De Groen v Gan Menaschem Hendon: Dismissal from Religious SchoolsUnited Kingdom, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionTo what extent can an ultra-Orthodox Jewish school go to protect its belief system and values? This was the ...
The need to consider victim’s voices in the sentencing of offenders: Director of Public Prosecutions v Oscar Leonard Carl PistoriusSouth Africa, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialOn 24 November 2017, the South African Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) handed down a unanimous decision increasing ...
North African States Struggle to Protect the Human Rights of Irregular Migrants in their TerritoryAfrican Union, Immigration and AsylumNorth African states like Libya, Egypt and Algeria continue to struggle to meet their human rights obligations to ...
The Supreme Court of India Reads down the Marital Rape Exception: A Partial Victory for Women’s Rights AdvocatesIndia, Children's Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, GenderIn a recent case, Independent Thought v. Union of India and Anr, a division bench of the Supreme Court of India ...
President Trump’s Recognition of Jerusalem: A Legal AnalysisIsrael, United States of America, Conflict and Human RightsIn a proclamation signed on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump unilaterally recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s ...
Same-Sex Marriage in Australia: A Bittersweet VictoryAustralia, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationIn a giant step forward for LGBTIQ rights, same-sex marriage (SSM) in Australia was legalised on 7 December 2017. ...
Al-Bashir in Uganda: Head of State Immunity and the Rome StatuteUganda, Access to Justice, Conflict and Human RightsLast month the High Court in Kampala declined to issue a provisional arrest warrant for visiting President of ...
A Step in the Right Direction for Minority Gender Recognition in GermanyGermany, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn its decision from October 10 2017, published on November 8 – just on the Intersex Day of Solidarity – the ...
Landmark human rights decision to be heard by the Supreme Court of CanadaCanada, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Sexual OrientationNext week, a longstanding dispute pitting fundamental freedoms against one another is set to be heard by the ...
Understanding Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: Collective or Individual?United Nations, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationEarlier this month, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Mexico in an attempt to build upon the ...
Human Rights-Based Migrant Integration Policy: Lessons from Ireland, Part II – Applying the Human Rights-Based ModelIreland, Immigration and AsylumThe first part of this post emphasised the importance of supporting public sector bodies in developing human ...
Human Rights-Based Migrant Integration Policy: Lessons from Ireland – Part IIreland, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe issue of migrant integration has become a key policy area for many European countries, as well as the European ...