Gender and Justice: Navigating the Arguments Around Prenatal Sex Detection in BangladeshBangladesh, Abortion, Gender Equality, Sexual and Reproductive RightsThe High Court Division (HCD) of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh has directed authorities to adhere to guidelines ...
Is the EU’s Digital Services Act Compliant with The Right to Freedom of Expression?European Union, Access to Justice, Human Dignity, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Protection, Standard of ReviewThe Digital Services Act (DSA) is an EU Regulation that became legally binding, at large, on 17 February 2024. The ...
ECtHR’s Judgment in N.Ö. v Türkiye: A Missed Opportunity to Address the Structural Gender InequalitiesTurkey, Gender Based Violence, Gender Equality, Right to Private LifeOn 14 January 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or the Court) issued a significant judgment on ...
Upholding Democratic Taxation, Accountability, and Rural Democracy in South AfricaSouth Africa, Democracy and Political Rights, Tax and human rightsOn 20 December 2024, South Africa’s Constitutional Court (CC) handed down judgment in Mohlaba v Minister of ...
The 2025 Mudawana Reform Protests in MoroccoMorocco, Domestic Violence, Family law, Gender Equality, Women's RightsUnder the guise of benevolent masculinity, many a man will present themselves as an old-fashioned gentleman eager ...
Addressing Loopholes in the Climate Change Laws in Bangladesh: Lessons from UK and DenmarkBangladesh, Climate Change, Climate justice, Right to healthy environmentClimate justice ensures fair treatment and protection for vulnerable groups disproportionately affected by climate ...
Human Nature: Understanding the Constitutional and Indigenous Context of Granting Legal Personhood to Taranaki MoungaNew Zealand, Constitutions and Human Rights, Indigenous RightsLast week Taranaki Mounga (mountain) joined a growing family of natural entities given legal personhood in ...
Trump’s Education Order Undermines Trans Children’s RightsUnited States of America, Children's Rights, Gender, LGBTQI+ rights, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Transgender rightsOn January 29, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a sweeping and draconian executive order purporting to address ...
Navigating Informality: The Rule of Law in EU Migration GovernanceEuropean Convention on Human Rights, European Union, Immigration and Asylum, Right to LifeThe European Union (EU) often prides itself on being a beacon of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. ...
Where social and economic justice meet: South Africa’s SRD decision affirms a rights-based approach to povertySouth Africa, Social Protection, Socio-Economic RightsOver eighteen million of South Africa’s poorest peoples breathed a sigh of relief when, on 23 January 2025, the ...
UKSC to decide what ‘Woman’ means in the Equality Act 2010European Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Gender, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe UK Supreme Court (UKSC) is poised to deliver its judgment in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, ...
Decriminalising Suicide: Kenya’s High Court Paves the Way for Mental Health ReformAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, Kenya, Conflict and Human Rights, Disability, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn a groundbreaking judgment, the High Court of Kenya declared Section 226 of the Penal Code, which criminalised ...