Tackling Moral Policing in Mumbai: A Human Rights ApproachIndia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to PrivacyIn the latest news on moral policing, earlier this month the Mumbai police conducted a round of raids across ...
Recent Developments in the UN Human Rights Council: Traditional Values and Women’s Right to Equality in the FamilyUnited Nations, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionIn recent years at the United Nation’s Human Right’s Council (UNHRC) an ideological challenge has been directed ...
United States Labor Relations Board Cowardly Punts its DutiesUnited States of America, Labour Rights, Right to Freedom of AssociationEarlier this month, the United States witnessed a major setback for freedom of association. The National Labor ...
High Court in Belfast Finds the Northern Irish Executive Failed its Statutory Duty to Adopt a ‘Strategy’ to Tackle Poverty Based on ‘Objective Need’Northern Ireland, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Social Protection, Socio-Economic RightsOn 30 June 2015 the High Court in Belfast ruled [2015] NIQB 59 that the Northern Irish Executive failed its ...
Nothing Right about Children’s Rights in PakistanPakistan, Children's RightsThe first week of August 2015 has been witness to what is being called Pakistan’s ‘biggest child abuse scandal’– ...
Growing Pains in Timor LesteTimor Leste, Conflict and Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryTimor Leste’s stability is under focus following the recent killing by security forces of Mauk Moruk, a long-time ...
In Memory of Bob HeppleSouth Africa, United Kingdom, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIt is with a heavy heart that I write to say farewell to Bob Hepple, who died in the early hours of Friday 21st ...
A Human Rights Perspective of the Supreme Court Verdict on the Basic Structure DoctrinePakistan, Constitutions and Human Rights, Counter-terrorism, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialIn a recent verdict by the Supreme Court of Pakistan (“SCP”), the constitutionality of, inter alia, the 21st ...
Subramaniam Swamy v Union of India: Criminal Defamation and the Countours of Free SpeechIndia, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionThe Supreme Court of India recently concluded its hearings in Subramaniam Swamy v Union of India, challenging the ...
Access to Justice: A Facet of Gender EqualityUnited Nations, Access to Justice, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn its last session, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW Committee) released ...
Long Walk to Education – Scholar Transport Now an Element of the Right to Basic Education in South AfricaSouth Africa, Right to Education, Socio-Economic RightsIn the precedent-setting decision of Tripartite Steering Committee and Another, the Eastern Cape High Court held ...
Keeping Abreast of Hong Kong’s ‘Breast Assault’ Case: A Legal and Feminist CritiqueHong Kong, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, GenderAll men are equal, but some men are more equal than others – others as in women, regrettably. It may not be ...