Pihl v Sweden: the ECtHR’s Unhelpful Preoccupation with Hate SpeechEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to PrivacyOn 9 March 2017, the Third Section of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) declared inadmissible a complaint ...
Is the Turkish Constitutional Referendum a Reflection of Democracy?Turkey, Constitutions and Human RightsThe constitutional referendum was held on 16 April in Turkey. In this referendum, the majority of Turkish people ...
India’s Central Sector Scheme For Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourers: Shielding Bondage, Shackling LiberationIndia, Labour RightsIn May 2016, the Indian Government revised the rehabilitation scheme for released bonded labourers to provide ...
Hacienda Brasil Verde Workers v. Brazil: Slavery and Human Trafficking in the Inter-American Court of Human RightsAmerican Convention on Human Rights, Business and Human Rights, Labour RightsThe Inter-American Court has handed down its first judgment on slavery and human trafficking, and structural ...
A Win For The Freedom Of Expression In Kenya: Criminal Libel Is UnconstitutionalKenya, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Standard of ReviewThe Kenyan High court has, in a recent decision, struck a blow for freedom of expression. The case, Jacqueline ...
After Recognition of Genocide – How to Proceed?United Kingdom, Conflict and Human RightsOn 20 April 2016, the House of Commons unanimously passed a motion recognising the atrocities committed against ...
The ebbing of minority rights in Southeast Europe – the identity crisis of Montenegrin and Croatian minorities in KosovoKosovo, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe post-conflict southeastern part of Europe demands a more vigorous respect for minority rights, in order to ...
Likuwa v City of Windhoek: Namibian Court Misses an Opportunity to Develop Land Occupation LawsNamibia, Children's Rights, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic RightsNamibia’s history is one tainted by grotesque land evictions en masse and natives suffering dispossession at the ...
Deciphering The Reality Of The Transgender Persons (Protection Of Rights) Bill 2016India, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn a country where a significant percentage of the population identifies as being a transgender, the rights and ...
The White Paper on the Great Repeal Bill: Part III – More Bad NewsUnited Kingdom, Brexit, Constitutions and Human RightsThis is the final post on the human rights implications of the White Paper on the Great Repeal Bill. The first ...
The White Paper on the Great Repeal Bill: Part II – Bad NewsUnited Kingdom, BrexitIn a previous post, I argued that there was some good news to take from the White Paper on the Great Repeal Bill. ...
The White Paper on the Great Repeal Bill: Part I – Good NewsUnited Kingdom, BrexitOn Thursday 30 March, David Davis, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, gave a statement in the ...