Children’s Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human RightsAmerican Convention on Human Rights, Children's RightsOn 4 December 2013, Dr Nicolás Espejo-Yaksic, Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College, UNICEF consultant in Latin ...
A Form of Child Trafficking in Haiti: The Orphanage BusinessHaiti, Children's Rights, Labour RightsIn the next few weeks, the Haitian senate will vote, for the first time, on anti-trafficking legislation. The ...
The Crime of “Homosexuality” under Cameroon Criminal LawCameroon, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationAccording to Human Rights Watch there are 76 countries in the world that prosecute people for having consensual ...
The Mandela I Knew by Professor Bob Hepple QC, FBASouth Africa, Constitutions and Human RightsI hesitated when asked to say something on the sad occasion of the death of Nelson Mandela, because so many ...
Naz Foundation: Reading Down the Supreme CourtIndia, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual OrientationThere is no doubt that the Supreme Court in Suresh Kumar v Naz Foundation held that section 377 of the Indian ...
The Commonwealth v The Australian Capital Territory: Marriage Equality in the High CourtAustralia, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationOn Thursday the High Court of Australia effectively struck down the nation’s first same-sex marriage laws. But ...
Of Koushal v NAZ Foundation’s Several Travesties: Discrimination and DemocracyIndia, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual OrientationThere are many things wrong about the 98 page decision of the Indian Supreme Court in Suresh Kumar Koushal v NAZ ...
XYZ or HJ: How do EU and UK refugee law stack up on identity issues?Court of Justice of the European Union, United Kingdom, Immigration and Asylum, Sexual OrientationThe purpose of refugee law is to give sanctuary to people fleeing persecution because of some aspect of their ...
A Step Closer to Secret Justice?United Kingdom, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialThe recent case of CF v Security Service provides an early indication of how the courts will treat the ...
Sexual Harassment in the Indian Legal ProfessionIndia, GenderTwo big sexual harassment complaints have sent shock waves in India this month– one by a legal intern complaining ...
Religious Freedom: A 21st Century ParadigmRight to Freedom of ReligionThe Pew Research Center’s studies on global restrictions on religion have played a role in shifting discussion ...
X v Latvia: Creative Harmony, Fortunate ResultEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Children's Rights, Right to PrivacyIn X v Latvia the ECtHR held that a domestic Latvian order requiring the applicant to return her daughter to ...