Marikana: A Failure of Regulation and the Reinforcement of Inequality: A Preliminary ViewSouth Africa, Business and Human Rights, Labour RightsOn Thursday 25th June, a judicial commission of inquiry published the Marikana Report into the tragic events at ...
Grand Chamber of the ECtHR to Review Limitations on Choice of Birthplace for WomenEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Right to Privacy, Sexual and Reproductive RightsDubská and Krejzová v the Czech Republic has been referred to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human ...
The Right to Education post-2015Right to Education, Socio-Economic RightsThe right to education must include standardised measures to ensure equality, quality and accountability. The ...
Abortion Law in Ireland: A Model for ChangeIreland, Abortion, Sexual and Reproductive RightsIreland has an extremely restrictive abortion law regime. Since the introduction of the 8th Amendment in 1983, the ...
Will Obergefell Stifle Growing Support for LGBTQ Rights?United States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual OrientationIn his recent post The Beginning Rather Than The End, Karl Laird discusses the potential policy backlash that may ...
Empathy, Craft and other Lessons to Learn from the US Same-Sex Marriage DecisionIndia, United States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual OrientationThree narratives provide the human face to the text of Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark US Supreme Court ...
Glossip v. Gross: SCOTUS Affirmation of Underdeveloped Science for the Lifeline of the Death PenaltyUnited States of America, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death Penalty, Right against TortureOn 29 June 2015, in Glossip v. Gross 576 U. S. ____ (2015), Justice Alito gave the majority opinion (joined by ...
Fighting for the Right to Education in South AfricaSouth Africa, Right to Education, Role of the Judiciary, Socio-Economic Rights‘Ninety percent of children are now enrolled in primary education in the developing world’. A statistic of ...
US Disparate Impact Law: A View From Across the PondUnited Kingdom, United States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to HousingIn the set of (relatively) liberal recent pronouncements from the United States Supreme Court features its ...
Imprisoning Children: Against Lowering the Age of Criminal Responsibility in BrazilBrazil, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialThe Brazilian House of Representatives is on a fast track to adopt a constitutional amendment (PEC 171/1993) by ...
The Beginning Rather Than the End: Obergefell v Hodges and the Continuing Struggle for LGBT EqualityUnited States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual OrientationThere is no doubt that the Supreme Court’s judgment in Obergefell v Hodges is an historic one. That is not to say, ...
US Supreme Court Requires Recognition of Marriage EqualityUnited States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual OrientationThe US Supreme Court has ruled, in Obergefell, by a 5-4 majority, that the Fourteenth Amendment to the US ...