UK Supreme Court Relaxes the Test for Establishing a Breach of Article 3 in Medical Removal CasesUnited Kingdom, Right against TortureOn 29 April 2020, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of AM(Zimbabwe) v SSHD [2020] UKSC. ...
Freedom of Expression and Information in the Coronavirus EraCambodia, COVID-19, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionAs 1/3 of the global population faces some form of lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, Michelle Bachelet, ...
Singaporean High Court upholds criminalisation of sexual intercourse between consenting malesSingapore, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationOn 30th March 2020, the High Court of Singapore upheld the constitutionality of Section 377A of the Singapore ...
Now That We Care About Carers: Temporal Casualisation in Mencap and UberUnited Kingdom, COVID-19, Labour RightsA few weeks before the lockdown, one of the most important UK labour law cases of the last decade was heard by the ...
Have Prisons In India Become Ticking Time Bombs Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak?India, COVID-19, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to LifeThe Apex court in India, right from the latter half of the 20th Century till as late as March 2020, has upheld the ...
Abortion Law Reform in India: One Step Forward & Two Steps BackIndia, AbortionIn an important development, the Lower House of the Indian Parliament on 17 March 2020 passed the Medical ...
COVID-19 and Domestic Violence in South AfricaSouth Africa, COVID-19, GenderSouth Africa has been on state lockdown since midnight of 26 March 2020, in the government’s attempt to curb the ...
Covering Up for the Face Covering Regulation: A Janus-Faced PositionHong Kong, Right to Freedom of Assembly, Right to PrivacyThe storm over Hong Kong’s rule of law rages on, as the Court of Appeal (the “Court”) delivered the judgment of ...
India’s new Abortion Bill Falls Short of Protecting Reproductive AutonomyIndia, AbortionIndia’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has introduced the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill ...
Covid-19: Crushing Silence Greets Calls to Top Up Child Support Grants in South AfricaSouth Africa, Children's Rights, COVID-19Three weeks into an extensive national lockdown, the South African government has yet to announce any concrete ...
UK Supreme Court finds evidence sharing in death penalty case unlawfulUnited Kingdom, Death PenaltyOn 25 March 2020, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of Elgizouli v SSHD [2020] UKSC 10. At ...
Covid-19 in Sri Lanka: Is Free Speech the next Victim?Sri Lanka, COVID-19, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionOn 1 April 2020, Sri Lanka’s police announced that it would arrest those who disseminate false or disparaging ...