The Supreme Court of India Reiterates that Two-finger Virginity Test Must Not Be ConductedIndia, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationImage Description: A gloved hand holding a Petri dish in a scientific environment. On 3rd October 2022, the ...
Judicial Activism and Executive Inertia: The Indian Judge as Problem-SolverIndia, United States of America, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Environment, Judges' Legacy, Role of the Judiciary, Standard of ReviewImage description: Five miners at work in the quarry in Meghalaya In February 2022, Chief Justice Banerjee of ...
The Carceral State vs Indigenous Women’s Lives: Battling Contexts in the Latest Supreme Court of Canada DecisionCanada, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationImage Description: Inside of a Prison Which context matters in determining a breach of the right to equality? ...
Electronic Workplace Monitoring and Human Rights: The Limits to Ontario’s New Algorithmic Monitoring LegislationCanada, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Right to workImage Description: A robot looking at coding/programming algorithm. In early October 2022, Ontario became the ...
Ockenden and Beyond: The Potential for a Human Rights Approach to Tackling Obstetric ViolenceUnited Kingdom, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive RightsImage description: Text that reads, ‘reproductive rights are non-negotiable’. Introduction An independent ...
X v. NCT: One Step Closer to a Rights-Based Approach to Abortion in India?India, Abortion, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationImage Description: A graffiti art piece depicting a uterus with the words 'My Choice' written above. In last ...
Expanding Definitions of ‘Family’ in Deepika Singh v. CATIndia, Labour Rights, Sexual and Reproductive RightsImage Description: Two different handprints with a heart drawn in between them Recently, the Indian Supreme ...
Obstetric Violence as a Violation of Human Rights: CEDAW’s Second Decision a Welcome Addition but Not EnoughConvention on Discrimination against Women, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive RightsImage Description: In the image, four (male) doctors are performing a C-section on a woman. One of the doctors has ...
The Tension between Human Rights, Freedom of Dress and Public MoralityEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Iran, United Nations, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Right against Torture, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Life, Right to PrivacyRegulations on dress are controversial in many jurisdictions, poised at the intersection between human rights and ...
Criminal Liabilities of First Aiders in Situations of Violence: A Hong Kong PerspectiveHong Kong, Conflict and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Assembly, Right to HealthImage Description: Police firing tear gas to protesters near Central Government Headquarters in Hong ...
Human Rights Council Elections 2022United Nations, Constitutions and Human RightsImage Description: The photograph is of a tweet by the President of the United Nations General Assembly. In the ...
Cultural Genocide – Reconciliation Through Recognition?Canada, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationImage description: an indigenous woman receiving her university diploma. A Shameful Past The ghost of ...