Cheshire West and the Repugnant ConclusionUnited Kingdom, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe Supreme Court’s judgment(s) in Cheshire West [2014] UKSC 19 stirred up the expected storm. By siding with the ...
Why the U.S. Needs a Magnitsky Act for VenezuelaVenezuela, Conflict and Human RightsIt has been a month since the Venezuelan people took to the streets to protest against the precarious situation in ...
Restricting Receipt of Rehabilitative Resources: The Prisoner Book BanEngland and Wales, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialNew prison service rules prohibit prisoners in England and Wales from receiving books and essentials from the ...
What Has the European Union Ever Done for Women?European Union, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationAs the 2014 European elections are approaching this is an appropriate time to pause and reflect on what the ...
Nigerian Standup Comedians and Differently Abled Persons from a Human Rights LensNigeria, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe Nigeria popular art space came to life about a decade ago with the coming of Nollywood. Standup comedy ...
The Regulation of Casual Work and the Problematical Idea of the ‘Zero Hours Contract’United Kingdom, Labour RightsThere has of late been considerable public concern in the UK about the use of a kind of employment arrangement ...
Is There a Hierarchy of Human Rights and Human Rights Reporting?Conflict and Human Rights, Disability, Right to HousingI believe that just as there is a hierarchy of rights, as discussed by human rights scholars, there is also a ...
Scotland’s Answer to Modern-Day SlaveryScotland, Immigration and Asylum, Labour RightsA new standalone human trafficking bill for Scotland has been quietly gaining momentum in the corridors of ...
Dignifying the most vulnerable ‘in’ and ‘through’ Security Council Resolution 2139United Nations, Conflict and Human RightsConflict — perhaps like no other happening — illuminates our shared vulnerability to hurt and harm of unimaginable ...
Against Happiness: Why ‘Happiness’ is not a Good Measure of ProgressConstitutions and Human Rights'Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.' (Aristotle). Gross ...
Omnipresent in the EU: Violence Against WomenUnited Kingdom, GenderThe results of the world’s largest survey on women’s experiences of psychological, physical and sexual violence ...
The Not-so-paramount Right to VoteIndia, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to VoteLast week, the Election Commission of India announced the time frame for the general elections to constitute the ...