Ireland’s Marriage Equality ReferendumIreland, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationToday the Irish electorate is voting in a referendum to explicitly permit of same-sex marriage. If passed, the new ...
Abortion As A Human Right: Should the Law in Northern Ireland Be Reformed?Northern Ireland, Abortion, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive RightsWhy do women living in Northern Ireland have to travel to London to have an abortion? At an event hosted by Oxford ...
Taking the Needs of Future Generations into Account: the Case of WalesEngland and Wales, EnvironmentThe issue of long-term governance is gaining attraction around the world. Many governments are looking into ...
The Future of the HRA 1998 Under the Conservative PartyUnited Kingdom, Constitutions and Human Rights2015, much like 1992, will go down as a General Election for the UK pollsters to forget. After months of ...
The Prior Sanction Requirement Under Indian Public LawIndia, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialOn 27 April 2015, the Supreme Court of India (SC) passed judgment in D.T. Virupakshappa v. C. Subhash, a case ...
The Legal Implications of a Repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998 and Withdrawal from the European Convention on Human RightsUnited Kingdom, Constitutions and Human RightsThe return of a majority Conservative government in last week’s general election in the UK has made the ...
Does Islamic Law Deny a Right to Vote?United Kingdom, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to VoteOn April 22nd, British born radical cleric, Anjem Choudary declared Muslim MPs and voters to be “apostates” since ...
USDAW v Ethel Austin in the ECJCourt of Justice of the European Union, Labour RightsThe recent judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-80/14, USDAW v Woolworths (30 April 2015) is a further ...
Religion in the classroom: Loyola High School versus the Supreme Court of CanadaCanada, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionIn Quebec the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports mandated that all schools, including private schools, ...
New EU Human Rights and Democracy Action Plan – What Changes Does it Bring?European Union, Constitutions and Human RightsThe European Commission and the European External Action Service adopted on 28 April 2015 a new Action Plan on ...
‘Zero-hours Contracts’: Zero Problem, or Zero Choice?United Kingdom, Labour RightsIn our previous post, attention was drawn to the growing concern about the spread and regulation of ultra-casual ...
Hong Kong’s Constitutional Crossroads: to Pocket or Not to Pocket?Hong Kong, Right to VoteOn 22 April 2015, the Hong Kong Government finally unveiled the reform package to introduce elections by universal ...