Overlapping Sabotage Provisions in Hong Kong’s National Security Laws: Risks and Implications on Prosecution DecisionsHong Kong, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionIn response to the widespread public unrests that engulfed Hong Kong in 2019, the Central Authorities of the PRC ...
Can the International Court of Justice Finally Declare Fossil Fuel Subsidies a Violation of International Law?International Court of Justice, Paris Agreement, United Kingdom, Climate Change, Climate justice, EnvironmentThe ICJAO has the historic opportunity to legally interrogate fossil fuel subsidies. Judge Cleveland’s question ...
Manual Scavenging in India: A Constitutional and Human Rights CrisisIndia, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to LifeManual scavenging in India is not merely a vestige of colonial or pre-modern sanitation, it remains a continuing ...
Intersectionality in Climate Jurisprudence – The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Approach to Climate VulnerabilityInter-American Court of Human Rights, Climate Change, Climate justice, Intersectionality, Right to healthy environmentThe Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on Human Rights and the Climate Emergency released on 3 ...
Weaponizing Vagueness: The Chilling Effect of Karnataka’s Fake News Bill on Free Speech and Democratic PluralismIndia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Information, rule of law, separation of powersIn March 2025, the Government of Karnataka introduced the draft Misinformation and Fake News (Prohibition) Bill, ...
The US TAKE IT DOWN Act: The Fight Against Deepfake-Enabled TFGBV and Human RightsUnited States, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Gender Based Violence, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionOn 19 May 2025, the US President signed a new law named TAKE IT DOWN Act (S.146) (‘the Act’), which protects ...
Litigating for Reproductive Justice in the Commonwealth Caribbean: Antigua and Dominica Illuminate the PathAntigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Abortion, Gender Equality, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Strategic LitigationAcross the Commonwealth Caribbean, the spectre of colonialism continues to impede women’s full and free exercise ...
Teenage Love Caught between Consent and Criminality under POCSOIndia, Bodily autonomy, Children's Rights, Legislative Reform, Sexual and Reproductive RightsIn a country where the age of consent is fixed at 18 years, what happens to a 17-year-old in a consensual ...
Legislation Meets Compassion: Frontline Workers Fighting Child Sexual AbuseIndia, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Human Dignity, Social Protection, Standard of Review, Substantive EqualityChild sexual abuse (CSA) leaves a profound scar, with physical, psychological, and social impacts. CSA survivors ...
Narco-Analysis and Procedural Abuse in Bail Proceedings in IndiaIndia, Supreme Court of India, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Criminal Process Rights, Role of the JudiciaryRecently, in Amlesh Kumar v. State of Bihar (2025), the Supreme Court of India set aside a bail order passed by ...
Revisiting Right to Information in India: Is the DPDP Act counterproductive to RTI Act?India, Supreme Court of India, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to InformationThe Right to Information Act of 2005 (‘RTI Act’) in India empowers citizens to demand transparency and ...
The Peculiar Phenomenon of ‘Kid-Gurus’ in IndiaIndia, Best Interest of the Child, Children's Rights, Protection from Exploitation, Right to Education, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionAt just 10 years old, Abhinav Arora has garnered nearly a million followers on Instagram – as a spiritual leader. ...