Protecting Reproductive Rights: A Balancing Exercise for the Spanish Constitutional CourtEuropean Union, Spain, Abortion, Access to Justice, Gender, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Right to Privacy, Role of the JudiciaryIn stark contrast to recent regressions on abortion rights, including the fall of Roe v Wade in the USA, the ...
The Menace of Manual Scavenging in India: The Case for Stronger Legal ImplementationIndia, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Environment, Human Dignity, Right to Health, Right to Life, Right to work, Socio-Economic RightsThe right to a clean, safe, and healthy environment is a fundamental right protected by Article 21 of the Indian ...
(Un)Learning from the US Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Judgement: A South African PerspectiveSouth Africa, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationAs explored in a recent blog (here), in Students For Fair Admissions, Inc. v President and Fellows of Harvard ...
Hindering Accountability and Safety in Sports: the Lack of Internal Complaints Committees in Indian Sports FederationsIndia, Business and Human Rights, Labour RightsRecently, allegations of ‘rampant’ sexual harassment in sports have prompted the Indian Express news outlet to ...
The Miseries of Juvenile Prisoners of BangladeshBangladesh, United Nations, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right against Torture, Right to Education, Right to LifeJuvenile prisons in Bangladesh are effectively torture cells for teenage offenders. Known as juvenile development ...
The United States Supreme Court Puts an End to the Consideration of Race in University Admissions and Potentially Increases Racial Trauma for ApplicantsUnited States of America, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn June 29, 2023, in a 6-3 decision by ideological lines, with a republican and conservative majority, the United ...
The Need to Revisit Indian Consent Paradigms for the Storage and Use of Digitalized Biological DataIndia, Right to PrivacyThe Indian Biological Data Center, established in 2022, is India’s first life sciences data repository. The ...
Ecocentrism and the Right to a Healthy Environment: To What Extent Can Human Rights Protect Non-Human Life?United Nations, Environment, Right to Health, Right to healthy environmentIn 2022, the United Nations General Assembly recognized the human right to a ‘clean, healthy, and sustainable ...
The Use of Russian Language in Ukraine in WartimeRussia, Ukraine, Conflict and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right against Torture, Role of the JudiciaryAfter the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops on the 24th February 2022, the status of the Russian ...
Rethinking families: Reflections on the same-sex marriage case in IndiaIndia, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Rights of the family, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Sexual Orientation, Social ProtectionThe arguments in the case seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage in India concluded last month and the ...
A Slippery Slide Back to Parliamentary Sovereignty? The Namibian Parliament Looks to Override the Supreme Court’s Decision to Recognise Same Sex MarriagesNamibia, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationOn 16 May 2023, a day before the International Day Against Homophobia, the Supreme Court of Namibia (SC) ordered ...
Jus Cogens and the Lack of a Universal Gender Equality NormUnited Nations, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationWhat is ‘Jus Cogens’? Within international law, the principle of jus cogens has been used to solidify certain ...