No Compromise on the Right to Adequate Housing: UN Condemnation of UK Austerity MeasuresUnited Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic RightsStatements made by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, following her visit to the UK in ...
Court of Appeal Affirms Ability to Pass Whole Life Tariffs for MurderUnited Kingdom, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right against TortureA specially constituted five-member Court of Appeal has ruled unanimously in R v McLoughlin that the imposition of ...
Managing Secrecy: R (Miranda) v SSHDUnited Kingdom, Counter-terrorism, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionMuch has already been written about the implications of R (Miranda) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ...
South African Informal Traders Forum and Others v The City of Johannesburg and Others: A Promising Start by the South African Constitutional CourtSouth Africa, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic RightsDeparting sharply from its normal procedures, the South African Constitutional Court recently issued what we in ...
Lessons from DaimlerUnited States of America, Conflict and Human RightsOn January 14, 2014, as one of the first decisions of the new year, the United States Supreme Court held that ...
Grootboom and the right to housing: A (Virtual) Comparative Conversation between students at UNSW and OxfordAustralia, South Africa, Right to Housing, Role of the Judiciary, Socio-Economic RightsStudents from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the University of Oxford recently demonstrated the ...
Human Rights in Disputed Territories – Affixing ResponsibilityUnited Nations, Conflict and Human Rights “Human rights do not have any borders. It is vital to address underlying human rights issues in disputed ...
Third Conference of States Parties to the American Convention on Human Rights: Another Brick on the Wall (or is it another brick off?)American Convention on Human Rights, Constitutions and Human RightsOn January 21st and 22nd, the Third Conference of States Parties to the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR) ...
The European Social Charter in Austerity Europe: Damning Conclusions on the Right of Access to Healthcare in SpainSpain, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Socio-Economic RightsRecent conclusions published by the European Committee on Social Rights (ECSR) present yet another damning ...
Scotland’s Gay Rights JourneyScotland, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn 4 February 2014, MSPs passed the SNP government’s Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill into law, 105 ...
Scotland's Gay Rights JourneyUnited Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationOn 4 February 2014, MSPs passed the SNP government’s Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill into law, 105 ...
Migrant ‘Push Backs’ at Sea are Prohibited ‘Collective Expulsions’European Convention on Human Rights, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Life In the early hours of 20 January 2014, a boat coming from Turkey carrying twenty-seven Afghan and Syrian ...