IEA v Brazil: Rights-Based Climate Litigation to Protect the Brazilian AmazonBrazil, Environment, Right to Life“[C]limate stability is a new social need, essential to the preservation of human life and ecological balance.” ...
Grappling with Danger: Some Lessons from Urgenda v The NetherlandsNetherlands, EnvironmentThe landmark judgement of the Dutch Supreme Court in Urgenda Foundation v State of the Netherlands has inspired ...
The Federal Court of Malaysia held state Syariah law criminalising ‘unnatural sex’ void and unconstitutionalMalaysia, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Sexual OrientationOn 25 February 2021, the Federal Court of Malaysia delivered a landmark judgment, declaring that Section 28 of the ...
Mencap and Uber in the Supreme Court: Working Time Regulation in an Era of CasualisationUnited Kingdom, Labour Rights, Socio-Economic RightsIn recent weeks, two long-awaited UK Supreme Court judgments have offered strikingly divergent reflections on the ...
Constitutional Changes in Scotland – II: Incorporation of International Treaties, Devolution, and Effective AccountabilityScotland, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human RightsThis blog is the second of a two-part series on Scotland’s incorporation journey. Part 1 sets out the devolved ...
Creation of a Genetic Bank in India: Unconstitutional and Threat to Human RightsIndia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to PrivacyThe DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill seeks to facilitate the application of DNA-based forensic ...
The Mirage of Accountability: Overseas Development Aid and the LawUnited Kingdom, Access to JusticeThe cutting of overseas development aid (ODA) from the globally recognised standard of 0.7 percent gross national ...
Constitutional Changes in Scotland – I: Incorporation of International Treaties, Devolution and Effective AccountabilityScotland, United Kingdom, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human RightsScotland is on the precipice of significant subnational constitutional change through a programme of incorporation ...
The Government’s Radical Theory of the ConstitutionUnited Kingdom, Constitutions and Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryIn its response to the Independent Review of Administrative Law, the Government has set out a theory of the ...
Youth Led Litigation Highlights the Intergenerational Impact of Climate ChangeChildren's Rights, Environment, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Life, Right to PrivacyThe impact of dangerous climate change on our children and future generations has been highlighted by campaigns ...
Student protests in South Africa: police brutality claims the life of a bystanderSouth Africa, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right against Torture, Right to Freedom of Assembly, Right to LifeAfter the ruthless policing of student protests in Johannesburg claimed the life of an innocent bystander, South ...
How the Prison System is Failing Women and Why it is a Human Rights IssueCriminal Justice and Fair Trial, GenderWhile women make up the minority in global prison populations, they are the fastest growing prison population. ...