Cyprus v Turkey: Arming the European Court against States’ Complacency?European Convention on Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryThe European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”) recently handed down judgment in Cyprus v Turkey. This case, the ...
Schuette v BAMN: a Need to Rethink Equal ProtectionUnited States of America, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the JudiciaryEditor’s note: this post follows on from Christina Lee’s analysis of the decision in Schuette v Coalition to ...
Using faith to reinforce human rights of Bahá’ís in IranIran, Right to Freedom of ReligionEditor’s note: this is a redacted version of the original post, which can be found on the openGlobalRights ...
Schuette: The Latest in the Affirmative Action SagaUnited States of America, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the JudiciaryOn April 22, 2014, in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, the Supreme Court of the United States ...
Girls with Books, Better Laws, Pave the Way AheadChildren's Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination“The extremists are afraid of books and pens. The power of education frightens them,” Pakistan's teenage activist ...
Are Women's Rights Really Human Rights?Nigeria, Gender, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationAt the second World Conference on Human Rights in June 1993, the statement, 'women's rights are human rights' was ...
Are Women’s Rights Really Human Rights?Nigeria, Children's Rights, GenderAt the second World Conference on Human Rights in June 1993, the statement, 'women's rights are human rights' was ...
The Uneasy Decision in A and B v Secretary of State for HealthUnited Kingdom, Abortion, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive RightsMost women from Northern Ireland seeking an abortion will travel to England. This is expensive: in addition to ...
Everyday Utopias and Challenging PreconceptionsRight to Equality and Non-DiscriminationDavina Cooper’s “Everyday Utopias: The Conceptual Life of Promising Spaces” considers the contribution that ...
Right to Protest: Developments at the Inter-American and UN SystemsBrazil, Right to Freedom of AssemblyOn Friday, 28 March 2014, there was a thematic hearing about the repression of social protests in Brazil at the ...
Going Hungry? The Human Right to Food in the UKUnited Kingdom, Right to Food and WaterThe Government is legally required under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ...
Contributions Caps and the First AmendmentUnited States of America, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to VoteOn April 2nd, the United States Supreme Court struck down aggregate campaign contribution limits in federal ...