Law of Peace(making) and the Promise of a New Beginning for ChildrenUnited Nations, Children's Rights, Conflict and Human RightsThe act of peacemaking may be viewed as the promise of a new beginning. It is latent within the sui generis legal ...
The Human Rights Council – Highlighted Outcomes of the 33rd SessionUnited Nations, Socio-Economic RightsThe three intensive weeks of the 33rd session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) concluded on 30 September 2016. ...
European Court of Human Rights to Consider Right to EducationEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Race, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationJames Rooney is one of the Oxford Human Rights Hub/Rhodes University Travelling Fellows. The Fellowship is a ...
UN Rights Experts Warn Against the Grave Threat of Unsafe AbortionsUnited Nations, Abortion, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive RightsA group of United Nations human rights experts have called on States to repeal restrictive abortion laws and ...
Legislating for Trans Equality: Recent Developments in the United Kingdom and IrelandIreland, United Kingdom, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn January 2016, the House of Commons Select Committee on Women and Equalities published a landmark report on ...
The French Council of State on the Burkini – Part 2: Upholding Religious FreedomFrance, Right to Freedom of ReligionIn its ordinance of 26 August 2016 entitled Ligue des droits de l'homme et autres the Council of State — France’s ...
Joint Committee on Human Rights Calls on UK Government to Justify ‘Presumption to Derogate’European Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Conflict and Human RightsThe UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has written to the Secretary of State for Defence, ...
The French Council of State on the Burkini – Part 1: “Reflections on Public Order”France, Right to Freedom of ReligionOn 26 August 2016, in an ordinance titled “Ligue des droits de l'homme et autres - association de défense des ...
EUNAVFOR Med: A Military Operation on Shifty WatersEuropean Union, United Nations, Immigration and AsylumEUNAVFOR Med (referred to in this post as the “Operation”) was commissioned by the European Council on 18th May, ...
Triggering Article 50: R (Miller and others) v Secretary of State for the Exiting of the European Union (Continued)United Kingdom, Brexit, Constitutions and Human RightsAlison Young continues her analysis of the Miller case before the High Court. The first part, concerning ...
Triggering Article 50: R (Miller and others) v Secretary of State for the Exiting of the European UnionUnited Kingdom, Brexit, Constitutions and Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryThe High Court in London is currently hearing a challenge to the position of the UK Government that it can trigger ...
Drone Journalism and Regulatory Challenges in IndiaIndia, Right to PrivacyDrones can be used for journalism, alongside many other civilian purposes. Ethical considerations such as safety ...