Labour RightsContinuing our special series of posts paying tribute to the life and work of Professor Sir Bob Hepple QC, Manfred ...
Bob Hepple’s Equality LegacyLabour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Socio-Economic RightsThis is the first in our special series of posts paying tribute to the life and work of Professor Sir Bob Hepple ...
Can a State Refuse Migrant Family Allowances Due to Irregular Reunification?European Convention on Human Rights, Children's Rights, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Social ProtectionIn Osungu and Lokongo v. France (delivered on 8/9/2015), the European Court of Human Rights (“the Court”) rejected ...
Bloody Diamonds and the Sordid “Trans-Atlantic Affair”: Where to From Here?African Union, Business and Human Rights, Conflict and Human RightsThrough decades of complicit trade, blood diamonds have made their way from their African countries of origin ...
Your Facebook Data Just Got a Lot More Secure- Dissecting the Safe Harbor Decision of the CJEUEuropean Union, Right to PrivacyFor fifteen years companies on both sides of the Atlantic relied on Commission Decision 2000/520 (“Commission ...
Justice Thembile SkweyiyaSouth Africa, Children's Rights, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationWe are sad to note the passing of Justice Thembile Skweyiya, formerly judge of the Constitutional Court of South ...
Iran’s Citizenship Law: Political Considerations or Recognition of Inherent Human Rights?Iran, Children's Rights, Gender, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationFor years the plight of thousands of children born to Iranian mothers married to foreign men has been the subject ...
Courts and Climate Change: Breakthrough for Judicial Activism in the NetherlandsNetherlands, Environment, Role of the JudiciaryThe 24th of June 2015 was a historic day for climate litigation: the district court in The Hague ordered the Dutch ...
The Role of Parliaments in the Protection and Realisation of the Rule of Law and Human RightsConstitutions and Human RightsWhat is the role of parliaments in the protection and realisation of the rule of law and human rights? Should ...
The Meaning of Life Imprisonment – The Case of Khoroshenko v. RussiaEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialLife imprisonment is a harsh sanction that is used in most countries in the world. Evidence from treaty bodies, ...
Queensland Parliament Lights Up the Night for Human RightsAustralia, Constitutions and Human RightsMonday 14th September 2015 saw an exciting development on the legislative human rights front in Australia, as a ...
Has the Council of the EU’s Decision on Relocation of Refugees Given Adequate Effect to the Commission’s Proposals?European Union, Immigration and AsylumMy previous post analysed some of the immediate and long-term responses to the escalating refugee crisis in Europe ...