The Prior Sanction Requirement Under Indian Public LawIndia, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialOn 27 April 2015, the Supreme Court of India (SC) passed judgment in D.T. Virupakshappa v. C. Subhash, a case ...
The Legal Implications of a Repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998 and Withdrawal from the European Convention on Human RightsUnited Kingdom, Constitutions and Human RightsThe return of a majority Conservative government in last week’s general election in the UK has made the ...
Does Islamic Law Deny a Right to Vote?United Kingdom, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to VoteOn April 22nd, British born radical cleric, Anjem Choudary declared Muslim MPs and voters to be “apostates” since ...
USDAW v Ethel Austin in the ECJCourt of Justice of the European Union, Labour RightsThe recent judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-80/14, USDAW v Woolworths (30 April 2015) is a further ...
Religion in the classroom: Loyola High School versus the Supreme Court of CanadaCanada, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionIn Quebec the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports mandated that all schools, including private schools, ...
New EU Human Rights and Democracy Action Plan – What Changes Does it Bring?European Union, Constitutions and Human RightsThe European Commission and the European External Action Service adopted on 28 April 2015 a new Action Plan on ...
‘Zero-hours Contracts’: Zero Problem, or Zero Choice?United Kingdom, Labour RightsIn our previous post, attention was drawn to the growing concern about the spread and regulation of ultra-casual ...
Hong Kong’s Constitutional Crossroads: to Pocket or Not to Pocket?Hong Kong, Right to VoteOn 22 April 2015, the Hong Kong Government finally unveiled the reform package to introduce elections by universal ...
La Corte Suprema de Argentina dice que las manos de las mujeres pueden ser utilizadas para algo más que “demostrar sus artes culinarias”Argentina, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationLa Corte Suprema de Argentina ordena a las empresas de transportes cumplir con las obligaciones positivas de no ...
Argentinian Supreme Court Rules Women’s Hands Can Be Used for More than “Demonstrating their Culinary Skills”Argentina, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationArgentinian Supreme Court rules transit companies must fulfill positive obligations of non-discrimination to ...
Saving Lives in the Mediterranean: One More Missed OpportunityEuropean Union, Immigration and Asylum“The European Union cannot accept that thousands of people die at its borders”. These were the words of the ...
Pakistan’s New Cyber Law Puts Civil Liberties and Freedom of Expression in DangerPakistan, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to PrivacyOn April 16, in Pakistan, the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information and Technology approved the ...