Textbook Provision for Learners in South Africa: Supreme Court of Appeal Judgment in the BEFA CaseSouth Africa, Right to Education, Socio-Economic RightsIn December 2015, the South African Supreme Court of Appeal (“SCA”) in the case of Minister of Basic Education and ...
Resilience and Security in Cities: Lessons from Karachi and MedellínColombia, Pakistan, Conflict and Human RightsThe recently adopted United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set the new global development agenda ...
EU Gender Action Plan 2016-2020: Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women through EU External RelationsEuropean Union, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn October 2015, the Council of Ministers of Development adopted the Gender Action Plan (GAP) 2016-2020 of the ...
The Right to be Forgotten: Grappling with Practicalities (Part 2)Court of Justice of the European Union, Right to PrivacyIn the last post we charted the development of the regulatory environment following the advent of the so-called ...
The Right to be Forgotten: European Reactions (Part 1)Court of Justice of the European Union, Right to PrivacyOn 13 May 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down judgment in Google Spain SL and ...
China’s Two-Child Policy: An Assault on Human RightsChina, Sexual and Reproductive RightsAt the end of October 2015, the Chinese government announced that it would end its one-child policy by replacing ...
A Right to Change Employer for Overseas Domestic WorkersUnited Kingdom, Immigration and Asylum, Labour RightsTheresa May, the UK Home Secretary, presented the adoption of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 as a ‘historic ...
Minorities suffer as the Supreme Court supports ‘suspicionless’ stop searchesUnited Kingdom, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to PrivacyIn Roberts v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and Another, the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled that ...
The Dawn of Devolved Government in KenyaKenya, Constitutions and Human RightsIn a landmark paper on Kenyan politics, Daniel Branch and Nic Cheeseman developed the term “bureaucratic-executive ...
Towards Tangible Rights In Ghana: With Painful Steps And SlowGhana, Right to Freedom of AssemblyAs far back as 1993, in the first year of her Fourth Republic, Ghana’s Supreme Court ruled that the Public Order ...
Hate Speech in Sri Lanka: How a New Ban Could Perpetuate ImpunitySri Lanka, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionIn June 2014, an altercation between a Buddhist monk and two Muslims resulted in a public rally in Aluthgama—a ...
Striking a Fine Balance: A Welcome Judicial Review of Executive Discretion in MMUnited Kingdom, Immigration and Asylum, Role of the Judiciary, Standard of ReviewOn 3 December 2015, the High Court (Administrative Division) of England and Wales rendered an important decision ...