Promoting the Best Interests of the Child: Kenyan High Court Breathes Life into the Right to a Name and an IdentityKenya, Children's Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn May 2016, the Kenyan Constitutional and Human Rights Division of the High Court in L.N.W v Attorney General ...
Crimes Against CultureMali, Rome Statute, Conflict and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialA landmark case for international law is currently before the International Criminal Court (ICC), where the ...
Did Brexit Save the HRA 1998?European Union, United Kingdom, Brexit, Constitutions and Human RightsPerhaps it is time to begin looking for silver linings, as opposed to fantastic judicial interventions. On this ...
Who Benefits From India’s Move to Ban Commercial Surrogacy?India, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Sexual OrientationThe press release on the latest draft Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill (the Surrogacy Regulation ...
What Principles Should Guide a Fairer Refugee Responsibility-Sharing Regime?United Nations, Immigration and AsylumOn 19 September 2016, world leaders gathered at the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants . This historical Summit ...
A Whitened White Paper on Human RightsChina, Constitutions and Human RightsThe Chinese government claims to have made stunning progress in improving the human rights situation in the ...
Turning back the clock on Socio -Economic Rights: Kenya’s Court of Appeal decision in the Mitu-Bell CaseKenya, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic RightsA July 2016 decision by the Kenyan Court of Appeal in Kenya Airports Authority v Mitu-Bell Welfare Society & 2 ...
Retrospective Punishment: A Reasonable Limit on Charter Rights (R v. KRJ)Canada, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialIn KRJ, the Supreme Court of Canada tackled the retrospective application of criminal sanctions on certain sexual ...
PJS v News Group Newspapers: Threesomes! Privacy! Social Media!United Kingdom, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to PrivacyOn 19 May 2016, the UK Supreme Court handed down judgment in PJS v News Group Newspapers Limited. This decision ...
The ‘Burkini Ban’ – A Red Line even for the European Court of Human Rights?European Convention on Human Rights, Right to Freedom of ReligionThe decision of several authorities in France to prohibit the wearing of the burkini on public beaches has caused ...
Canada to Hold National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and GirlsCanada, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn August 3, 2016, the government of Canada announced a National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous ...
Socio-Economic Rights Advocacy in South Africa’s Eastern CapeSouth Africa, Right to Education, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic RightsI am one of the two Oxford Human Rights Hub/Rhodes University Travelling Fellows for this year. This is the first ...