One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Constitution-Making and Voter Education in ZimbabweZimbabwe, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to VoteBy Obert Hodzi Over the past decade, Zimbabwe has been characterised by political turmoil and economic meltdown ...
Justice and Security Act 2013: Impact on Open Justice and Trial RightsUnited Kingdom, Access to Justice On the 25th of April 2013, the Justice and Security Act was granted Royal Assent after the Bill’s ...
Stealing Brides in Kyrgyzstan: Why Multiculturalism and Women’s Rights Make Such Uneasy BedfellowsUnited Nations, GenderLiz Fouksman uses the case of bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan to delve into the uneasy intersection of culture and ...
Denied Education is Denied Survival: The Case of The Nasa PeopleColombia, Right to Education, Socio-Economic RightsBy Ethel Castellanos-Morales and Camilo Castillo-Sánchez - Colombia is a country with a modern constitutional ...
Public Interest Law in South AfricaSouth Africa, Role of the JudiciaryBy Justice Dhaya Pillay I am troubled by the inequality in our society despite our grand Constitution. My ...
The Role of Civil Society in the Execution of ECtHR JudgmentsEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryBy Victoria Prais European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments can have a huge impact in Member States by ...
Rendering Abortion Unconstitutional? Article 28 of Zambia’s New Draft ConstitutionZambia, Abortion, Right to Life, Sexual and Reproductive RightsBy Yaliwe Clarke Given international gains in legislation that protects women’s right to abortion, it is ...
Silencing Rape on U.S. College Campuses: Evaluating the Clery ActUnited States of America, GenderThe Steubenville rape verdict a few months ago has sparked a broader conversation about the United States’ endemic ...
A Price Tag for Employment Rights? The New Employee Shareholder Status in the UKUnited Kingdom, Labour RightsBy Dr. Jeremias Prassl - Section 31 of the recently enacted Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 has added a ...
The Crimes of Gambia’s Criminal Justice SystemGambia, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialLast Autumn, the world witnessed a fleeting frenzy when The Gambia’s eccentric President Jammeh resumed executions ...
The Crimes of Gambia's Criminal Justice SystemGambia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death Penalty, Right against TortureLast Autumn, the world witnessed a fleeting frenzy when The Gambia’s eccentric President Jammeh resumed executions ...
Marriage Equality in New Zealand – Part II: Public Interest LitigationNew Zealand, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual OrientationBy Max Harris Editor's Note: Last week, Max Harris examined the religious exemptions of New Zealand’s recently ...