Bangladesh’s National Human Rights Commission: A Watchdog Without Teeth?Bangladesh, Denmark, India, Constitutions and Human RightsThe haunting image of fifteen-year-old Felani Khatun’s body hanging from a barbed wire fence after being shot by ...
Reflecting on the Right to Self-Determination as the Primary Ground for Protection of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial ContactUnited Nations, Environment, Human Dignity, Indigenous Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Self-Determination, Social Protection, Standard of Review, Substantive EqualityFrom 21 April to 2 May 2025, the UN Headquarters in New York hosted the 24th session of the United Nations ...
Breaking the Cycle of Injustice: The Global South’s Struggle to Climate Equity in International ForumsBangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, United Nations, Climate Change, Climate justice, Socio-Economic RightsIn the Global South, climate change is not merely an environmental crisis but a major human rights issue. This ...
Business and Human Rights in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Current opportunities and challenges from Brazil’s condemnationsBrazil, Inter-American Convention on Human Rights, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Business and Human RightsIn October and November 2024, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued two judgments condemning ...
Two children too many? Expanding maternity benefits to mothers with more than two children in IndiaIndia, Gender Equality, Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave, Women's RightsOn 23 May 2025, the Indian Supreme Court in K. Umadevi v. Government of Tamil Nadu broadened the interpretation of ...
Affordable Housing and Reasonable Standards of Sanitation in KenyaKenya, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Housing, Role of the Judiciary, Socio-Economic RightsIn the Global South, particularly in Africa, to be born and raised in a poor background is to learn the harshness ...
Human Rights Economy: A Solution to Economic Cruelty and Everyday AtrocitiesUnited Nations, Business and Human Rights, Socio-Economic RightsThe UN Human Rights Office has called for human rights guardrails in the economic sphere, also known as a Human ...
How a Caste Census Could Transform India’s Reservation PoliciesIndia, Supreme Court of India, Constitutions and Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Right to Education, Substantive EqualityThe Indian government recently announced that the next nationwide population census will be conducted in 2026-27, ...
When The Shield Becomes A Sword: The Abuse Of Involuntary Treatment Provisions For Mentally Ill Persons In IndiaIndia, Supreme Court of India, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe involuntary admission and treatment of persons with mental illness is a breach of privacy and autonomy. It can ...
Un-“sexing” Sex as a Ground for Anti-DiscriminationIndia, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America, Gender, Gender Equality, Gender identity, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThere has been significant commentary on UK Supreme Court’s (UKSC) decision which held that the terms “man”, ...
When Justice Delays Justice: How Structural Judicial Failures Harm Human Rights in South AsiaBangladesh, India, Nepal, South Asia, Executive, Role of the JudiciaryIn South Asia, the courts are often the last and only place to turn to for justice. But what happens when the ...
Krachunova v Bulgaria: Human trafficking, forced sex work, and loss of earnings claimsEuropean Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, United Kingdom, Forced Labour, Modern SlaveryIn late 2023, Krachunova v Bulgaria established a positive obligation on states to allow victims of human ...