Christians in Malaysia have the right to use the word “Allah”Malaysia, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionOn 17 March 2021, the High Court in Malaya at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia delivered a landmark judgment in Jill ...
Kurt v Austria: ECHR Positive Obligations Without a Coercive Sting?European Convention on Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender, Right to Life, Standard of ReviewA terrible family drama reopens the debate about the coercive sting of ECHR positive obligations Measures to ...
Towards Non-Punishment and Anti-Trafficking Law Reform in AsiaAsia, Conflict and Human RightsThe non-punishment principle (‘NPP’) refers to protecting victims of trafficking from detention, prosecution, and ...
Preventive Detention for Bursting Myths: The Draconian National Security Act in IndiaIndia, COVID-19, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to LifeA Supreme Court bench of India comprising Honourable Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah directed the release ...
EU Headscarf Bans: The CJEU’s missed opportunity for reflection on neutrality in IX v Wabe and MH Müller Handels v MJCourt of Justice of the European Union, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionThe Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has been widely criticised for their decisions in the popular ...
Canada’s Failure: Climate Change and International Human RightsCanada, United Nations, Children's Rights, Environment, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Life“While I was breathing in wildfire smoke last month with Vancouver’s air quality rated worst in the world, ...
Religious Discrimination and Headscarves – Take TwoCourt of Justice of the European Union, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn IX v WABE eV (C‑804/18) and MH Müller Handels GmbH v MJ (C‑341/19), the CJEU returned to the vexed question of ...
“If Abortion Is a Crime, the State Is the Criminal”: The Role of Reproductive Justice Movements in Challenging South Korea’s Abortion BanSouth Korea, Abortion, Constitutions and Human Rights, Sexual and Reproductive RightsAbortion was completely decriminalised in South Korea on January 1, 2021 following the Constitutional Court ...
UK’s Approach Towards the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human RightsEuropean Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Constitutions and Human RightsIn R (on the application of AB) v Secretary of State for Justice, the teenage Appellant was sentenced for ...
Inevitability as the New Discrimination Defence: UK Supreme Court Mangles Indirect Discrimination Analysis While Finding the Two-Child Limit LawfulUnited Kingdom, Children's Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Social Protection, Standard of ReviewThe UK Supreme Court has delivered its long-awaited judgment in R (on the application of SC, CB and 8 children) ...
Functional as the Enemy of Fair: Seizing the Moment for Rights-Based Abortion Reform in AotearoaNew Zealand, Abortion, Constitutions and Human Rights, Sexual and Reproductive RightsAotearoa New Zealand is often cited (with varying degrees of romanticism) as a light of liberal progressivism. It ...
The Spanish-Moroccan Migrant Crisis: Counting the Collateral DamageMorocco, Spain, Immigration and AsylumIn May 2021, approximately 8,000 people arrived in Ceuta, a Spanish city, from Morocco, out of which reportedly ...