Indian Supreme Court on Gender Sensitisation of Judges: Aparna Bhat & Ors v State of Madhya Pradesh & AnrIndia, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender, Role of the Judiciary, Social Protection, Standard of ReviewTo achieve gender justice, it is critical that the judiciary avoid stereotypes and social biases to strengthen a ...
Addressing the Gender Pay Gap Through Mandatory Reporting: A Comparison of British and Australian LegislationAustralia, European Union, United Kingdom, Business and Human Rights, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Social ProtectionEvery country has a gender pay gap favouring men. This gap, which describes the difference in average wages ...
Gender Parity in India: What a Case of ‘Accidental Feminism’ Can OfferIndia, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationWhile post-independent India has witnessed rising gendered rates of literacy, life expectancy and schooling, these ...
Time to Demystify Equal Pay and Gender Pay GapsUnited Nations, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationMore than two decades ago, one of my colleagues, a well-respected lawyer, declared with conviction that in ...
The Struggle to Establish Human Rights Courts in India: An Unfulfilled PromiseIndia, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Role of the Judiciary, Standard of ReviewA petition was filed by Bhavika Phore on July 8, 2019, in the Supreme Court of India seeking to solidify human ...
Disability-Selective Abortions – A Double-Edged Sword? High Court of England and Wales Gives Ruling on the Conflict Between Rights of Disabled Persons and Women’s Reproductive ChoiceEuropean Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Abortion, Disability, GenderIn Crowter & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Health And Social Care [2021] EWHC 2536 ...
The Colonial and Casteist Undertones of Policing in Madhya Pradesh, IndiaIndia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death Penalty, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe Criminal Justice and Police Accountability Project studied two sets of data to examine the criminal justice ...
Unpacking the Limitations of a Reform-Based Approach and Contextualising Prison Abolition in IndiaIndia, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer for allegedly forging a $20 dollar bill, ...
Emerging from the COVID 19 Pandemic: What role for the Forgotten Right to Continuous Improvement of Living Conditions in the ICESCR?United Nations, Access to Justice, COVID-19, Environment, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Social Protection, Socio-Economic RightsAs the world confronts the devastating impact of the COVID pandemic it must tackle the thorny related problems of ...
Indian Supreme Court Strengthens Right to Education for Children with DisabilitiesIndia, Children's Rights, Disability, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn a judgment delivered on 28 October 2021, the Indian Supreme Court took an important step in the direction of ...
Defending legality in judicial appointments: The European Court of Human Rights and the Polish constitutional crisis [Part 2]Poland, Constitutions and Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryThis is what happened in Poland. The Supreme Court made a preliminary reference about the appointment of the ...
Defending legality in judicial appointments: The European Court of Human Rights and the Polish constitutional crisis [Part1]European Convention on Human Rights, Poland, Constitutions and Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryThat the Polish constitutional crisis would have had serious human-rights implications was clear from the start. ...