Advancing Environmental Justice: The Supreme Court of Kenya holds State Agencies Accountable for Environmental Harm in Owino-Uhuru caseKenya, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Environment, Human Dignity, Right to healthy environment, Role of the Judiciary, Socio-Economic Rights, Standard of ReviewOn 6th December 2024, the Supreme Court of Kenya affirmed the constitutional rights to a Clean and Healthy ...
Unraveling Rights: The Struggle for Freedom of Movement Among Syrian Refugees in TürkiyeSyria, Turkey, Freedom of Movement, Gender Equality, International Human Rights, Refugee Convention, Socio-Economic RightsOver the past decade, Türkiye has tightened some of its policies concerning Syrian refugees. Among the most ...
Application of the ‘Secretary Problem’ in Transitional Justice: A Mathematical Approach to Optimize the Selection of High-Responsibility Individuals in the Special Jurisdiction for PeaceColombia, Conflict and Human Rights, Criminal Justice, International Human Rights, Procedural Justice, Transitional JusticeDue to its inherently temporary nature, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) must prosecute the most ...
Plight of the Disappeared – Is the Epidemic of Enforced Disappearances Finally Over?Bangladesh, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, International Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, Procedural JusticeImagine being picked up by a group of law enforcement officials in plain clothing and getting thrown in the back ...
Germany’s New Gender Self-Determination Act: Advances and ChallengesGermany, Gender Equality, Gender identity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Free Personal Development, Transgender rightsThe Gender Self-determination Act seeks to put Germany on a progressive path by replacing current expensive and ...
Why the Kenyan Supreme Court erred in limiting justiciability of rights through the Limitation of Actions Act: the Zehrabanu AppealAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, Kenya, Enforcement of Human RightsThe Supreme Curt of Kenya (SCORK has through Zehrabanu Janmohamed and Another v Nathaniel K. Lagat 4 Others, found ...
#CancelCoal: South African Youth Successfully Lead Climate Case Against Proposed Coal-Fired Power StationSouth Africa, Children's Rights, Environment, Role of the JudiciaryOn 4 December 2024, the High Court of Pretoria in South Africa (SA) handed down a landmark judgment in the “Cancel ...
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Evolving Jurisprudence on Cyberviolence against Women at the European Court of Human RightsEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Gender Equality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Private LifeOn 3 December 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (Court) delivered judgment in MŞD v Romania, its third ...
At 75 the Commonwealth Promises to Protect Media Freedom. But How?Commonwealth, Freedom of the Press, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionAt the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa in late October 2024, leaders of the 56 member ...
A Climate Policy Under Fire: Germany’s NECP Lawsuit and EU Climate GovernanceEuropean Union, Germany, Climate Change, EnvironmentThe Environmental Action Germany (Deutsche Umwelthilfe, ‘DUH’), a non-governmental environmental and consumer ...
Caste Discrimination in Indian Prisons Case – Part 2 (Discrimination against Denotified Tribes)India, Supreme Court of India, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThis blog continues Part 1 of the exploration of Caste Discrimination in Indian Prisons Case (Sukanya Shantha v. ...
Caste Discrimination in Indian Prisons Case – Part 1 (Division of Manual Labour)India, Supreme Court of IndiaThis two-part blog series delves into the pervasive issue of caste discrimination within Indian prisons, analysing ...