Establishing Aboriginal Title in Canada: Tsilhqot’in Nation v British ColumbiaCanada, EnvironmentThe declaration of Aboriginal title by the Supreme Court of Canada on June 26, 2014—a first in Canada—is a ...
The Irrelevance of Residence: The Unlawful ‘Residence Test’ for Legal AidUnited Kingdom, Access to Justice, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn R (Public Law Project) v Secretary of State for Justice, the Administrative Court held that the Government’s ...
Why Should Anyone Care About The UN? The UN Forum 2014United Nations, Constitutions and Human RightsThe UN Forum 2014, orchestrated by the United Nations Association-UK on 28 June, was the largest public event on ...
Mind the values gap: do we really believe in the Constitution?South Africa, Constitutions and Human RightsSouth Africans often proudly proclaim that our Constitution is one of the most progressive in the world. Yet if ...
When does being better qualified provide you with fewer opportunities?United Kingdom, Labour Rights, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe answer: when you’re a member of one of the UK’s many ethnic minorities. Figures from the University of ...
Migrants’ Voting at the Local Level is a Human RightEuropean Union, Immigration and Asylum, Right to VoteAccording to a recent study, only 15 of the 28 EU member states allow categories of resident migrants (‘third ...
Vergara Ruling Poses Problems for Separation of Powers and Academic FreedomUnited States of America, Right to Education, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Role of the JudiciaryOn June 10th, handing down judgment in Vergara v. California, the California Supreme Court struck down three ...
Mega event tactics: Brazil’s Sex Industry During the World Cup 2014Brazil, Gender, Labour RightsOn 23rd May 2014, police from the 76th Police Precinct in Niterói, near Rio de Janeiro, invaded (without judicial ...
Brazil’s laws on quotas and the road to racial equalityBrazil, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn 9th June, Brazil´s President signed a new bill establishing a race-based affirmative action program for federal ...
Conform or be confined: S.A.S. v FranceEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Right to Freedom of ReligionThe European Court of Human Rights ruled on 1st July that France’s ban on face coverings, known as the burqa-ban, ...
‘Children in an Age of Austerity’: The Impact of Welfare Reform on Children in NottinghamUnited Kingdom, Children's Rights, Social ProtectionThe Welfare Reform Act 2012 has introduced the biggest changes to state welfare since the establishment of the ...
Winning Decisions in the 2014 Gender Justice Uncovered AwardsGender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationJudges from all over the world are held accountable for the decisions they issue and for how these rulings affect ...