The Ongoing Search for Justice for Victims of the Japanese War Crimes in Mapanique, PhilippinesPhilippines, Conflict and Human Rights, GenderOn November 23, 1944, Japanese troops descended on the town of Mapanique in the Philippines. The troops gathered ...
HIV and Caribbean Law: Case for ToleranceJamaica, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Sexual OrientationIn the western hemisphere, the Anglophone Caribbean maintains some of the most regressive anti-gay laws in the ...
Think This Way: How Zimbabweans Adopt, Hold and Express Their Political IdeologiesZimbabwe, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionWhen American jurist Ben Cardozo said that the freedom of thought is “the matrix, the indispensable condition, of ...
Cambodia Elections 2013: is a Cambodian Spring blossoming?Cambodia, Right to VoteCambodia's weather oscillates between dry and wet seasons. According to a senior Cambodian official, this means ...
Children of a Lesser God: Food Politics in IndiaIndia, Right to Education, Right to Food and Water, Socio-Economic RightsThe tragic loss of 23 children who ate contaminated food at a government-run primary school in the East-Indian ...
Kadi II: Fundamental Rights and International TerrorismCourt of Justice of the European Union, Counter-terrorismIn its judgment in Kadi II (18 July 2013), the Court of Justice of the European Union (Grand Chamber) sought to ...
Racial profiling: more than a numbers gameUnited States of America, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationAlthough minority communities have long complained of racial profiling by police, their claims have generally been ...
Developing the Customary Law to Give Effect to the Constitutional Commitment to Substantive Equality: Mayelane v NgwenyamaSouth Africa, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe South African Constitution expressly provides for the horizontal application of the Bill of Rights, stating ...
Remembering Former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa Pius LangaSouth Africa, Role of the Judiciary24 July 2013 was a sad day for South Africa as the news of the death of Former Chief Justice Pius Langa spread. ...
Floyd v City of New York: Promise and Challenges in Reforming Stop and FriskUnited States of America, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe New York City Police Department (NYPD)’s controversial stop and frisk program was dealt its most significant ...
Plenty of evidence to support the Public Sector Equality DutyUnited Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) is a key feature of the Equality Act 2010 and an essential tool to achieve ...
Indirectly Sending the Citizen Into Exile? The Relevance of British Citizenship to Proportionality Under Article 8 ECHRUnited Kingdom, Immigration and AsylumJudgment in R (oao MM & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1900 (Admin) was ...