Atmospheric Trust Litigation: Offering Hope To India’s Hapless Adivasi CommunityIndia, EnvironmentThe all-encompassing phenomenon of anthropogenic climate change has endangered the lives and livelihood of ...
The Kenyan Supreme Court Overturns Presidential Election Results: Of Forms 34As, Bs and CsKenya, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to VoteOn 8 August 2017, Kenya held her second General Election under the 2010 Constitution. This was the first time an ...
Road to repeat poll in Kenya: Is legislative amendment the cure?Kenya, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to VoteThe unprecedented decision of the Supreme Court of Kenya (SCOK) to invalidate the presidential poll in August 2017 ...
CJEU in Kalliri: Solidifying Indirect Sex DiscriminationCourt of Justice of the European Union, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationDoes the European Council Directive 76/207 (as amended by Directive 2002/73), which implements the principle of ...
Catalonia: The Right to Secede and the Right to Self-DeterminationSpain, Constitutions and Human RightsIn an address to the Parliament of Catalonia on 10th October 2017, the President of Catalonia issued a ‘suspended’ ...
Work of Oxford Pro Bono Publico for the NGO Kalayaan Receives Supreme Court BackingUnited Kingdom, Labour RightsThis week the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Reyes v Al-Malki, allowing the appeal, and in doing so, ...
Searching for Solidarity through Intra-EU Relocation: Slovak Republic & Hungary v. Council of the European UnionCourt of Justice of the European Union, Immigration and AsylumThe Grand Chamber judgment on 6 September 2017 (Joined Cases of C-643/15 and C-647/15) was eagerly anticipated by ...
The Fulcrum for the Invalidation of Kenya’s 2017 Presidential Election: Section 83 of the Elections ActKenya, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to VoteAs earlier reported on the blog, the Supreme Court of Kenya (“the Court”) made history on 1 September 2017 by ...
The Repression of Human Rights in Togo: Exploring Legal Avenues of RedressTogo, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Assembly, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionIn recent months, scores of protests have taken place in the West African nation of Togo. A number of protests ...
Separate but Equal? Gender Segregation in UK SchoolsUnited Kingdom, Gender, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn HM Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills v Al-Hijrah School, the UK Court of Appeal has ...
The Dignity and Rights of Manual Scavengers in IndiaIndia, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationManual scavenging has been called the worst surviving symbol of untouchability. The International Labour ...
Triple Talaq and Women’s Rights in the Indian Supreme CourtIndia, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionThe Indian Supreme Court’s multi-religious Constitutional bench, in its much anticipated majority decision in the ...