The Prevention of Infiltration (Amendment no. 4) Bill: A malevolent response to the Israeli Supreme Court judgmentIsrael, Immigration and AsylumOn 16 September, the Israeli Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice (HCJ), handed down a unanimous ...
The Santos-FARC Peace Talks: Human Rights Challenges in ColombiaColombia, Conflict and Human RightsColombian political analysts suggest that we do not really know what is happening in the negotiation between the ...
Secret Executions in India: Another Reason to Rethink the Death PenaltyIndia, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialSecret executions of death row prisoners are increasingly becoming the order of the day in India. At least three ...
Australian judge lays down gauntlet for proponents of human rights instrumentsAustralia, Constitutions and Human RightsLast week we featured a post by Professor Brice Dickson on whether the common law would adequately fill any void ...
A New Frontier? Human Rights and Public FinanceSocio-Economic RightsThe link between human rights and states’ resource policies is currently a hot topic politically as well as ...
For love and money? Unpaid Legal Internships in the Third-SectorUnited Kingdom, Access to Justice, Labour RightsRecent litigation in the United States has successfully challenged the use of unpaid interns by large ...
Ode v High Court of Ireland: the Right to Respect for Family Life is Alive and KickingUnited Kingdom, Immigration and Asylum, Right to PrivacyThere is a constant undercurrent of scepticism in the UK regarding the role of human rights in the legal system. ...
If the Human Rights Act were repealed, could the common law fill the void?United Kingdom, Constitutions and Human RightsIt now looks pretty certain that, if Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has his way, the Conservative Party ...
Taking Conscience SeriouslyEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Sexual OrientationLadele (see previous posts) exemplifies an important public debate: has the embrace of gay equality by the liberal ...
The role of public private partnerships in labour rights advancementGhana, Business and Human Rights, Labour RightsPublic private partnerships (PPPs) are a new form of institutional organisation by which public organisations, ...
Fundamental Human Rights and the Community Law of CARICOMJamaica, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn 1973, pursuant to the Treaty of Chaguaramas (ToC), the independent countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean and ...
True Reconciliation Requires a TreatyAustralia, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationTreaties are accepted around the world as the means of reaching a settlement between Indigenous peoples and those ...