France Risks Violating the Right to Freedom of Expression with New Abortion Law ProposalsFrance, Abortion, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Sexual and Reproductive RightsFrance is set to introduce a controversial new law which criminalizes the online ‘obstruction’ of abortion. The ...
Direct Discrimination and Indirect Discrimination: Headscarves and the CJEUCourt of Justice of the European Union, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionThe decision of the CJEU in Achbita has been much anticipated as the first full judgment of the Court on ...
A Controversial Judgment of the Spanish Constitutional Court: Excluding Irregular Migrants from Free HealthcareSpain, Right to Health, Socio-Economic RightsLast July, the Spanish Constitutional Court issued a contentious judgment in one of a number of pending ...
A Gap opens for South Africa to do Right on the ICCRome Statute, South Africa, Conflict and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialThe South African government deposited on 7 March 2017 with the UN Secretary General a document that is as ...
Improving Legal Literacy in the Struggle for the Right to EducationSouth Africa, Right to Education, Socio-Economic RightsOn 15 February 2017, a partnership of civil society organisations that have been involved in rights-based ...
What’s in a Name? Identity of Children in Criminal Proceedings Heads to CourtSouth Africa, Children's Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionThe North Gauteng High Court has recently considered the protection of identity for child victims, witnesses and ...
What the Trump Presidency Means For Gender Discourse DevelopmentUnited States of America, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe Trump Administration’s gender-related policies have been characterized by some as a “war against women.” An ...
Judge Gorsuch’s Academic PedigreeUnited States of America, Role of the JudiciaryIn articles published on 4th February 2017, the Times and Guardian newspapers drew attention to the intellectual ...
China’s New Circuit Tribunals Allow Tighter Control of JudiciaryChina, Role of the JudiciaryChina's new system of circuit tribunals makes access to the justice system more convenient for ordinary citizens. ...
First Group v Paulley: Towards Accessible and Inclusive Public Transport?United Kingdom, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationFirst Group Bus v Paulley is the first UK Supreme Court (or House of Lords) case on reasonable adjustments in ...
Norms and Conventions Meet Donald TrumpUnited States of America, Constitutions and Human RightsI previously promised evidence that Donald Trump disrespected norms designed to discipline presidential candidates ...
The U.S. Constitution, Constitutional Conventions, and President TrumpUnited States of America, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Vote, Role of the JudiciaryWhat is most concerning about the conduct of Donald Trump during and since the 2016 presidential campaign is not ...