External Processing of Refugee Claims: Problem or Part of the Solution? The Australian ExperienceAustralia, Immigration and AsylumEuropean countries have expressed an interest in external processing of asylum claims, which would involve ...
Hungary’s Actions: Past the Borderline of International LawEuropean Union, Hungary, Immigration and AsylumAs the European refugee ‘crisis’ worsens, the Hungarian government is resorting to more extreme border control ...
Are the EU Commission’s Latest Proposals Sufficient to Solve the Refugee Crisis?European Union, Immigration and AsylumBoth the ‘European family’ and the ‘European fabric’ has laid itself bare in the face of an apparently ...
The European Union’s Search for Unity as the Refugee Crisis ContinuesEuropean Union, Immigration and AsylumOngoing violence and war in the countries of the Middle East and Africa has led thousands of refugees to leave ...
The Mass Flight of Syrian Refugees: What are the Legal Obligations of States?Syria, Immigration and AsylumMore than four million refugees have fled Syria since 2011. Most of them have sought refuge in neighbouring ...
Employee Rights in Zimbabwe: The Contrasting Approaches of the Constitutional Court and Executive in Response to Nyamande and Another v Zuva Petroleum Zimbabwe, Business and Human Rights, Labour Rights, Socio-Economic RightsAs discussed recently on the Blog, the Zimbabwean Supreme Court’s interpretation of Section 12B of the Labour Act ...
The Out of School Children Case: A Model for Court-Facilitated Dialogue?India, Children's Rights, Right to Education, Role of the Judiciary, Socio-Economic RightsAn Indian citizen enjoys a constitutionally guaranteed right to free and compulsory primary education (Article 21A ...
UK and the Assisted Dying Bill: Autonomy in Death Continues to Wait Its TurnUnited Kingdom, Right to LifeLast week, the Assisted Dying (No.2) Bill (‘the Bill’) was rejected by 330 to 118 in a historic vote in the House ...
Law Commission of India Recommends Abolition of the Death Penalty: A Historic First StepIndia, Counter-terrorism, Death Penalty, Right to LifeIn what can be termed as a watershed moment in the fight against death penalty in India, the Law Commission in its ...
Justifying Deadly Force in the American Supreme CourtUnited States of America, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to LifeThe case of City of Los Angeles v. Contreras, currently up for first-round consideration before the Supreme Court ...
The (Patel) Quest for ReservationIndia, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn the Indian state of Gujarat, a ‘movement’ led by a young man named Hardik Patel is demanding that the Patel ...
Conscientious Objection or Conscious Oppression?: The Uphill Battle to Access Abortion Services in UruguayUruguay, Abortion, Right to Freedom of Religion, Sexual and Reproductive RightsIn October 2012, Uruguay passed Law 18,987 that waives criminal penalties for abortion in the first 12 weeks of ...