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. ...
Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan declares the custom of Swara as un-Islamic and unconstitutionalPakistan, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn 25 October 2021, a three-judge bench of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan (FSC) headed by the FSC Chief ...
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 ...