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The Regression of Democracy and Systematic Violations of Political Rights: A Case from Jakarta’s Special Region Bill

The Regression of Democracy and Systematic Violations of Political Rights: A Case from Jakarta’s Special Region Bill

Indonesia, United Nations, Access to Justice, Right to Political Participation, Right to Vote

The current draft of Jakarta Special Region Bill (the Draft) proposed by Indonesian House of Representatives ...

Balancing Acts: The Intricacies of Enforcing ICC Arrest Warrants Against Heads of State

Balancing Acts: The Intricacies of Enforcing ICC Arrest Warrants Against Heads of State

International Criminal Court, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Russia, Ukraine

This year, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against the President and the ...

Confronting Cyber Homophobia – Lessons from the United Kingdom and a Plea for Legal Reform in India

Confronting Cyber Homophobia – Lessons from the United Kingdom and a Plea for Legal Reform in India

Australia, India, United Kingdom, Access to Justice, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Life, Sexual Orientation,

Priyanshu, a self-taught make-up artist and social media influencer from Ujjain, India, boasting an Instagram ...

COP28 and Its Shortcomings: The Inadequate Protection of Human Rights

COP28 and Its Shortcomings: The Inadequate Protection of Human Rights

United Nations, Business and Human Rights, Climate justice, Environment, Human Dignity, Right to healthy environment, Right to Life, Right to Privacy

The 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ...

Non-Refoulement of Uyghur Prisoners in India

Non-Refoulement of Uyghur Prisoners in India

China, India, United Nations, Conflict and Human Rights, Gender, Human Dignity, Immigration and Asylum, Intersectionality, Right against Torture, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Association, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Life,

Although India is not party to the 1951 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Refugees, this does not ...

A Regression of Rights? The Exclusion of LGBTQI+ Individuals from the Supreme Court of India’s Sexual Harassment Regulations

A Regression of Rights? The Exclusion of LGBTQI+ Individuals from the Supreme Court of India’s Sexual Harassment Regulations

India, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Substantive Equality

On 7 November 2023, the Supreme Court of India declined a petition seeking to amend the Gender Sensitization and ...

South African High Court Rules that Tribal Levies are Unconstitutional and Contrary to Customary Law

South African High Court Rules that Tribal Levies are Unconstitutional and Contrary to Customary Law

South Africa, Conflict and Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Political Participation, Role of the Judiciary

On 1 November 2023, the High Court of South Africa held that levies involuntarily imposed under section 25 of the ...

Is Mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence a Paper Tiger? Lessons from the French Experience (Part I)

Is Mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence a Paper Tiger? Lessons from the French Experience (Part I)

Europe, European Union, France, Business and Human Rights, Environment, Right to healthy environment

In 2017, France became the first country to enact a due diligence law, the Law on the Duty of Vigilance, requiring ...

Is Mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence a Paper Tiger? Lessons from the French Experience (Part II)

Is Mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence a Paper Tiger? Lessons from the French Experience (Part II)

Europe, European Union, France, Business and Human Rights, Environment, Right to healthy environment

France was the first country to enact a due diligence law with its Law on the Duty of Vigilance. While the Law has ...

Religious Discrimination, Headscarves and ‘exclusive neutrality’: backsliding by the CJEU

Religious Discrimination, Headscarves and ‘exclusive neutrality’: backsliding by the CJEU

Belgium, Court of Justice of the European Union, European Union, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Cultural rights, Gender, Intersectionality, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to work, Role of the Judiciary, Standard of Review, Substantive Equality

In OP v Commune d’Ans the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) returned to religious discrimination and ...

Mainstreaming Merits Review: Kenya’s Court of Appeal Further Clarifies the Scope of Judicial Review Law

Mainstreaming Merits Review: Kenya’s Court of Appeal Further Clarifies the Scope of Judicial Review Law

Kenya, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Role of the Judiciary, Standard of Review

On 10 November 2023, the Kenyan Court of Appeal delivered its judgment in Patrick Kabundu & Another v County ...

The Shell Case: A Viable Path to Establish Corporate Climate Responsibility?

The Shell Case: A Viable Path to Establish Corporate Climate Responsibility?

European Convention on Human Rights, Netherlands, United Nations, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Environment, Right to Life, Right to Privacy, Standard of Review

On 26 May 2021, The Hague District Court in the Netherlands ordered energy giant Shell to reduce the CO2 emissions ...

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