Role of Minimum Wages in Recognition of Unpaid Domestic Care Work in India: A Sign of Progress?India, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn February 2024, the Indian Supreme Court in Arvind Kumar Pandey v Girish Pandey [2024], stated that the ‘deemed ...
Curtains over Connectivity: A Peek Behind India’s Opaque Internet Shutdown OrdersIndia, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionThe case of Anuradha Bhasin v Union of India [2020] set a precedent that requires the publication of internet ...
R v Michaela Community Schools Trust: Human Rights and Freedom of Religion in the UKEuropean Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionThe relationship between Islam, religious freedom, and human rights has long been a subject of debate in Britain. ...
Extraterritorial Human Rights and Climate Change at the ECtHR: The End of the Road?European Convention on Human Rights, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Climate Change, Environment, Human Dignity, Right to Life, Right to Privacy, Socio-Economic RightsOn 9 April 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or Court) handed down its judgment in the case of ...
Military Justice in the Spotlight (Again): R v Edwards in the Supreme Court of CanadaCanada, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Role of the JudiciaryMilitary justice is in the spotlight again with the Supreme Court of Canada’s judgment in R v Edwards [2024] SCC ...
Lahore High Court Strikes Down the Discriminatory Gender-Based Age Difference in the Definition of ‘Child’ in the Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929Pakistan, child marriage, Children's Rights, Gender Equality, Legislative Reform, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the JudiciaryAbout 18.3% of girls and 4.7% of boys in Pakistan are married before the age of 18. Child marriage is a human ...
The Rebellious Act of Consuming Meat in India: Non-vegetarianism and TabooIndia, Constitutions and Human Rights, Cultural rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Food and Water, Right to Privacy, Socio-Economic RightsFood-delivery company Zomato recently came up with an “all-vegetarian fleet policy” wherein vegetarian food would ...
Can CEDAW address the issue of Gender-based Poverty in Urban Areas?Convention on Discrimination against Women, North MacedoniaBy 2050, 66 per cent of the world’s population is projected to live in urban areas, and UN Women estimates that ...
Bringing the Right to Strike Home: Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Mercer – Part 2European Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Social Protection, Standard of ReviewThe first part of this blog outlined the facts and decision in the Supreme Court case, Secretary of State for ...
Bringing the Right to Strike Home: Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Mercer – Part 1European Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Social Protection, Standard of ReviewIndividual strikers are protected from dismissal where they are dismissed for participating in ‘protected’ (i.e ...
A Game of Judicial Tennis: The Supreme Court in MercerUnited Kingdom, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Association, Role of the JudiciaryThe Supreme Court has once again considered the proper scope of sections 3 and 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998 ...
What is Your Name? – Gender Inequality Embedded in the Same-Surname System for Married Couples in JapanJapan, Gender, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to PrivacyJapan is the only country in the world that forbids married couples from using separate surnames. Couples can ...