The Changing Paradigm of Public Interest Litigation in India: Mismatch or A Dream Team?India, judicial power, Role of the Judiciary, Supreme Court of IndiaThe Public Interest Litigation (‘PIL’) paradigm indicates a unique jurisdiction in which the Indian Courts relax ...
Will Granting Personhood to the Aravallis in India Help the Fight Against Mining?: Lessons from Niyamgiri IncidentIndia, Climate Change, Constitutions and Human Rights, Environment, Rights of Nature, Social Protection, Standard of ReviewThe Indian Supreme Court in an order in November 2025 has attempted to create a uniform standard for identifying ...
Citizenship at the Altar of AlgorithmsIndia, Algorithm, Artificial Intelligence, Due processThe Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, has announced the development of an Artificial Intelligence ...
Un enfoque de derechos humanos para abordar el crimen organizado: la resolución de la Comisión InteramericanaInter-American Convention on Human Rights, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Criminal Justice, Organised CrimeEn marzo de 2026, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) presentó la Resolución 1/26, que ...
Redefining Parenthood: A Milestone for Adoptive Mothers and the Quest for Gender-Neutral Parental Benefits in IndiaIndia, Gender Equality, Maternity Benefits, Paternity Leave, Sexual and Reproductive RightsOn 17th March 2026, the Supreme Court of India (‘The Court’) in Hamsaanandini Nanduri v Union of India & Ors ...
Supreme Court of Canada Rules that Excluding Refugee Claimants from Subsidized Childcare Discriminates Based on Sex in Quebec v KanyindaCanada, Gender Equality, Proportionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Rights of refugeesDoes excluding refugee claimants from access to subsidized childcare violate the right to equality? In Quebec v ...
La Cour suprême du Canada déclare que l’exclusion des demandeurs d’asile de l’admissibilité aux services de garde subventionnés établit une discrimination fondée sur le sexe : Québec c KanyindaCanada, Gender Equality, Proportionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Rights of refugeesL’exclusion des demandeurs d’asile de l’accès aux services de garde subventionnés viole-t-elle le droit à ...
Love under Watch: Gujarat’s Marriage Amendment and the Limits of Personal FreedomIndia, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Social Protection, Substantive EqualityThe recent proposed amendment to Gujarat’s Registration of Marriages Act, 2006, is a troubling expansion of state ...
Access Denied: Assessing Thailand’s Legal Obligations to Displaced Persons from Prey Chan and Chouk Chey (Ban Nong Ya Kaeo) Under International Humanitarian LawCambodia, Thailand, Conflict and Human Rights, Forced displacement, Human Dignity, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Life, Social ProtectionThere are reports of forced displacements at the disputed Thai-Cambodian border areas. The villages of Prey Chan ...
The Torturous Failure of CCTV Surveillance in Indian Custodial SpacesIndia, Supreme Court of India, Custodial Violence, prohibition of torture, Right against Torture, torture conventionThe persistence of custodial violence within the Indian criminal justice system is constituting the grave rupture ...
Amending Article 319 of Senegal’s 1965 Penal Code Violates the Human Right to HealthAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Senegal, Access to Justice, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Right to Life, Sexual Orientation, Social Protection, Socio-Economic Rights, Standard of Review, Substantive EqualityOn 11th March 2026, Senegal passed a bill doubling the punishment enshrined in the queerphobic provision Article ...
Amnesty and conventionality control: the case of the events of January 8, 2023, in BrazilBrazil, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Enforcement of Human Rights, Positive DutiesOn January 8, 2023, radical groups invaded and ransacked the main seats of power of the Federative Republic of ...