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Sexual Offences Will Never Be The Same Again: The Embrace Projects tackles the definition of rape in South Africa (Part 2)

Sexual Offences Will Never Be The Same Again: The Embrace Projects tackles the definition of rape in South Africa (Part 2)

South Africa, Criminal Justice, Gender, Gender Equality, Sexual Violence

In Part 1 of this blog, I explained how the High Court of South Africa came to decide that certain provisions of ...

Can’t Fathers Feed their Babies? Critiquing the Indian Supreme Court’s order on gendered infant-care in public

Can’t Fathers Feed their Babies? Critiquing the Indian Supreme Court’s order on gendered infant-care in public

India, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Gender Equality, Labour Rights, Right to Health

In February 2025, the Supreme Court of India passed a landmark order in Maatr Sparsh, An Initiative by Avyaan ...

Sexual Offences Will Never Be The Same Again: The Embrace Projects tackles the definition of rape in South Africa (Part 1)

Sexual Offences Will Never Be The Same Again: The Embrace Projects tackles the definition of rape in South Africa (Part 1)

South Africa, Criminal Justice, Gender, Gender Equality, Sexual Violence

In The Embrace Project v Minister of Justice, the High Court of South Africa in Pretoria declared unconstitutional ...

Protecting Refugees After Repatriation: The Ongoing Role of International Human Rights Bodies

Protecting Refugees After Repatriation: The Ongoing Role of International Human Rights Bodies

Iraq, Syria, United Nations, Immigration and Asylum, Refugee Convention

There are currently tens of thousands of people living in life-threatening conditions in detention camps in Syria. ...

From Land Claims to Sacred Land Claims: Reflections on the Yunupingu Judgement and The Potential of ‘Freedom of Religion or Belief’

From Land Claims to Sacred Land Claims: Reflections on the Yunupingu Judgement and The Potential of ‘Freedom of Religion or Belief’

Australia, Indigenous Rights, Right to Freedom of Religion,

Warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders: this article contains the name of a deceased person. On 12 ...

National Security Laws from a Common Law Perspective: Insights from the Recent Triumph of Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China

National Security Laws from a Common Law Perspective: Insights from the Recent Triumph of Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China

Hong Kong, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Freedom of Association, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression

The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (the “Alliance”) emerged as one of ...

Violence Against Women and the ECHR: Addressing Evidential Gaps in the Court’s Jurisprudence

Violence Against Women and the ECHR: Addressing Evidential Gaps in the Court’s Jurisprudence

European Convention on Human Rights, Domestic Violence, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Women's Rights

Recent research indicates that the rates of femicide by partners or family members have differed only slightly in ...

Climate Injustice: International Response to the Indigenous Women Experiences

Climate Injustice: International Response to the Indigenous Women Experiences

International Law, Climate Change, Climate justice, Gender Equality, Indigenous Rights, Women's Rights

Climate change is one of the most challenging threats humans face. It acts as a “threat multiplier,” intensifying ...

The Global Gag Rule as a Human Rights Crisis: Restricting Autonomy and Healthcare Access

The Global Gag Rule as a Human Rights Crisis: Restricting Autonomy and Healthcare Access

United States of America, Abortion, Access to Justice, Gender, Gender Equality, Human Dignity, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, , Substantive Equality

In January 2025, the newly inaugurated Trump administration reaffirmed and broadened the so-called Global Gag Rule ...

The Crime Against Humanity of Gender Persecution: A First Beam of Light for Afghan Women and Girls

The Crime Against Humanity of Gender Persecution: A First Beam of Light for Afghan Women and Girls

Afghanistan, Civil and political rights, Economic, Gender Equality, International Criminal Law, , Women's Rights

The application by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for arrest warrants ...

Discarding the Marital Rape Exemption: From Fundamental Rights to Vulnerability Theory

Discarding the Marital Rape Exemption: From Fundamental Rights to Vulnerability Theory

India, Supreme Court of India, Criminal Justice, Gender, Gender Based Violence, Gender Equality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

Recently, in Gorakhnth Sharma v. State of Chhattisgarh, the Chhattisgarh High Court acquitted a man, who allegedly ...

Individualised Risk Assessments and the Principle of Non-Refoulement: Why States Cannot Rush to Return Refugees and Asylum Seekers Back to Syria

Individualised Risk Assessments and the Principle of Non-Refoulement: Why States Cannot Rush to Return Refugees and Asylum Seekers Back to Syria

Syria, United Nations, European Convention on Human Rights, ICCPR, Immigration and Asylum, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Refugee Convention, Right to Seek Asylum

The principle of non-refoulement – a principle of international law in the Refugee Convention, the International ...

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