The Irish Abortion Referendum: An Opportunity for ChangeIreland, Abortion, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Life, Sexual and Reproductive RightsToday, the Irish people will be asked to vote in a referendum on whether or not to repeal the 8th Amendment of the ...
Failing to Prioritise Religious Burials in London: Equal Treatment or Equality?United Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionIn R (ota Adath Yisroel Burial Society) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner North London [2018] EWHC 969, the High Court ...
The Indian Supreme Court Takes a Stand Against Honour CrimesIndia, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationDespite India’s liberal and secular commitments, honour killing has remained a social reality. A report by the ...
Recent Legislative Progress on Healthcare Law in China: Establishing “Right to Health” as a Basic RightChina, Right to Health, Socio-Economic RightsIn Chinese law, a “right to health” has long existed as a negative civil right in Civil Law. For the first time in ...
Palestinian Refugees and the Right of Return in International LawIsrael, Palestine, Conflict and Human Rights, Immigration and AsylumOn this 70th commemoration of the Nakba (catastrophe), Palestinian refugees and their descendants still constitute ...
A Difficult Time for Women’s Autonomy in the Indian CourtsIndia, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe Kerala High Court judgment annulling the marriage of Hadiya, a 24-year-old homeopathy student from Kerala with ...
Valuing Dignity of the Windrush GenerationEuropean Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Immigration and AsylumIn listening to the experiences of the Windrush generation and their treatment by the UK Home Office, what stands ...
Indian Supreme Court Waters Down Legislation Protecting Scheduled Castes and Tribes from Unlawful DiscriminationIndia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn 20 March, a Two-Judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court diluted the provisions of the Scheduled Caste and ...
Understanding the Indian Supreme Court Judgment on The Atrocities Act, Against Backward ClassesIndia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe Supreme Court of India recently rendered a historic judgment relating to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled ...
Cakes and the Conscience WarsEuropean Convention on Human Rights, European Social Charter, United Kingdom, United States of America, Business and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Sexual OrientationLast week, the U.K. Supreme Court heard argument in Lee v. Ashers Baking Company. The case involves a baker whose ...
The Union Government of India Introduces the Death Penalty for Child RapeIndia, Children's Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death PenaltyWhen news broke out two weeks ago of the horrors committed in the brutal rape of two girls in the small towns of ...
The Australian Legal Assistance Sector and the Critical Importance of Justice to Human LivesAustralia, Access to Justice, Social Protection, Socio-Economic RightsIn February 2017, I was invited to be an ‘expert adviser’ for the Law Council of Australia’s (LCA) ‘Justice ...