Human Nature: Understanding the Constitutional and Indigenous Context of Granting Legal Personhood to Taranaki MoungaNew Zealand, Constitutions and Human Rights, Indigenous RightsLast week Taranaki Mounga (mountain) joined a growing family of natural entities given legal personhood in ...
Trump’s Education Order Undermines Trans Children’s RightsUnited States of America, Children's Rights, Gender, LGBTQI+ rights, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Transgender rightsOn January 29, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a sweeping and draconian executive order purporting to address ...
Navigating Informality: The Rule of Law in EU Migration GovernanceEuropean Convention on Human Rights, European Union, Immigration and Asylum, Right to LifeThe European Union (EU) often prides itself on being a beacon of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. ...
Where social and economic justice meet: South Africa’s SRD decision affirms a rights-based approach to povertySouth Africa, Social Protection, Socio-Economic RightsOver eighteen million of South Africa’s poorest peoples breathed a sigh of relief when, on 23 January 2025, the ...
UKSC to decide what ‘Woman’ means in the Equality Act 2010European Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Gender, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe UK Supreme Court (UKSC) is poised to deliver its judgment in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, ...
Decriminalising Suicide: Kenya’s High Court Paves the Way for Mental Health ReformAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, Kenya, Conflict and Human Rights, Disability, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn a groundbreaking judgment, the High Court of Kenya declared Section 226 of the Penal Code, which criminalised ...
Over Four Decades of Data Protection: Unexplored History with Valuable Insights for the Future – Part 3Australia, European Union, United States, Data Protection, Employment Law, Legislative Reform, Right to PrivacySee Parts 1 and 2 of this blog here: Over Four Decades of Data Protection: Unexplored History with Valuable ...
Over Four Decades of Data Protection: Unexplored History with Valuable Insights for the Future – Part 2Australia, European Union, United States, Data Protection, Employment Law, Legislative Reform, Right to PrivacySee Part 1 of this blog here: Over Four Decades of Data Protection: Unexplored History with Valuable Insights for ...
Over Four Decades of Data Protection: Unexplored History with Valuable Insights for the Future – Part 1Australia, European Union, United States, Data Protection, Employment Law, Legislative Reform, Right to PrivacyIntroduction January 28, 2025, marks the 44th anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108 (now ...
Judicial Capture in GeorgiaGeorgia, Executive, Role of the JudiciaryThe recent years have been tumultuous for Georgia. The country’s ruling party has sought to cement its rule ...
The Scope of Transgenerational Harm: Making a Case for the ‘Unborn Child’International Criminal Court, Uganda, Conflict and Human Rights, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, reparations, Sexual Violence, transgenerational harmThe International Criminal Court (ICC), while deciding the case of Prosecutor v. Dominic Ongwen, considered Mr. ...
The EU Forced Labour Regulation: reflections from a human rights perspective – Part 2European Union, Business and Human Rights, Enforcement of Human Rights, fair trade, Forced Labour, International Labour Organisation, Legislative Reform, Public International LawSee Part 1 of this blog here: The EU Forced Labour Regulation: reflections from a human rights perspective – Part ...