ICESCR Optional Protocol: Reconciling Standards of ReviewUnited Nations, Socio-Economic Rights, Standard of ReviewUntil very recently, there was no individual complaint procedure for a violation of the rights enshrined in the ...
Cash Transfers from Mineral Resource Wealth: Evidence from AfricaAfrica, Business and Human Rights, Social ProtectionIn a previous post, Maniza Naqvi discussed how cash transfers from natural resource wealth revenues have the ...
Safety of Sex-workers and Prostitutes at the Heart of Bedford v Attorney General of CanadaCanada, Labour RightsThere are a myriad of moral and legal grounds to object to or support prostitution. However, rarely has the health ...
Vinter v UK – Why The Majority Are Right To Find That Whole Life Orders Violate Article 3 ECHREuropean Convention on Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right against TortureThe European Court of Human Rights' recent decision in Vinter v UK will inevitably come under fire for infringing ...
John Eekelaar on the response to Abu Qatada’s deportationUnited Kingdom, Immigration and AsylumIt is depressing that some politicians are using the Abu Qatada case to denigrate our system for protecting human ...
John Eekelaar on the response to Abu Qatada's deportationUnited Kingdom, Counter-terrorism, Immigration and Asylum, Right against TortureIt is depressing that some politicians are using the Abu Qatada case to denigrate our system for protecting human ...
Vinter v UK and Whether Life Should Mean LifeEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right against TortureThe Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has ruled, in the case of Vinter and Others v United ...
Zimbabwe’s New Constitution: The Interplay between Election Reform and Constitutional ReformZimbabwe, Constitutions and Human RightsThe new Constitution of Zimbabwe was signed into law on 22 May 2013. It contains several provisions that are ...
Zimbabwe's New Constitution: The Interplay between Election Reform and Constitutional ReformZimbabwe, Constitutions and Human RightsThe new Constitution of Zimbabwe was signed into law on 22 May 2013. It contains several provisions that are ...
Shelby County v Holder: Disconcerting Aspects of the US Supreme Court’s Decision and its Impact on the Right to VoteUnited States of America, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Vote, Standard of ReviewOn the second day of what many consider one of the most eventful weeks in US Supreme Court history, the Court ...
L’écran noir: Shutting down Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (‘ERT’)Greece, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionAs I am writing these lines, Greece is the only state in the Council of Europe with no public broadcast media. On ...
Alternatives to Detention: Evidence from Canada and SwitzerlandUnited Nations, Immigration and AsylumThis is republished from Border Criminologies: Foreigners in a Carceral Age A new report in the UNHCR Legal and ...