Why the Kenyan Supreme Court erred in limiting justiciability of rights through the Limitation of Actions Act: the Zehrabanu AppealAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, Kenya, Enforcement of Human RightsThe Supreme Curt of Kenya (SCORK has through Zehrabanu Janmohamed and Another v Nathaniel K. Lagat 4 Others, found ...
#CancelCoal: South African Youth Successfully Lead Climate Case Against Proposed Coal-Fired Power StationSouth Africa, Children's Rights, Environment, Role of the JudiciaryOn 4 December 2024, the High Court of Pretoria in South Africa (SA) handed down a landmark judgment in the “Cancel ...
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Evolving Jurisprudence on Cyberviolence against Women at the European Court of Human RightsEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Gender Equality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Private LifeOn 3 December 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (Court) delivered judgment in MŞD v Romania, its third ...
At 75 the Commonwealth Promises to Protect Media Freedom. But How?Commonwealth, Freedom of the Press, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionAt the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa in late October 2024, leaders of the 56 member ...
A Climate Policy Under Fire: Germany’s NECP Lawsuit and EU Climate GovernanceEuropean Union, Germany, Climate Change, EnvironmentThe Environmental Action Germany (Deutsche Umwelthilfe, ‘DUH’), a non-governmental environmental and consumer ...
Caste Discrimination in Indian Prisons Case – Part 2 (Discrimination against Denotified Tribes)India, Supreme Court of India, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThis blog continues Part 1 of the exploration of Caste Discrimination in Indian Prisons Case (Sukanya Shantha v. ...
Caste Discrimination in Indian Prisons Case – Part 1 (Division of Manual Labour)India, Supreme Court of IndiaThis two-part blog series delves into the pervasive issue of caste discrimination within Indian prisons, analysing ...
Prisoners’ Right to Procreate as a Ground for Parole in India: A Platform for Discrimination?India, Prisoners rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationIndian courts have recognized that prisoners possess procreative and marital rights under Article 21 of the ...
Shifting Judicial Attitudes and the Promise of Gender Equality: An Analysis of the Dissenting Opinion in the Recent Surrogacy Case Law of the ECtHR – Part 2 (The (Mis)Idea of the Best Interest of the Child & the Meaning of a Family)ECHR, Norway, Gender Equality, Rights of the family, Same-sex marriage, SurrogacyScholars advance the argument that the ECtHR should play an active role in mitigating the issues posed by the ...
Shifting Judicial Attitudes and the Promise of Gender Equality: An Analysis of the Dissenting Opinion in the Recent Surrogacy Case Law of the ECtHR – Part 1 (Intended Mothers & the ‘Just’ Law)ECHR, Norway, Gender Equality, Right to Private Life, Rights of the family, SurrogacyGender-based equality has been at the heart of the debates on motherhood within the context of surrogacy cases, ...
Sedition as an Occupational Hazard for Hong Kong Journalists: Analyzing the Stand News VerdictHong Kong, Freedom of the Press, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, SeditionStand News was an online news media established in Hong Kong in December 2014. It carried news, editorials, ...
Buffer Zones: Time to Rethink Abortion and the Carceral State?United Kingdom, Abortion, Gender, Human Dignity, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Social Protection, Substantive EqualityOn 31 Oct 2024, legislation enacting “buffer zones”—designated areas around abortion clinics where protests and ...