The ‘Vulture Funds’ Issue and the Bankruptcy Law Process for States in Economic CrisisUnited Nations, Business and Human Rights, Socio-Economic RightsA recent book edited by Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky and Jernej Letnar Černič notes that poor public resource ...
Prisoner Rights at the Forefront of Canadian DebatesCanada, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right against TortureOver the past month, two major developments have placed the constitutionally protected rights of prisoners front ...
Translating Questions Of Religion Conversions to Issues of Human Rights: The Proposed Ban on Religious Conversions in a Secular Indian StateIndia, Right to Freedom of ReligionIn recent months, the political focus in India has shifted towards the sensitive issue of “forced religious ...
Rights Protection in 2014: A Review of the Indian Supreme CourtIndia, Death Penalty, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination2014 was an interesting year for protection of fundamental rights by the Indian Supreme Court. We undertook an ...
The Handbook of Human Rights in Northern Ireland: Where Are We Now?Northern Ireland, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Socio-Economic RightsNorthern Ireland’s most prominent human rights NGO is the Committee on the Administration of Justice. Founded in ...
An Unsecured Commitment: Security and Justice in the Post-2015 Development AgendaUnited Nations, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Conflict and Human Rights, GenderInsecurity and injustice are a daily reality for large numbers of people around the world. Although gathering data ...
Reporting Restrictions in Criminal Cases Involving JuvenilesUnited Kingdom, Children's Rights, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionOn 3 November 2014 Will Cornick was sentenced to a minimum of 20 years imprisonment for the murder of his teacher ...
Egyptian Human Rights Groups Face Difficult Choices After Al-Sisi’s UltimatumEgypt, Constitutions and Human RightsA Mubarak-era law stating that human rights groups must register has been utilised by President al-Sisi’s ...
Finance and Human Rights: Developments in Brazil and PeruBrazil, Peru, Business and Human Rights, EnvironmentIn December 2014, governments, businesses and civil society gathered at the Palais des Nations, the UN’s ...
Implementing the Right to Education Through the Courts: The Legal Resources Centre and Oxford University Host Workshop on Remedies and EnforcementSouth Africa, Right to Education, Role of the Judiciary, Socio-Economic RightsThe courts are a very effective tool in enforcing socio-economic rights and filling gaps so often left by ...
Valuing the Work of Community Lawyers’ to Resolve Systemic Problems – The Productivity Commission Report on Access to Justice Arrangements in AustraliaAustralia, Access to JusticeIn the past decade or more in Australia, creeping managerialism and efforts to reduce funding of services under ...
Nonsense on Stilts? Tommy the Chimp’s Legal Battle for ‘Non-Human Person Rights’ in the New York CourtsUnited States of America, Constitutions and Human RightsTommy has been imprisoned for most of his life. Locked in a room in upstate New York, he has no money and cannot ...