The UK and Saudi Arabia: Human Rights and the Perils of Petrodollar Morality – Part IISaudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Conflict and Human RightsIn Part I, we looked at how the UK’s “special relationship” with Saudi Arabia underpins its half-hearted approach ...
Gypsies by Birth not by DefinitionUnited Kingdom, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to PrivacyOn 31st August 2015 the Government introduced an amendment to the to Planning Policy for Traveller Sites (PPTS). ...
The UK and Saudi Arabia: Human Rights and the Perils of Petrodollar Morality – Part ISaudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death PenaltyThe Human Rights and Democracy Report (2015) recently released by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office ...
Local Politics of International Justice in Kenya: How the ICC let the case slip away (Part I)Kenya, Rome Statute, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialIn the wake of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to drop charges against the Deputy President of ...
Inter-American Court Judgment Against Costa Rica on In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF): A Challenge to the Court’s Enforcement AuthorityAmerican Convention on Human Rights, Sexual and Reproductive RightsThe Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ (IACtHR) recent order that Costa Rica invalidate a Supreme Court ...
New Zealand on the Verge of Implementing Pay EquityNew Zealand, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationCurrent New Zealand legislation prohibits gender discrimination in pay rates for men and women who perform ...
Human Rights Advisory Panel urges the UN to compensate Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian families for lead poisoning in IDP campsUnited Nations, Conflict and Human Rights, Right against Torture, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Right to LifeOn 8 April 2016, the Human Rights Advisory Panel (HRAP) released its long-awaited opinion in the case of N.M & ...
The History of Human Rights Society in Singapore 1965-2015Singapore, Constitutions and Human Rights2015 marked Singapore’s golden jubilee — the nation of 5.5 million people celebrated 50 years of independence, ...
Criminalising Dissent in Indian University Spaces: Implications of the JNU Incident on Free Speech and Sedition LawsIndia, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionThe Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, presents a miserable picture of an economy shattered by decades of constant ...
The Mandatory Costs of Mandatory Minimum Sentences in CanadaCanada, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right against TortureAnother day another mandatory minimum struck down. In Lloyd, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a one-year ...
Appalachia in Crisis: A Human Rights Approach to Environmental Justice in the U.S.United States of America, EnvironmentThe natural resource extraction industry has long wrought environmental, social, and economic devastation in ...
Animus and Unequal Dignity: The Purpose and Effect of North Carolina’s New Anti-LGBT LawUnited States of America, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationOn March 24, 2016, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (“LGBT”) North Carolina residents woke up to a new and ...