In Deference to Majoritarian Oppression: Justice Scalia’s Indifference to LGBTQ LivesUnited States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual OrientationOn June 26 2015, in Obergefell v. Hodges, a five-member majority of the United States Supreme Court struck down ...
Part I: The intersection of Business and Human Rights at the Inter-American Court of Human RightsAmerican Convention on Human Rights, Business and Human RightsIn its recent judgment in the case of the Kaliña and Lokono Peoples v Suriname, the Inter-American Court of Human ...
Amnesty Law in VenezuelaVenezuela, Conflict and Human RightsVenezuela’s recently elected National Assembly is currently debating the approval of an amnesty law. Aside from ...
Justice Antonin Scalia’s Rebuke of InnocenceUnited States of America, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Race, Role of the JudiciaryThroughout his thirty-year service on the United States Supreme Court, Justice Antonin Scalia questioned whether ...
UNHRC Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice country mission to the United StatesUnited Nations, United States of America, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn December 2015, the UN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice (WGDAW) ...
An important step forward for victims of sexual violence in ColombiaColombia, Gender, Sexual and Reproductive RightsOn paper, it looked like a victory for women’s rights. The government of Colombia enacted historic legislation to ...
Antonin Scalia’s Voting Rights Legacy: Weakening the Franchise for MinoritiesUnited States of America, Race, Right to Vote, Role of the JudiciaryThe death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has provoked numerous discussions about the future ...
Venezuela’s Battle for the Rule of LawVenezuela, Constitutions and Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryOnce one of Latin America’s richest countries and with the second-largest oil reserves in the world, Venezuela is ...
Administrative Decisions and Terrorist Suspects: The UK Supreme Court’s Decision in Youssef v SSFCUnited Kingdom, Counter-terrorism, Right against Torture, Standard of ReviewThe month of January witnessed an important UK Supreme Court decision in Youssef v Secretary of State for Foreign ...
Report: ‘Constitutional Change in New Zealand (and a Bill of Rights for Britain?)’New Zealand, Constitutions and Human RightsOn 17 February 2016, Oxford’s Programme for the Foundations of Law and Constitutional Government hosted a talk by ...
Zero Hours – Zero SolutionsUnited Kingdom, Labour RightsOver the course of the past year, we have repeatedly highlighted the problems facing workers on so-called ...
Let’s Talk about Sex Education and Human RightsUnited Kingdom, Gender, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive RightsDespite a proposal by four prominent House of Commons Committees and various professional organisations, the ...