Empathy and Justice: Abortion Rights for Minor Rape Victims in IndiaIndia, Abortion, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Human Dignity, Right to Health, Right to Life, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Social ProtectionOtherwise viewed as a laudable step in addressing rights to abort, India's Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act ...
The erasure from Australian schools of education about LGBTIQA+ peopleAustralia, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Children's Rights, Gender identity, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual Orientation, Substantive EqualityAustralia achieved marriage equality in 2017. You would be forgiven for thinking that the next step on the journey ...
How flexible are South African courts’ remedial powers? A closer look at the Constitutional Court’s shifting approach to constitutional damagesSouth Africa, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Remedies, Role of the JudiciaryIn two 2021 judgments, Residents of Industry House and Thubakgale, the Constitutional Court of South Africa ...
Canadian Youth Climate Action Challenge Proceeds to Trial: La Rose v His Majesty the KingCanada, Children's Rights, Environment, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to healthy environment, Right to LifeAs frustration with government inaction grows, youth, especially young women, are occupying positions of ...
Gujjar Custodial Violence in Kashmir: Is it Time for India to Ratify UNCAT?India, Jammu and Kashmir, Custodial Violence, UNCATParticularly horrifying incidents of custodial violence by the Indian military have recently come to light, with ...
Landmark Inter-State Dispute Filed with the African Court on Human and Peoples’ RightsAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Access to Justice, Conflict and Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryThe African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has received its first inter-state application. This is a milestone ...
The Judicialisation of Party Politics: Pakistan’s Supreme Court confirms the Election Commission can review Intra-Party ElectionsPakistan, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Political Participation, Right to Vote, Role of the JudiciaryOn 25 January 2024, the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) held that political parties have a duty to hold ...
South Africa vs IsraelInternational Court of Justice, Conflict and Human RightsThe essence of the crime of genocide is in its combination of intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ...
Ukraine v Russian Federation – ICJ Continues to Struggle with the Grounds of Racial DiscriminationInternational Court of Justice, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn 31 January 2024, the International Court of Justice announced its decision in Ukraine v Russian Federation ...
Unveiling the Silent Struggles of Adolescents Seeking Safe Abortion in IndiaIndia, Abortion, Gender, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Substantive EqualityThe tragic Nirbhaya Gang Rape Case revolutionised Indian Criminal Law with the enactment of the Protection of ...
The ML v Poland ‘landmark’ judgment on reproductive rights and the ENNHRI third-party intervention: How ‘landmark’ is it in reality?ECHR, European Convention on Human Rights, Poland, Abortion, Gender, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Life, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Substantive EqualityOn 14 December 2023, in ML v Poland, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) confirmed that Poland’s 2020 ...
Meta’s Neutrality Crisis and Dangerous Organisations PolicyIsrael, Palestine, United States of America, Conflict and Human Rights, Counter-terrorism, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionMeta is accused of "systemic and global" censorship in a recent Human Rights Watch (HRW) report for particularly ...