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 ...
The Prevention of Infiltration (Amendment no. 4) Bill: A malevolent response to the Israeli Supreme Court judgmentIsrael, Immigration and AsylumOn 16 September, the Israeli Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice (HCJ), handed down a unanimous ...
The Santos-FARC Peace Talks: Human Rights Challenges in ColombiaColombia, Conflict and Human RightsColombian political analysts suggest that we do not really know what is happening in the negotiation between the ...
Secret Executions in India: Another Reason to Rethink the Death PenaltyIndia, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialSecret executions of death row prisoners are increasingly becoming the order of the day in India. At least three ...
Australian judge lays down gauntlet for proponents of human rights instrumentsAustralia, Constitutions and Human RightsLast week we featured a post by Professor Brice Dickson on whether the common law would adequately fill any void ...
A New Frontier? Human Rights and Public FinanceSocio-Economic RightsThe link between human rights and states’ resource policies is currently a hot topic politically as well as ...