Obstetric Violence as a Violation of Human Rights: CEDAW’s Second Decision a Welcome Addition but Not EnoughConvention on Discrimination against Women, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive RightsImage Description: In the image, four (male) doctors are performing a C-section on a woman. One of the doctors has ...
The Tension between Human Rights, Freedom of Dress and Public MoralityEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Iran, United Nations, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Right against Torture, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Life, Right to PrivacyRegulations on dress are controversial in many jurisdictions, poised at the intersection between human rights and ...
Criminal Liabilities of First Aiders in Situations of Violence: A Hong Kong PerspectiveHong Kong, Conflict and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Assembly, Right to HealthImage Description: Police firing tear gas to protesters near Central Government Headquarters in Hong ...
Human Rights Council Elections 2022United Nations, Constitutions and Human RightsImage Description: The photograph is of a tweet by the President of the United Nations General Assembly. In the ...
Cultural Genocide – Reconciliation Through Recognition?Canada, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationImage description: an indigenous woman receiving her university diploma. A Shameful Past The ghost of ...
Blasphemy, Human Rights, the Intervention of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the Mansha Masih CasePakistan, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionImage Description: A photograph of an open Bible with focus on a verse from the Gospel of John. A Christian Cross ...
The Death Penalty and its Arbitrary Use to Punish LGBTIQ PersonsUnited Nations, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death Penalty, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationImage Description: In the photograph, there are many hangman's nooses/knots in a room. Through one of these ...
Haseen Ullah v Naheed Begum: Supreme Court of Pakistan Confirms that a Husband is Obligated to Provide ‘Maintenance’ to His WifePakistan, GenderImage Description: A photograph of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. There is a flag of Pakistan, made up of a green ...
The impact of South Africa’s employment law reform on the right to work of non-citizensAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, South Africa, United Nations, Business and Human Rights, Conflict and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to work, Standard of ReviewImage description: Woman stands with cloth covering her head in the colours of the South African flag Three ...
The ‘Colston Four’ and the Walls of Criminal TrialsUnited Kingdom, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialImage Description: Statue of Edward Colston at Bristol. This statue was pulled down in 2020 by protestors during a ...
Statehood and Recognition in International Law: The Case of the so called “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus”Republic of Cyprus, Turkey, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Conflict and Human Rights, Public International LawImage Description: A map highlighting the geographical location of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus This ...
Climate Change and the Torres Strait Islands: Australia in the International SpotlightAustralia, EnvironmentImage Description: Over looking the Thursday Island, Torres Strait. The UN Human Rights Committee (‘UNHRC’) ...