Semenya v Switzerland: Divided ECtHR Significantly Advances the Human Rights Protection for Intersex Athletes (and all professional sportspeople in general) – Part IIEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Switzerland, Gender, Gender identity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Substantive EqualityPart I of this blog (available here) discussed the facts of the case and laid down the jurisdiction issue. Part II ...
Semenya v Switzerland: Divided ECtHR Significantly Advances the Human Rights Protection for Intersex Athletes (and all professional sportspeople in general) – Part IEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Switzerland, Gender, Gender identity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Substantive EqualityShould women with variations of sex characteristics be excluded from professional women’s sports ...
Unpacking India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act: A New Dawn or a False Start?India, Business and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Privacy, Role of the Judiciary, Social ProtectionThe Government of India recently passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023, with the primary purpose of ...
Safi and Others and the Council of Europe’s role in preventing further tragedies off the Greek shoresEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Greece, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn June 2023 a boat carrying migrants sank near Pylos (Greece), causing 300-650 deaths. The investigation into the ...
Minority v Minority Only Benefits the PrivilegedIndia, United States of America, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Intersectionality, Race, Right to Education, Substantive EqualityThe US Supreme Court’s decision Students for Fair Admissions v Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College ...
Over-compensation by the European Court? A Proposal for Reforming Compensation AwardsEuropean Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialIn light of the Malkinson case, questions are being asked about why successful appellants in the criminal court ...
The Legacy Bill: Furthering the Gap to Truth and JusticeIreland, United Kingdom, Access to Justice, Conflict and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Role of the JudiciaryCurrently before the UK’s House of Lords is the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill (the ...
Decoding Manipur: Unveiling Human Rights Violations Against Women Amidst Ethnic ConflictIndia, Conflict and Human Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationA viral video of two tribal women paraded naked by Meitei men in Manipur's Thoubal district has shocked India and ...
Malaysian Court of Appeal Upholds Fatwa Declaring A Company ‘Deviant’ from Islamic TeachingsMalaysia, Business and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of ReligionOn 21 March 2023, the Court of Appeal in Malaysia – by a 2-1 majority – upheld a decision of the Malaysian High ...
Figel’ v Slovakia: Potential landmark ECtHR decision on COVID-19 related restrictions to religious freedomCroatia, European Convention on Human Rights, European Union, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Constitutions and Human Rights, COVID-19, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Privacy, Role of the Judiciary, Social ProtectionThe COVID-19 pandemic introduced a period of unprecedented restrictions to fundamental rights, unthinkable no less ...
After SFFA v. Harvard, Universities Must Hold the LineUnited States of America, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA), the Supreme Court further limited a university’s right to ...
Will Ireland Constitutionalise Environmental Human Rights and the Rights of Nature as a Response to the Biodiversity Crisis?Ireland, Environment, Right to healthy environmentEarlier this year, a Citizens’ Assembly in Ireland tasked with examining biodiversity loss made a number of ...