Weaponizing Vagueness: The Chilling Effect of Karnataka’s Fake News Bill on Free Speech and Democratic PluralismIndia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Information, rule of law, separation of powersIn March 2025, the Government of Karnataka introduced the draft Misinformation and Fake News (Prohibition) Bill, ...
The US TAKE IT DOWN Act: The Fight Against Deepfake-Enabled TFGBV and Human RightsUnited States, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Gender Based Violence, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionOn 19 May 2025, the US President signed a new law named TAKE IT DOWN Act (S.146) (‘the Act’), which protects ...
Litigating for Reproductive Justice in the Commonwealth Caribbean: Antigua and Dominica Illuminate the PathAntigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Abortion, Gender Equality, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Strategic LitigationAcross the Commonwealth Caribbean, the spectre of colonialism continues to impede women’s full and free exercise ...
Teenage Love Caught between Consent and Criminality under POCSOIndia, Bodily autonomy, Children's Rights, Legislative Reform, Sexual and Reproductive RightsIn a country where the age of consent is fixed at 18 years, what happens to a 17-year-old in a consensual ...
Legislation Meets Compassion: Frontline Workers Fighting Child Sexual AbuseIndia, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Human Dignity, Social Protection, Standard of Review, Substantive EqualityChild sexual abuse (CSA) leaves a profound scar, with physical, psychological, and social impacts. CSA survivors ...
Narco-Analysis and Procedural Abuse in Bail Proceedings in IndiaIndia, Supreme Court of India, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Criminal Process Rights, Role of the JudiciaryRecently, in Amlesh Kumar v. State of Bihar (2025), the Supreme Court of India set aside a bail order passed by ...
Revisiting Right to Information in India: Is the DPDP Act counterproductive to RTI Act?India, Supreme Court of India, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to InformationThe Right to Information Act of 2005 (‘RTI Act’) in India empowers citizens to demand transparency and ...
The Peculiar Phenomenon of ‘Kid-Gurus’ in IndiaIndia, Best Interest of the Child, Children's Rights, Protection from Exploitation, Right to Education, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionAt just 10 years old, Abhinav Arora has garnered nearly a million followers on Instagram – as a spiritual leader. ...
Abolish ICE? What It Really Means—and What Comes NextUnited States of America, Immigration and Asylum, refugee rightsCalls to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have moved from activist circles to mainstream ...
New WIPO Treaty to Protect Indigenous Rights: Reform without SanctionUnited Nations, WIPO, Indigenous Rights, Property, Traditional KnowledgeIndigenous people’s traditional knowledge has routinely been misappropriated through the use of conventional ...
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 ...