A Right to Conscientious Objection Beyond the Military Context?European Convention on Human Rights, Turkey, Access to Justice, Conflict and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Right to Freedom of Conscience, Social ProtectionThe European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recently held that Türkiye violated Article 9 of the Convention ...
Illegal Human Trafficking Profits SkyrocketUnited Nations, United States of America, Gender, Human Dignity, Immigration and Asylum, Labour Rights, Sexual and Reproductive RightsHuman trafficking is big business. The United Nations (UN) just released an updated report that reveals ...
Reforms in UK Data Protection Law: Potential Impacts on Individuals’ Rights Protection and AI TransparencyUnited Kingdom, Artificial Intelligence, Data Protection, Legislative Reform, Right to Information, Right to PrivacyThe Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (DPDI Bill) was re-introduced into the UK Parliament in March ...
Supreme Court of Pakistan Holds that the Courts Cannot Pass a Decree of Khula Without a Woman’s ConsentPakistan, Gender Based Violence, Gender Equality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Women's RightsKhula is not a favourable method of divorce for women because they are compelled to return their dower. Under the ...
Stripping a state of its statehood: Disenfranchisement of the people of Jammu and KashmirDemocracy, India, Constitutions and Human Rights, Democracy and Political Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to VoteThe people of the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) were disenfranchised when the Parliament of India, through ...
Waiting for Godot No More: The Climate Crisis and the New European Asylum PactEuropean Union, Climate Change, Environment, Immigration and Asylum, Right to healthy environment, Social ProtectionTo many born in the 1990s, climate change was akin to Godot: the figure conjured by Beckett whose influence was ...
Neither Leftovers nor Crumbs: Misunderstanding the Right to Food in IndiaIndia, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Food and Water, Role of the Judiciary, Socio-Economic Rights, Standard of ReviewOne of the most enterprising initiatives undertaken by the Supreme Court of India (the Court) has been the ...
Direct Democracy in Action: Swiss Voters Decide to Augment the Statutory Old Age PensionSwitzerland, Constitutions and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Social ProtectionOn 3 March 2024, Swiss voters decided in favour of a 13th Old-Age and Survivors’ Insurance (OASI) payment per ...
Die direkte Demokratie in Aktion: Die Schweizer Stimmbevölkerung entscheidet zugunsten einer Erhöhung der gesetzlichen AltersrenteSwitzerland, Constitutions and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Social ProtectionAm 3. März 2024 hat sich die Schweizer Stimmbevölkerung für eine dreizehnte jährliche Zahlung der Alters- und ...
La démocratie directe en action : Les électeurs suisses décident d’augmenter la rente de vieillesse de l’EtatSwitzerland, Constitutions and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Social ProtectionLe 3 mars 2024, les électeurs suisses se sont prononcés en faveur d'un treizième versement annuel de l'assurance ...
Pacific Island Countries Make Historic Submissions to the International Court of Justice Climate Change Advisory OpinionInternational Court of Justice, Pacific Islands, Climate Change, Public International Law, Right to healthy environment, Role of the JudiciaryMarch marks a major moment for the Pacific. After nearly a year since the General Assembly adopted a landmark ...
Climate change in Strasbourg: a big victory for the human-rights agenda through the rigorous application of international human-rights lawEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Switzerland, Climate Change, Climate justice, Environment, Right to healthy environmentAll major challenges facing Europe today have a human-rights dimension, which sooner or later the ECtHR will be ...