Protocol No. 15 to the ECHR: a new era of subsidiarity or a symbolic change?European Convention on Human Rights, Standard of ReviewProtocol No. 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights came into force in August 2021. It introduced several ...
The Global Gag Rule Violates Human Rights, We Need a Permanent SolutionUnited States, Abortion, Gender, Right to Health, Right to Privacy, Sexual and Reproductive RightsThe Global Gag Rule (GGR or Mexico City Policy) is a regressive, harmful policy that violates the human rights of ...
The Lens of Reformation in Death Penalty Cases: A Complex EnquiryIndia, Death PenaltyAs per the guidelines laid down by the Indian Supreme Court in Bachan Singh v. The State of Punjab and subsequent ...
Reformists Overtook US Political Discourse On Ending Police Violence And Changed NothingUnited States, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOver a year ago, in the midst of the uprisings that followed the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, myself ...
Between Cross-Border Obligations and Domestic Remedies: The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s decision on Sacchi v Argentina (Part 2)United Nations, Children's Rights, EnvironmentThis is the second post evaluating Sacchi v Argentina. The first post in this series can be found here. A longer ...
Between Cross-Border Obligations and Domestic Remedies: The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s decision on Sacchi v Argentina (Part 1)United Nations, Children's Rights, EnvironmentThe UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has delivered its long-awaited admissibility decision on Sacchi et al ...
Why Punitive Policies and Laws Will Not Solve Violent Crime in JamaicaJamaica, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Race“Police kill 7 in Braeton”. “Massacre in Tivoli”. “Police death squads uncovered” These headlines tell ...
Together for Equality: Why and How a Comprehensive Approach to Tackling Discrimination WorksUnited Nations, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationFor almost fifteen years, the Equal Rights Trust has worked to support the adoption of comprehensive equality laws ...
Addressing Police Brutality in Nigeria – A Crisis of Non-ImplementationNigeria, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Race, Right against TortureFor weeks in October 2020, young Nigerians held nationwide protests denouncing years of extra-judicial killings, ...
First Nations Deaths in Custody and the Politics of DenialAustralia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe announcement of an Australian Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in 1987 promised to be a ...
Indian Supreme Court’s Eviction Order Puts Thousands at the Risk of HomelessnessIndia, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic RightsOn 7th June, 2021, the Indian Supreme Court passed a controversial order directing a municipal corporation in the ...
Assessing Vulnerability: Asylum Seekers with Disabilities in Direct Provision in IrelandIreland, Disability, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationAsylum seekers with disabilities are largely invisible in the international protection system in Ireland. They ...