The Challenges for Judicial Appointments in IndiaIndia, Role of the JudiciaryIn India, several significant developments have taken place in the last two months on how judges to the Supreme ...
Implementation of Carter will be the Ultimate Gauge of Success of the DecisionCanada, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to LifeIn a unanimous judgment released on February 6, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada became the ninth jurisdiction in ...
A Watershed Case for African Human Rights: Mtikila and others v. TanzaniaAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, Right to VoteMtikila and others v. Tanzania was a watershed case heard before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. ...
Supreme Court of Canada Strikes Down Ban on Physician Assisted DeathCanada, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to LifeIn a landmark decision, on February 6, 2015 the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously struck down the criminal ...
¿Hacia la abolición de la detención de niños por motivos migratorios?American Convention on Human Rights, Children's Rights, Immigration and AsylumEn su reciente Opinión Consultiva 21/14, la Corte IDH adopta una postura firme contra la detención de los niños ...
Towards the abolition of the detention of immigrant children?American Convention on Human Rights, Children's Rights, Immigration and AsylumIn its recent Advisory Opinion 21/14, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) adopts a firm position ...
Decisiones nominadas para la categoría Garrote en los Premios Género y Justicia al Descubierto 2015 India, Peru, Portugal, United States of America, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationJueces y juezas de todo el mundo tienen que hacerse responsables de las decisiones discriminatorias que toman y ...
The ‘Bludgeon’ Nominees in the Gender Justice Uncovered Awards 2015India, Peru, Portugal, United States of America, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationJudges from all over the world should be held accountable for the discriminatory decisions they issue on matters ...
What Traffickers Know that the Court of Appeal Does NotUnited Kingdom, Gender, Immigration and Asylum, Labour RightsIn Reyes and Suryadi v Al-Malki [2015] EWCA Civ 32 and Benkharbouche and Janah v Embassy of the Republic of Sudan ...
Law Society of Canadian Province Nova Scotia is Found to Have Overstepped its Mandate, Violating Religious FreedomsCanada, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Sexual OrientationThe first of a series of decisions that will shape how the balance is to be struck between Canada’s ...
Northern Ireland’s Human Rights Commission Granted Leave for Judicial Review to Challenge the Country’s Near-Blanket Ban on AbortionNorthern Ireland, Abortion, Right against Torture, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Sexual and Reproductive RightsUnlike the rest of the UK, Northern Ireland is not covered by the Abortion Act 1967. If you are a woman living ...
The Legality of Mass Surveillance OperationsUnited Kingdom, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to PrivacyA court which isn’t a court in name rules on the legality of a government mass surveillance program that may or ...