To Whomsoever it May Concern? The Case of Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013India, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2013was passed by the Indian Parliament and now awaits the sanction of the ...
Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal ruled on refugee law gateway issueHong Kong, Immigration and Asylum, Right against TortureOn 25 March 2013, the Court of Final Appeal (CFA) in Hong Kong unanimously allowed an appeal by three asylum ...
Supreme Court of Canada Delivers Judgment in Hate Speech CaseCanada, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Sexual OrientationBy Lauren Dancer- In Saskatchewan (Human Rights Commission) v. Whatcott 2013 SCC 11the Supreme Court of Canada ...
Could the outcome in Windsor v US be a hollow victory?United States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual Orientation, Standard of ReviewYesterday, the United States Supreme Court heard argument in Windsor v United States. We have been closely ...
Freedom of political communication and offensive speech in AustraliaAustralia, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionBy Boxun Yin - In Monis v The Queen [2013] HCA 4, the High Court of Australia considered the unique Australian ...
So Near and Yet So Far: The International Arms Trade Treaty and Human RightsUnited Nations, Conflict and Human RightsBy Dr Gilles Giacca - The renewed United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty opened on 18 March 2013 ...
Australian Discrimination Law Reform Abandoned by GovernmentAustralia, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionBy Dominique Allen - Late last year, I wrote about the proposed changes to modernise Australia’s ageing ...
Prisoner Voting and the Rule of Law: The Irony of Non-ComplianceEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to VoteBy John Hirst - Prisoners’ voting rights remain a vexed issue in the United Kingdom. Following the European ...
The Strasbourg Court, the ‘Exhaustion of Domestic Remedies’ Rule, and the Principle of Subsidiarity: Between a Rock and a Hard Place?European Convention on Human Rights, Access to JusticeBy Natasha Simonsen - The recent judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Er & Ors v ...
Contesting Refugee Status Cessation: The Rwandan CaseUnited Nations, Immigration and AsylumBy Kelly O'Connor - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recommends that the refugee status ...
Engendering Social Welfare RightsSouth Africa, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Social ProtectionRecipients of social welfare must routinely face the fact that many in society regard them as “scroungers” who are ...
CSW57: Violence against Indigenous Women and GirlsUnited Nations, GenderToday we continue our special themed post series focusing on CSW57. Claire Overman reflects on one of the ...