Shining a Light in the Darkness: How The Karnataka Model Bridges Economic Divides and Advances Human RightsIndia, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Food and Water, Right to work, Socio-Economic Rights, Substantive EqualityIn a world where the economic divide between the rich and poor is ever widening, recent Oxfam reports have ...
The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief: Key reports, themes, and issuesUnited Nations, Constitutions and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Substantive EqualityThe right to Freedom of Religion or Belief (FORB) continues to be one of the most important and vulnerable human ...
Shamima Begum – A Disappointing Precedent for the Protection of Victims of TraffickingIslamic State, Syria, United Kingdom, United Nations, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Conflict and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Counter-terrorism, Gender, Immigration and Asylum, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationAs the face of the UK’s counter-terrorism response, the Shamima Begum case continues to shine a spotlight on the ...
Undermining the Right to Seek Asylum: Analysing the Proposed US Border Measures’ Impact on the Fundamental Human Rights of MigrantsUnited States, Access to Justice, Immigration and Asylum, Right against Torture, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Seek AsylumA 370-page bill that emerged earlier this year out of backroom negotiations between the US Senate and the White ...
The Aberdeen housing crisis: Cementing housing rights in ScotlandSouth Africa, United Kingdom, United Nations, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Disability, Human Dignity, Intersectionality, Right to healthy environment, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic RightsIn February 2024, hundreds of residents of privately and council-owned houses in Aberdeen began being moved out of ...
If Frozen Embryos Are Unborn Children Then What Is IVF’s Future in the United States?United States, Abortion, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Intersectionality, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Privacy, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Substantive EqualityIn Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022), the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v ...
The Fundamental Rights of Trans and Nonbinary Minors in Schools: Challenges in CanadaCanada, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Gender identity, Intersectionality, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationThe pernicious instinct to roll back the rights of trans and nonbinary folks for political gain has ...
The Enshrinement of Abortion in the French Constitution. Kairos: Dobbs as a window of opportunity? (Part I)France, Abortion, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Sexual and Reproductive RightsOn 8 March 2024, the sealing ceremony for the 25th amendment to the French Constitution of 1958 took place at the ...
The Enshrinement of Abortion in the French Constitution. Phronesis: after the celebration, a call for caution (Part II)France, Abortion, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Sexual and Reproductive RightsThe first part of this blog examined the process that led to the amendment that enshrined abortion in the French ...
Tide Turning on Australia’s Inadequate Climate Policy? A Challenge from First Nations Peoples in the Torres StraitAustralia, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Cultural rights, Environment, Human Dignity, Indigenous Rights, Right to healthy environment, Socio-Economic Rights, Substantive EqualityThe low-lying islands of Zendath Kes (Torres Strait) are the frontlines of the climate crisis. Without action, ...
Threats to Judicial Independence and Impartiality: The Attack on Mexico’s Supreme CourtMexico, Access to Justice, Judges' Legacy, Role of the Judiciary, Social ProtectionWhen Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced his government plan, he formally promised to respect ...
AI and Global Development: The Role of Economic and Social RightsEuropean Union, Global North, Global South, United Nations, World Bank, Artificial Intelligence, Business and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Health, Right to Privacy, Social Protection, Socio-Economic Rights, Substantive Equality, Technology and human rightsAs policymakers in the Global North prepare to introduce binding horizontal AI regulation, increasing attention is ...