Glossip v. Gross: SCOTUS Affirmation of Underdeveloped Science for the Lifeline of the Death PenaltyUnited States of America, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death Penalty, Right against TortureOn 29 June 2015, in Glossip v. Gross 576 U. S. ____ (2015), Justice Alito gave the majority opinion (joined by ...
Fighting for the Right to Education in South AfricaSouth Africa, Right to Education, Role of the Judiciary, Socio-Economic Rights‘Ninety percent of children are now enrolled in primary education in the developing world’. A statistic of ...
US Disparate Impact Law: A View From Across the PondUnited Kingdom, United States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to HousingIn the set of (relatively) liberal recent pronouncements from the United States Supreme Court features its ...
Imprisoning Children: Against Lowering the Age of Criminal Responsibility in BrazilBrazil, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialThe Brazilian House of Representatives is on a fast track to adopt a constitutional amendment (PEC 171/1993) by ...
The Beginning Rather Than the End: Obergefell v Hodges and the Continuing Struggle for LGBT EqualityUnited States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual OrientationThere is no doubt that the Supreme Court’s judgment in Obergefell v Hodges is an historic one. That is not to say, ...
US Supreme Court Requires Recognition of Marriage EqualityUnited States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual OrientationThe US Supreme Court has ruled, in Obergefell, by a 5-4 majority, that the Fourteenth Amendment to the US ...
The ‘Anderson Report’ on Surveillance Powers Fudges the Issues, but its Findings Should be ImplementedUnited Kingdom, Counter-terrorism, Right to PrivacyPressure on the government to reform the use of surveillance powers within the UK has recently ratcheted up ...
The Death Penalty for Foreign Nationals and Migrant WorkersUnited Nations, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death Penalty, Immigration and AsylumOn 16th and 17th June, 2015, a group of experts met in Geneva to address the issue of foreign nationals, including ...
Bram Fischer: Dissent and Challenge From WithinSouth Africa, Constitutions and Human RightsBram Fischer’s courage entailed a radical challenge to his own heritage, to his family’s history and connections, ...
Piercing Face and Body by Hundreds of Iron Balls: Pellet Guns In Jammu and Kashmir Violating Human RightsIndia, Conflict and Human RightsIt has become a trend in law enforcement that for every problem, there is a single solution: the use of force. ...
An Unwelcoming Place – The Mistreatment of African Immigrants by the South African StateSouth Africa, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn recent months, several South African neighbourhoods have erupted in a spate of xenophobic violence. This is not ...
The Legality of the Detained Appeal Process: Detention Action v First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) & Ors [2015]United Kingdom, Immigration and AsylumThe case concerns a challenge, brought by Detention Action in the High Court of England and Wales (and the latest ...