Australia Denies Political Participation as an Indigenous Human RightAustralia, Constitutions and Human Rights, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationPolitical participation is a human right affirmed and contextualised for indigenous peoples under the United ...
Rwanda: New Torture and Illegal Detention Allegations in a Climate of Political OppressionRwanda, Conflict and Human Rights, Right against TortureA decade after living through one of the most brutal genocides of the past century, Rwanda has not yet fully ...
‘12 year a non-compliance’: redress at last?United Kingdom, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to VoteLast week, the UK government announced its intention to change the Prison Service Guidance so as to allow ...
The Supreme Countdown: The Fortnight That Shaped Kenya’s Presidential Determination and BeyondKenya, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Vote, Role of the JudiciarySince 1 September 2017, when the Supreme Court of Kenya nullified the Presidential election, the spotlight shifted ...
Cambodia: Using Law to Destroy DemocracyCambodia, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to VoteCovered by a veneer of legality, Cambodia’s government has spent the last two years systematically dismantling the ...
Free Speech in Non-Public Spaces: Recent Developments in Hong KongHong Kong, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionWhat, if any, are the geographical limitations of the exercise of freedom of expression? This was the question ...
Were the Kenyan Presidential Elections, 2017 a true reflection of the electorate’s will? An interrogation of the answer given by the Supreme Court of KenyaKenya, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to VoteThe determination on the exercise and protection of the electorate’s political rights was before the bench in the ...
Lest We Forget About Iraqi ChristiansIraq, Conflict and Human Rights, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Freedom of ReligionFollowing UN Security Council Resolution 2379 establishing the Investigative Team in Iraq, the painful and ...
Civilian Victims of the Conflicts Over Oil Refineries in KirkukIraq, Conflict and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human RightsOn 15 September the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (KRG) held an independence referendum, in which a majority of the ...
QT v Director of Immigration: recognising overseas same-sex marriages and civil partnerships in immigration policyHong Kong, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationOn 25 September 2017, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal ruled that partners in overseas same-sex marriages and civil ...
Bărbulescu v. Romania: The Next Step in the Continuing Struggle for Standards for Workplace Communication MonitoringEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Labour Rights, Right to PrivacyOn 5 September, the Grand Chamber (GC) of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its judgment in ...
The Indian Supreme Court’s “Curative” Hearing in the “LGBT Case”India, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual OrientationIn 2009, the High Court of Delhi decriminalized same-sex relations between consenting adults in India, holding ...