High Court in Belfast Finds the Northern Irish Executive Failed its Statutory Duty to Adopt a ‘Strategy’ to Tackle Poverty Based on ‘Objective Need’Northern Ireland, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Social Protection, Socio-Economic RightsOn 30 June 2015 the High Court in Belfast ruled [2015] NIQB 59 that the Northern Irish Executive failed its ...
Nothing Right about Children’s Rights in PakistanPakistan, Children's RightsThe first week of August 2015 has been witness to what is being called Pakistan’s ‘biggest child abuse scandal’– ...
Growing Pains in Timor LesteTimor Leste, Conflict and Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryTimor Leste’s stability is under focus following the recent killing by security forces of Mauk Moruk, a long-time ...
In Memory of Bob HeppleSouth Africa, United Kingdom, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIt is with a heavy heart that I write to say farewell to Bob Hepple, who died in the early hours of Friday 21st ...
A Human Rights Perspective of the Supreme Court Verdict on the Basic Structure DoctrinePakistan, Constitutions and Human Rights, Counter-terrorism, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialIn a recent verdict by the Supreme Court of Pakistan (“SCP”), the constitutionality of, inter alia, the 21st ...
Subramaniam Swamy v Union of India: Criminal Defamation and the Countours of Free SpeechIndia, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionThe Supreme Court of India recently concluded its hearings in Subramaniam Swamy v Union of India, challenging the ...
Access to Justice: A Facet of Gender EqualityUnited Nations, Access to Justice, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn its last session, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW Committee) released ...
Long Walk to Education – Scholar Transport Now an Element of the Right to Basic Education in South AfricaSouth Africa, Right to Education, Socio-Economic RightsIn the precedent-setting decision of Tripartite Steering Committee and Another, the Eastern Cape High Court held ...
Keeping Abreast of Hong Kong’s ‘Breast Assault’ Case: A Legal and Feminist CritiqueHong Kong, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, GenderAll men are equal, but some men are more equal than others – others as in women, regrettably. It may not be ...
Prisoner Voting Rights in New Zealand: Standing Up for Democracy by Way of Constitutional Shake-UpNew Zealand, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Vote, Role of the JudiciaryOn 24 July 2015 in Taylor v Attorney General, a New Zealand High Court Judge effectively declared that New ...
Another first: Reparations Awarded to Victims at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ RightsAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, Constitutions and Human RightsThe recent award of reparations by the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights to the applicants in Zongo and ...
Spain’s Commitment to International Human Rights Law: 26 Murdered Children Isn’t Regrettable, It’s TerrifyingSpain, Children's Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn 31st July 2015, the statistics on the number of children killed at the hands of their fathers during visitation ...