In Memory of Bob HeppleSouth Africa, United Kingdom, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIt is with a heavy heart that I write to say farewell to Bob Hepple, who died in the early hours of Friday 21st ...
A Human Rights Perspective of the Supreme Court Verdict on the Basic Structure DoctrinePakistan, Constitutions and Human Rights, Counter-terrorism, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialIn a recent verdict by the Supreme Court of Pakistan (“SCP”), the constitutionality of, inter alia, the 21st ...
Subramaniam Swamy v Union of India: Criminal Defamation and the Countours of Free SpeechIndia, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionThe Supreme Court of India recently concluded its hearings in Subramaniam Swamy v Union of India, challenging the ...
Access to Justice: A Facet of Gender EqualityUnited Nations, Access to Justice, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn its last session, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW Committee) released ...
Long Walk to Education – Scholar Transport Now an Element of the Right to Basic Education in South AfricaSouth Africa, Right to Education, Socio-Economic RightsIn the precedent-setting decision of Tripartite Steering Committee and Another, the Eastern Cape High Court held ...
Keeping Abreast of Hong Kong’s ‘Breast Assault’ Case: A Legal and Feminist CritiqueHong Kong, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, GenderAll men are equal, but some men are more equal than others – others as in women, regrettably. It may not be ...
Prisoner Voting Rights in New Zealand: Standing Up for Democracy by Way of Constitutional Shake-UpNew Zealand, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Vote, Role of the JudiciaryOn 24 July 2015 in Taylor v Attorney General, a New Zealand High Court Judge effectively declared that New ...
Another first: Reparations Awarded to Victims at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ RightsAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, Constitutions and Human RightsThe recent award of reparations by the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights to the applicants in Zongo and ...
Spain’s Commitment to International Human Rights Law: 26 Murdered Children Isn’t Regrettable, It’s TerrifyingSpain, Children's Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn 31st July 2015, the statistics on the number of children killed at the hands of their fathers during visitation ...
Terminating Employee Rights: A Discussion of Nyamande and Another v Zuva PetroleumZimbabwe, Labour RightsThe judgment of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe in Nyamande and another v Zuva Petroleum SC 43/15, handed down on 17 ...
Asia Bibi’s “Unfair Trial”Pakistan, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death Penalty, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionThe week before last, the Pakistani Supreme Court admitted Asia bibi’s appeal against her conviction and death ...
Zero-Tolerance for Severe Forms of Labour Exploitation in the UKUnited Kingdom, Business and Human Rights, Immigration and Asylum, Labour RightsIn June 2015, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published the results of research conducted in 21 ...