Religious Freedom versus Free Speech: Sweden’s Legal TightropeEuropean Union, Sweden, United Nations, Constitutions and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Protection, Standard of ReviewThe United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution aimed at combating religious hatred and blasphemy ...
Suicides within India’s Agricultural Industry: How Climate Change and Government Policy are Impacting Human RightsIndia, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Life, Right to work, Role of the Judiciary, Social Protection, Socio-Economic Rights, Standard of Review, Substantive EqualityOver 650 farmers have committed suicide in the central region of Maharashtra, India, from January to August 2023. ...
The 2024 Paris Olympics: AI Mass Surveillance Under the Upcoming EU AI ActEuropean Union, France, Counter-terrorism, Right to Freedom of Assembly, Right to Privacy, Social Protection, TechnologyDrafting legislation that spans 27 countries has always been a formidable challenge for the European Union’s ...
Germany’s New Law for Self-Determination: Progressive for Some, Regressive for ‘Others’European Convention on Human Rights, Germany, Gender, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Social ProtectionGermany is currently in the process of amending its gender self-identification law to make it more progressive. ...
Europe’s Gender Recognition Tug-of-War Continues in Germany – Part 2: Implications of the Draft Law on Self-DeterminationEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Germany, Gender, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Social ProtectionGermany may soon close a troubled chapter on its legal provision for gender recognition, ending the decades-long ...
Europe’s Gender Recognition Tug-of-War Continues in Germany – Part 1: The Law as it StandsEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Germany, Gender, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Social ProtectionGermany may soon close a troubled chapter on its legal provision for gender recognition, ending the decades-long ...
The Wait is Coming to an End: The Brazilian Supreme Court’s Promising Opportunity to Finally Decriminalise Abortion up to 12 WeeksBrazil, Abortion, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Human Dignity, Right to Health, Right to Privacy, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Substantive EqualityIn September 2023, a key event changed the direction of discussions about the criminalisation of abortion in ...
Neurorights: safeguarding human autonomy and dignity in the age of neurotechnologyChile, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Social ProtectionA ground-breaking recent publication has detailed the first use of fMRI – in conjunction with a novel brain ...
Unravelling the Human Rights Implications of Sri Lanka’s New Anti-Corruption LawSri Lanka, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Role of the JudiciaryHuman rights in Sri Lanka have only deteriorated in recent years amidst the economic crisis that unfolded in 2022. ...
Italy’s “Hard Prison”Regime and its Human Rights ImplicationsEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Italy, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe case of Alfredo Cospito, an anarchist who remained on a “41-bis” detention regime despite a 6-month long ...
The Disability Ground in Abortion Law, and the Negative ‘Message’ it is Sending: R (Crowter) v Secretary of State for Health and Social CareUnited Kingdom, Abortion, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationA recent decision of the Court of Appeal involved a very interesting legal challenge based on an alleged negative ...
From Capture to the Court: The Use of Digital Technology in Advancing the Pursuit of Justice for International CrimesInternational Criminal Court, Access to Justice, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialPhotos and videos are powerful evidentiary tools to prove a criminal act, including the intent and role of the ...