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 ...
Using Public Interest Litigation to Combat Acid Attacks in IndiaIndia, Gender, Role of the JudiciaryLaxmi was 15 years old when her 32 year old neighbour declared his love for her. He sent her repeated text ...
Corporal Punishment in Namibia RevisitedNamibia, Children's Rights, Right against Torture, Right to EducationIn the landmark 1991 judgement of the Namibian Supreme Court in Ex Parte: Attorney-General, In Re Corporal ...
Refugee rights and the lucky country: Does Australia’s regional resettlement plan violate human rights?Australia, Immigration and AsylumAustralian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced that people who come by boat to Australia and claim asylum will ...
Constitutionalising the Violation of the Right of the Girl Child in Nigeria: Exploring Constitutional Safeguards and PitfallsNigeria, Children's Rights, GenderThe Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the highest legislative arm in Nigeria, is on the verge of ...
Transsexual Persons Can Get Married in Hong Kong in a Year’s TimeHong Kong, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn 16th July, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal in W v. The Registrar of Marriages made a declaration that the ...
Bringing balance to the international law with long-term perspectivesUnited Nations, Business and Human Rights, EnvironmentEditor’s Note: This post is a follow-up to an earlier post by Karen Moir prior to the July 4th and 5th conference ...
The Liberty-Equality Debate: Comparing the Lawrence and Naz Foundation RulingsIndia, United States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Sexual OrientationLast month marked the 10 year anniversary of Lawrence v Texas, where the US Supreme Court ruled that laws that ...