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Echoes of Dissent: ECtHR rulings pave the way for evolving limits on free speech

Echoes of Dissent: ECtHR rulings pave the way for evolving limits on free speech

European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, Limitation of Rights, Proportionality, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression

On 27 August 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued two pivotal rulings on the intersection of ...

The Role of Social Media in Russia’s War in Ukraine: Durov’s Arrest as a Catalyst for Global Social Media Accountability?

The Role of Social Media in Russia’s War in Ukraine: Durov’s Arrest as a Catalyst for Global Social Media Accountability?

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Russia, Ukraine, Conflict and Human Rights, Criminal Justice, Private Actors, Public International Law, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Information, Technology and human rights

The recent arrest of Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, on charges of allegedly aiding and abetting criminal activities ...

Reproductive Rights and the Judicial Attitudes in Recent Abortion Cases in Strasbourg: Will Women’s Suffering Ever Be ‘Severe’ Enough? Part 2

Reproductive Rights and the Judicial Attitudes in Recent Abortion Cases in Strasbourg: Will Women’s Suffering Ever Be ‘Severe’ Enough? Part 2

European Court of Human Rights, Poland, Abortion, Gender Equality, Human Dignity, Right against Torture, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

As discussed in Part 1 of this blog, the European Court of Human Rights did not find a violation of Article 3 of ...

Reproductive Rights and the Judicial Attitudes in Recent Abortion Cases in Strasbourg: Will Women’s Suffering Ever Be ‘Severe’ Enough? Part 1

Reproductive Rights and the Judicial Attitudes in Recent Abortion Cases in Strasbourg: Will Women’s Suffering Ever Be ‘Severe’ Enough? Part 1

European Court of Human Rights, Poland, Abortion, Gender Equality, Right against Torture, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

On 14 December 2023, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) released its ML v Poland judgment. As the ECtHR ...

Business and Human Rights: A Cautious and Promising Interpretation of the French Vigilance Law

Business and Human Rights: A Cautious and Promising Interpretation of the French Vigilance Law

European Union, France, Business and Human Rights, Environment, Right to healthy environment

In rulings issued on 18 June 2024, the Paris Court of Appeal deemed admissible the actions brought by several ...

The Right to Protest: Limiting the Right to a Class of Citizens In India

The Right to Protest: Limiting the Right to a Class of Citizens In India

Gender Based Violence, Gender Equality, Labour Rights, Right to Freedom of Assembly, Right to Protest, Role of the Judiciary

On August 9, 2024, on the eve of India’s Independence Day, the nation woke up to the news of a horrific rape and ...

Is Regulating Disinformation at Odds with Free Speech? An Analysis of India’s Approach

Is Regulating Disinformation at Odds with Free Speech? An Analysis of India’s Approach

India, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression

In February 2022, I wrote on the need to penalise online disinformation or “fake news” on Indian social media to ...

ECOWAS Court Overlooked Nigeria’s Due Diligence Obligations in #ENDSARS Decision

ECOWAS Court Overlooked Nigeria’s Due Diligence Obligations in #ENDSARS Decision

African Charter on Human and People's Rights, Nigeria, West Africa, Access to Justice, Human Dignity, Right against Torture, Right to Freedom of Assembly, Right to Freedom of Association, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Life, , Standard of Review

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Court) delivered an important decision in the Obianuju ...

Closing the Gender Pay Gap “Once and for All”: Labour’s Proposed Reforms to GPG Reporting in the UK

Closing the Gender Pay Gap “Once and for All”: Labour’s Proposed Reforms to GPG Reporting in the UK

United Kingdom, Employment Law, Gender Equality, Gender Pay Gap, Labour Government, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of Parliament

The UK’s gender pay gap (GPG) has been declining over time, falling from 27.5% in 1997 to 14.3% in 2023. ...

Student Movements, the Right to Protest, and Bangladesh’s Human Rights Obligations

Student Movements, the Right to Protest, and Bangladesh’s Human Rights Obligations

Bangladesh, Enforcement of Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Negative Rights, Proportionality, Right to Freedom of Assembly, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Protest

In June 2024, students in Bangladesh protested against the reinstatement of the quota system by the High Court ...

Jumping Up From the Doctrine to the Case Law: The Lost Possibility to Apply the Spillover Theory in NIAC by Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia

Jumping Up From the Doctrine to the Case Law: The Lost Possibility to Apply the Spillover Theory in NIAC by Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia

Colombia, Access to Justice, Conflict and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Standard of Review

The Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) made an important decision on April 11 regarding a former FARC-EP ...

The ECtHR in Podchasov v. Russia – Preserving Encryption And Denying Backdoors

The ECtHR in Podchasov v. Russia – Preserving Encryption And Denying Backdoors

ECHR, Russia, Data Protection, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Privacy, Role of the Judiciary

On 13th February 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) pronounced the seminal judgment of Podchasov v. ...

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