Can Women March for their Human Rights in Pakistan?Pakistan, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive RightsA recent decision of the Sindh High Court (SHC) in Pakistan has established that the catchcry commonly used by ...
Houses Without Land: The Strange Property Rights Phenomenon in the Kenyan Coastal Region and its Effect on coastal communities’ right to housingAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, Kenya, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Environment, Gender, Right to Housing, Role of the JudiciaryThe common law maxim cujus est solem ejus et usque ad coelum et ad inferos affirms that whoever owns a piece of ...
Protection from Procedural Lapses as Reasonable AccommodationIndia, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOne of the principles underpinning the Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2016 (“the Disability Act”) in India ...
Uganda’s Draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023African Charter on Human and People's Rights, Uganda, United Nations, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Right against Torture, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Sexual Orientation, Social ProtectionAfter an unsuccessful attempt to propagate the draconian Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2014, the Ugandan Parliament ...
‘We have found institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia in the Met’: Baroness Casey ReviewUnited Kingdom, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationA few days ago, the final report of an independent review into the standards of behaviour and internal culture of ...
Kenya’s Landmark Supreme Court Decision on Non-Discrimination for Sexual MinoritiesAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, European Convention on Human Rights, Kenya, United Nations, United States of America, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual Orientation, Social ProtectionKenya’s Supreme Court has entrenched the right to non-discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation in a ...
Zambia’s Human Rights Project is PoliticalAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, United Nations, Zambia, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death Penalty, Human Dignity, Right against Torture, Role of the JudiciaryZambia’s death penalty can be traced back to the colonial era, with the administration led by former president ...
International Women’s Day 2023: What Inspires You to ‘Embrace Equity’?United Nations, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationEvery year, 8 March marks International Women’s Day – a global day to celebrate progress in the realisation of ...
Gender Inequality and Gender Discrimination of Girls under the Justice System in BangladeshBangladesh, United Nations, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationBangladesh ratified the United Nations’ 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1990 and committed ...
Life-Saving At a High Cost: The Case for Provision of Rare Disease Treatments Being a Human RightBrazil, European Convention on Human Rights, United Nations, Access to Justice, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Socio-Economic RightsEarlier this year, Brazilian authorities added Zolgesma, once “the world’s most expensive medical treatment to ...
Karnataka Hijab Ban Part 3: Unveiling the Need for an Intersectional ApproachIndia, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionThis post continues the analysis of the ban on hijabs within the classroom in Karnataka, India (see also Part One ...
Karnataka Hijab Ban Part 2: The Irrelevant Relevance of Essential Religious Practices TestIndia, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionThis blog continues Part 1 of the exploration of the Karnataka hijab case. The question of whether the wearing of ...