Justice Antonin Scalia’s Rebuke of InnocenceUnited States of America, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Race, Role of the JudiciaryThroughout his thirty-year service on the United States Supreme Court, Justice Antonin Scalia questioned whether ...
UNHRC Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice country mission to the United StatesUnited Nations, United States of America, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn December 2015, the UN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice (WGDAW) ...
An important step forward for victims of sexual violence in ColombiaColombia, Gender, Sexual and Reproductive RightsOn paper, it looked like a victory for women’s rights. The government of Colombia enacted historic legislation to ...
Antonin Scalia’s Voting Rights Legacy: Weakening the Franchise for MinoritiesUnited States of America, Race, Right to Vote, Role of the JudiciaryThe death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has provoked numerous discussions about the future ...
Venezuela’s Battle for the Rule of LawVenezuela, Constitutions and Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryOnce one of Latin America’s richest countries and with the second-largest oil reserves in the world, Venezuela is ...
Administrative Decisions and Terrorist Suspects: The UK Supreme Court’s Decision in Youssef v SSFCUnited Kingdom, Counter-terrorism, Right against Torture, Standard of ReviewThe month of January witnessed an important UK Supreme Court decision in Youssef v Secretary of State for Foreign ...
Report: ‘Constitutional Change in New Zealand (and a Bill of Rights for Britain?)’New Zealand, Constitutions and Human RightsOn 17 February 2016, Oxford’s Programme for the Foundations of Law and Constitutional Government hosted a talk by ...
Zero Hours – Zero SolutionsUnited Kingdom, Labour RightsOver the course of the past year, we have repeatedly highlighted the problems facing workers on so-called ...
Let’s Talk about Sex Education and Human RightsUnited Kingdom, Gender, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive RightsDespite a proposal by four prominent House of Commons Committees and various professional organisations, the ...
Geneva (III), Politicking and Possibility for Syria’s Invisible 43%Syria, Children's Rights, Conflict and Human Rights2015 faded into the new year with a glimmer of hope for the people of Syria. A hope propelled by renewed ...
Endangering Democracy: Concerns Over Raising Surveillance in ChinaChina, Counter-terrorism, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionControl over cyber space and information, particularly citizens' data, has defined modern strategies of combating ...
“The Dr. Magufuli style”: Why Apt Priorities Should Follow Constitutional Formulations of Socio-Economic Rights in Sub-Saharan AfricaTanzania, Socio-Economic RightsThe newly drafted constitutions in Sub-Saharan Africa have responded to the social and economic conditions of ...