Silence and Neglect: Understanding and Responding to the Humanitarian Crisis Women Face in SudanSudan, Conflict and Human Rights, Gender Based Violence, International Humanitarian Law, Sexual Violence, Women's RightsOn April 15, 2023, civil war erupted in Khartoum between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) army, led by ...
Continuing to ‘Tinker with the Machinery of Death’? Taiwan Constitutional Court’s Death Penalty JudgmentTaiwan, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Death Penalty, Human Dignity, Right to Life, Role of the Judiciary, Social Protection, Standard of ReviewOn 20 September 2024, the Taiwan Constitutional Court delivered its Judgment 113 Hsien-Pan-8 (English translation ...
Intersectional discrimination of Muslim women in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Mujanović caseBosnia-Herzegovina, Gender Equality, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionOn July 11, 2024, the Bosnian Constitutional Court ruled that Emela Mujanović (at that time soldier in the Bosnian ...
Upholding the Dignity of Prisoners: The Indian Supreme Court’s Stand Against Caste-based Discrimination in PrisonsIndia, Supreme Court of India, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Social Protection, Substantive EqualityOn 3rd October 2024, the Supreme Court of India in Sukanya Shantha v. Union of India & Ors. addressed the ...
The Wheels of Equal Pay Move Slowly – But Moving They Are: The Next Equal Pay RulingUnited Kingdom, Employment Law, Gender Equality, Gender Pay Gap, Pay Disparity, Public Interest LitigationThe wheels of equal pay turn slowly. Much like the iconic London Eye, you may have to look twice to satisfy ...
Kenya’s Emerging Practice on The Right to Public ParticipationInternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Kenya, Comparative law, Deliberative democracy, Democracy and Political Rights, Right to ParticipationUnder Article 10(2)(a) of the Kenyan Constitution, the state is obligated to respect “public participation” as a ...
Breaking Chains of Archaic and Patriarchal Tradition: High Court of South Africa Redefines Surname Rights for MarriagesSouth Africa, Gender Equality, Proportionality, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn September 13, 2024, the High Court of South Africa in JJ and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Another ...
The Deafening Silence of Dissent: Abuse of Counter-Terror Laws in Indian-Administered KashmirIndia, Jammu and Kashmir, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Substantive EqualityOn 5 August 2019, the Indian Parliament unilaterally abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution, which provided a ...
When Ideology Trumps Rights: The ECtHR’s Rejection of Sex Workers’ Human Rights in M.A. and Others v. FranceEuropean Convention on Human Rights, France, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive RightsIn July, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its judgment in the case of M.A. and others v ...
When ‘National Interest’ leads to Ecocide: The Unseen Constitutional Violation of Environmental Laws in BangladeshBangladesh, Climate justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to healthy environment, Right to LifeIn the largest delta in the world, Bangladesh, the environmental safeguarding mechanism consists of nearly 200 ...
The Case for Overseas ConstituenciesElections Act 2022, European Court of Human Rights, United Kingdom, Right to VoteThe Elections Act 2022 received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022. Section 14, amending sections 1 and 2 of ...
Shaping Judicial Safeguards Against SLAPP Suits: Emerging Protections in Indian LawIndia, United Kingdom, Access to Justice, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to PrivacyThe Supreme Court of India in Bloomberg Television v Zee Entertainment outlined stringent principles for the grant ...