The Offence of Sedition in India and its FutureIndia, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionIn what became a widely reported incident, on 15 July 2021, while hearing a petition challenging Section 124A of ...
The Kenyan Court of Appeal’s BBI Judgment – IV: The Place of Public Participation in Constitutional AmendmentsKenya, Role of the JudiciaryThis is the fourth blog post in the OxHRH Blog's ongoing series about the Kenyan Court of Appeal's landmark ...
The Kenyan Court of Appeal’s BBI Judgment – III: Presidential ImmunityKenya, Role of the Judiciary[This is the third post in the Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog's coverage of the Kenyan Court of Appeal's landmark ...
Keeping a Roof Over Your Head: Diverging Approaches to Pandemic Evictions in Brazil and the USBrazil, COVID-19, Right to HousingOn April 28, 2020, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing issued a guidance note calling on ...
The Kenyan Court of Appeal’s BBI Judgment: Identifying the Basic StructureKenya, Role of the Judiciary[This is the second post in the OxHRH Blog's ongoing series on the Kenyan Court of Appeal's BBI Judgment. For Part ...
MA v Denmark and Fedotova and Others v Russia: Judicial Activism in Protecting the Right to Family Life?European Convention on Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the JudiciaryOn 9.7.21, the GC of the ECtHR found a violation of Article 8 ECHR in the case of a Syrian national enjoying ...
The Kenyan Court of Appeal’s BBI Judgment: Omnibus Bill or Separate Referenda Questions?Kenya, Constitutions and Human Rights, Role of the Judiciary[Editor's Note: On 20th August 2021, the Kenyan Court of Appeal delivered a landmark judgment in a set of ...
A.M. and Others v. Russia – Protecting the Rights of Transgender ParentsEuropean Court of Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn A.M. and Others v. Russia, the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”) ruled that – by terminating all contact ...
Discriminatory Denial of Peaceful Assembly in the UKUnited Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Assembly“It is better to protest than to accept injustice” ― Rosa Parks In July 2020, the UN Human Rights Committee ...
The Kenyan High Court’s BBI Judgment – II: Multiple versus Single Question ReferendumKenya, Role of the Judiciary[Part II of this series discusses further issues in the Kenyan High Court's landmark judgment in David Ndii v The ...
The Kenyan High Court’s BBI Judgment – I: Constitutional Amendment through Popular InitiativeKenya, Role of the Judiciary[On 13th May 2021, in David Ndii v Attorney-General, the High Court of Kenya struck down a set of proposed ...
South Africa’s Constitutional Court Sets Precedent for the Prohibition of Hate SpeechSouth Africa, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionIt is widely recognised that at the heart of the South African Constitution lies an expansive promise of equality, ...