India, the Land of Ironies: A Constitutional Democracy’s Dance with the Death PenaltyIndia, Counter-terrorism, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death PenaltyIndia is a country of ironies. Barely a fortnight ago, we had a consultation on the death penalty organised by the ...
The Execution of Justice in VenezuelaVenezuela, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right against TortureIn 2009, Judge María Lourdes Afiuni released a political prisoner on bail. Hours after the judgment was delivered, ...
Politics and Legality: The UK’s Trade Union Bill 2015United Kingdom, Labour Rights, Right to Freedom of AssociationDespite having some of the most onerous legal restrictions on the right to strike in the industrialised West, ...
The Pornography of Policing: The “Rape Bait”India, Children's Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, GenderIn Bombay, two men posing as cops raped a 17-year-old girl and filmed the violence they perpetrated on the phone ...
The Seafood Industry and Its Sustainability Challenge – Why the Government of Thailand and Global Retailers Will Work Towards Sustainability and Human RightsThailand, Business and Human Rights, Immigration and AsylumA recent investigation from the Guardian has revealed how Rohingya migrants fleeing Burma to reach Malaysia are ...
Glossip v Gross: Taking Up Justice Breyer’s Call to Question the Death PenaltyUnited States of America, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death PenaltyLast month the United States Supreme Court ruled in Glossip v. Gross 135 S. Ct. 2726 (2015) that the use of ...
R (Davis): Rights in Communications Data and Constitutional EvolutionUnited Kingdom, Right to PrivacyMuch ink has been spilt of late over the mass surveillance programs run by western intelligence agencies. A ...
The Mandatory Death Penalty and Narratives of the Common LawKenya, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death Penalty, Right against Torture, Role of the JudiciarySome people say the common law is all about narrative. A story gets told, then retold and retold and with each ...
The Marikana Report: Some Justice, Part of the Truth and Many Unanswered Questions (Part II)South Africa, Labour RightsThe factual context surrounding the Marikana massacre has been discussed before on this blog by Judge Dennis ...
The Marikana Report: Some Justice, Part of the Truth and Many Unanswered Questions (Part I)South Africa, Labour RightsAlmost three months after the Chair of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry delivered the final report to President ...
Constitutional Reasoning About Same-Sex MarriageUnited States of America, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Sexual OrientationBy including same-sex couples within the constitutional right to marry, the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in ...
Southall Black Sisters: Dissent to Speak Power to Truth, Hope to Counter Hate and ViolenceUnited Kingdom, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination Editor's Note: Pragna Patel of UK women’s organisation Southall Black Sisters (SBS) and Mauro Cabral of Global ...