The Enshrinement of Abortion in the French Constitution. Phronesis: after the celebration, a call for caution (Part II)France, Abortion, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Sexual and Reproductive RightsThe first part of this blog examined the process that led to the amendment that enshrined abortion in the French ...
Tide Turning on Australia’s Inadequate Climate Policy? A Challenge from First Nations Peoples in the Torres StraitAustralia, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Cultural rights, Environment, Human Dignity, Indigenous Rights, Right to healthy environment, Socio-Economic Rights, Substantive EqualityThe low-lying islands of Zendath Kes (Torres Strait) are the frontlines of the climate crisis. Without action, ...
Threats to Judicial Independence and Impartiality: The Attack on Mexico’s Supreme CourtMexico, Access to Justice, Judges' Legacy, Role of the Judiciary, Social ProtectionWhen Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced his government plan, he formally promised to respect ...
AI and Global Development: The Role of Economic and Social RightsEuropean Union, Global North, Global South, United Nations, World Bank, Artificial Intelligence, Business and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Health, Right to Privacy, Social Protection, Socio-Economic Rights, Substantive Equality, Technology and human rightsAs policymakers in the Global North prepare to introduce binding horizontal AI regulation, increasing attention is ...
Artificial Intelligence: The Need to Update the Equality Act 2010United Kingdom, Artificial Intelligence, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Substantive EqualityThe Equality Act 2010 is not keeping up with the developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI). The United Kingdom ...
How can we guard against AI-generated discrimination?European Union, United Kingdom, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Intersectionality, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Social Protection, Technology and human rightsOne of the most commonly expressed concerns about AI systems is their capacity to produce unfairly discriminatory ...
La Belgique criminalise l’écocide: une (imparfaite) première européenneBelgium, European Union, International Criminal Court, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, United States, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Environment, Right to healthy environmentLe 22 février 2024, la Belgique a marqué l’histoire en adoptant un nouveau code pénal criminalisant l’écocide dans ...
Belgium Recognises the Crime of Ecocide: A (Lukewarm) European FirstBelgium, European Union, International Criminal Court, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, United States, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Environment, Right to healthy environmentOn 22 February 2024, Belgium made history by adopting a new penal code that criminalises ‘ecocide’ at the national ...
Another Failed Execution: The United States’ Strained Relationship with the Right to LifeUnited Nations, United States, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death Penalty, Human Dignity, Right to LifeAt 73 years of age, Thomas Creech is Idaho’s longest-serving death row inmate. He entered prison in 1974 and was ...
Beyond State Responsibility: The Trafigura Case and Corporate Accountability in AfricaAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Environment, Right to Health, Right to healthy environment, Right to Information, Right to Life, Social ProtectionOver the last few decades, there has been global recognition that corporations yield considerable social, economic ...
Women’s Invisible Labour, Kinkeeping and Care: Ireland’s 8 March Constitutional ReferendumIreland, United Nations, Children's Rights, Disability, Gender, Role of the Judiciary, Socio-Economic Rights, Substantive EqualityOn International Women’s Day, Ireland will hold votes on two proposed changes to Article 41 of the Constitution. ...
Coming of Age: The Establishment of 18 as the Legal Minimum Age for MarriageUnited Nations, Children's Rights, GenderRecent reports from the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) highlight a global decline ...