UK vs ECtHR: The Prisoner Voting Saga ContinuesEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Right to VoteOn 12 August 2014, the Fourth Section Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Firth and others held yet ...
Ángel: migrante afro hondureño torturado y encarcelado en MéxicoMexico, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Immigration and AsylumImagine que usted es padre de dos hijos en Honduras y está desesperado por encontrar un trabajo que le permita ...
Angel: Afro-Honduran migrant tortured and imprisoned in MexicoMexico, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Immigration and AsylumImagine that you are a father of two in Honduras and are in desperate need of a job allowing you to pay for ...
Uganda’s anti-homosexuality law and our cultural warsUganda, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationFuture historians will reference the developments around Uganda’s anti-homosexuality law as a textbook example of ...
Indian Lip Service to the UNCRPD: Examining the Persons with Disabilities Bill 2014India, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationHaving ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2007, India was ...
Will Australia learn from the EU’s mistakes on data retention?Australia, European Union, Right to PrivacyPolice officers, anti-terrorism officials and politicians all tell us that we need data retention laws, especially ...
Anti-Terrorism Review Reform: Some ConsiderationsUnited Kingdom, Counter-terrorism, Right to PrivacyIn mid-July, the UK government announced its intention to abolish the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism ...
Property Rights, Pension Claims, and the Problematic Features of the ECtHR’s Proportionality ReviewEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Social ProtectionAlthough less mind-blowing than other recent Strasbourg judgments, the case of Stefanetti and Others v. Italy is ...
Federal Judge Strikes Down California Death Penalty as UnconstitutionalUnited States of America, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death Penalty, Right against TortureIn a stunning – and possibly prescient – decision, United States District Court Judge Cormac J. Carney of the ...
Meriam Ibrahim is Freed: Weaving together Law, Politics and Civil SocietySudan, Right to Freedom of ReligionThis post is the second part of a two-part report by Professor Jon Yorke, following the litigation surrounding ...
Charting the Future of Development: A Tale of Two AgendasUnited Nations, Constitutions and Human RightsEditor's note: this post is the winning entry for the OxHRH Summer Short Essay Competition 2014. For ...
Judicial Experimentation and Public Policy: A New Approach to the Right to Education in BrazilBrazil, Right to Education, Role of the Judiciary, Socio-Economic RightsShould judges interfere with the enforcement of public policies implemented by the executive? If yes, what would ...