The Principle of Systemic Integration at the ECtHR after Verein KlimaSeniorinnen SchweizEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Access to Justice, Climate Change, Environment, Human Dignity, Right to Privacy, Socio-Economic Rights, Standard of ReviewOn April 9 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or ‘the Court’) issued a landmark ruling in the case of ...
Mapping the global crackdown on LGBTIQ rightsGhana, Iraq, Russia, Uganda, United States of America, Children's Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death Penalty, Gender, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Right against Torture, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Assembly, Right to Freedom of Association, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Health, Right to Life, Right to Privacy, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Sexual OrientationOn 17 May 1990, the World Health Organisation (WHO) removed homosexuality from the International Classification of ...
The Utility of the UN Report on Iran and Amini’s Legacy for the Advancement of Women’s RightsIran, Gender, Human Dignity, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Social Protection, Substantive EqualityIn Iran and across the globe, the name Mahsa Amini has become synonymous with the suppression of women’s rights in ...
Beyond Bogus Self-Employment: the EU Platform Work Directive’s Presumption of Employment, and its Implications for the Future of Employment Rights in the Gig EconomyEuropean Union, Business and Human Rights, Labour Rights, Socio-Economic RightsOn 11 March 2024, the European Union’s employment and social affairs ministers voted to adopt the Platform Work ...
Role of Minimum Wages in Recognition of Unpaid Domestic Care Work in India: A Sign of Progress?India, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn February 2024, the Indian Supreme Court in Arvind Kumar Pandey v Girish Pandey [2024], stated that the ‘deemed ...
Curtains over Connectivity: A Peek Behind India’s Opaque Internet Shutdown OrdersIndia, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionThe case of Anuradha Bhasin v Union of India [2020] set a precedent that requires the publication of internet ...
R v Michaela Community Schools Trust: Human Rights and Freedom of Religion in the UKEuropean Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionThe relationship between Islam, religious freedom, and human rights has long been a subject of debate in Britain. ...
Extraterritorial Human Rights and Climate Change at the ECtHR: The End of the Road?European Convention on Human Rights, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Climate Change, Environment, Human Dignity, Right to Life, Right to Privacy, Socio-Economic RightsOn 9 April 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or Court) handed down its judgment in the case of ...
Military Justice in the Spotlight (Again): R v Edwards in the Supreme Court of CanadaCanada, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Role of the JudiciaryMilitary justice is in the spotlight again with the Supreme Court of Canada’s judgment in R v Edwards [2024] SCC ...
Lahore High Court Strikes Down the Discriminatory Gender-Based Age Difference in the Definition of ‘Child’ in the Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929Pakistan, child marriage, Children's Rights, Gender Equality, Legislative Reform, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the JudiciaryAbout 18.3% of girls and 4.7% of boys in Pakistan are married before the age of 18. Child marriage is a human ...
The Rebellious Act of Consuming Meat in India: Non-vegetarianism and TabooIndia, Constitutions and Human Rights, Cultural rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Food and Water, Right to Privacy, Socio-Economic RightsFood-delivery company Zomato recently came up with an “all-vegetarian fleet policy” wherein vegetarian food would ...
Can CEDAW address the issue of Gender-based Poverty in Urban Areas?Convention on Discrimination against Women, North MacedoniaBy 2050, 66 per cent of the world’s population is projected to live in urban areas, and UN Women estimates that ...