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Kulturelle und ökologische Rechte sind Menschenrechte: Lehren aus der Gunma Declaration on Heritage Ecosystems

Kulturelle und ökologische Rechte sind Menschenrechte: Lehren aus der Gunma Declaration on Heritage Ecosystems

United Nations, Environment, Indigenous Rights

Im Februar 2026 veröffentlichte die UN-Sonderberichterstatterin im Bereich kulturelle Rechte, Alexandra Xanthaki, ...

Making Apartheid Irreversible: Israel’s Death Penalty Statutes and Third State Obligations

Making Apartheid Irreversible: Israel’s Death Penalty Statutes and Third State Obligations

European Union, International Court of Justice, Israel, Palestine, United Nations, Apartheid, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Human Dignity, Race, Right against Torture, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Life

When the Israeli Knesset voted to approve the Death Penalty for Terrorists Bill on 30 March 2026, it made ...

Gender-Based Violence and the Struggle for Justice: Rohingya Women at the Intersection of Law and Displacement

Gender-Based Violence and the Struggle for Justice: Rohingya Women at the Intersection of Law and Displacement

Bangladesh, Jordan, Uganda, United Nations, Access to Justice, Gender Based Violence, Gender Equality, Immigration and Asylum, Intersectionality, refugee rights

For Rohingya women in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, the refugee camp is not simply a humanitarian space. It is a site ...

Can Transparency in India survive the DPDP Amendment?

Can Transparency in India survive the DPDP Amendment?

India, Political Accountability, Right to Information, Right to Privacy

In 2011, David Banisar, in a working paper for the World Bank observed that the right of access to information and ...

Struggling to Breathe in the Appalachian Coal Mines: The “Exorbitant Cost” of Human Rights

Struggling to Breathe in the Appalachian Coal Mines: The “Exorbitant Cost” of Human Rights

United States of America, Environment, Labour Rights, Right to Health

Crystalline silica is an abundant mineral, serving as the basis of a 124 billion dollar market in 2024 alone. Coal ...

Status Stripped: Current and Potential Abuse of the U.S. Denaturalization Process — Part III of III

Status Stripped: Current and Potential Abuse of the U.S. Denaturalization Process — Part III of III

United States of America, Due process, Executive, Immigration and Asylum

In Parts I and II, I argued that the current U.S. administration’s mass-denaturalization campaign is highly ...

Status Stripped: Current and Potential Abuse of the U.S. Denaturalization Process — Part II of III

Status Stripped: Current and Potential Abuse of the U.S. Denaturalization Process — Part II of III

United States of America, Due process, Executive, Immigration and Asylum

Part I of this series argued that the current U.S. administration’s mass-denaturalization campaign is highly ...

Status Stripped: Current and Potential Abuse of the U.S. Denaturalization Process — Part I of III

Status Stripped: Current and Potential Abuse of the U.S. Denaturalization Process — Part I of III

United States of America, Due process, Executive, Immigration and Asylum

The New York Times recently reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) intended to refer 384 foreign-born ...

ICJ Rules Reform: Evaluating changes to Article 63 non-party intervention

ICJ Rules Reform: Evaluating changes to Article 63 non-party intervention

International Court of Justice, Genocide Convention, Procedural Justice

The procedure for non-party intervention at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) was historically seldom used. ...

India’s “Right Against Climate Change” Meets the 2026 Heatwave: From Aspiration to Enforceable Standard

India’s “Right Against Climate Change” Meets the 2026 Heatwave: From Aspiration to Enforceable Standard

India, Climate Change, Climate justice, Right to healthy environment

When Delhi’s India Meteorological Department yellow alert ran through 24 May 2026 with Safdarjung crossing 43.4°C, ...

Restitution of Sacred Artefacts and the Right to Religio-Cultural Identity: A Human Rights Case for an Exception-Based Regime

Restitution of Sacred Artefacts and the Right to Religio-Cultural Identity: A Human Rights Case for an Exception-Based Regime

India, United Kingdom, Cultural rights, Religious Artefacts, Restitution

In March 2026, Oxford University’s Ashmolean Museum, returned (also here) a 16th century bronze icon of Saint ...

When NEET Fails: Educational Equality and the Constitutional Obligations of the Indian State

When NEET Fails: Educational Equality and the Constitutional Obligations of the Indian State

India, Administrative fairness, Educational Equality, Public Trust

On 12 May 2026, India’s National Testing Agency (NTA) cancelled NEET-UG 2026 — the country’s sole entrance ...

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