Presumed Misuse, Denied Rights: Invisible Disabilities and the Structural Effects of Suspicion under Indian LawIndia, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationPublic controversies in India reignited longstanding anxieties around the integrity of affirmative action ...
ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States with Respect to Climate Change: Human Rights-Based Reflections on Due DiligenceInternational Court of Justice, advisory opinion, Climate Change, human rights due diligence, international law obligationsI. INTRODUCTION The much anticipated ICJ Advisory Opinion of 23 July 2025 was historic in its affirmation of ...
When Context Trumps History: The Malema Case and Hate Speech Law in Post-Apartheid South AfricaSouth Africa, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionHate speech law in South Africa sits uneasily at the intersection of history and context. Nowhere is this clearer ...
Need for a Benignant View for Women’s Protection vis-a-vis Sexual Harassment in AdvocacyIndia, Labour Rights, Sexual HarassmentRecently, UNS Women Advocates’ Association filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition in Bombay High Court ...
Locating the recognition or unrecognition of Arabic language in South Sudan’s legal frameworksNamibia, South Sudan, Access to Justice, ICCPRArticle 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) – acceded to by South Sudan in ...
Is Bangladesh Violating Its ICCPR Obligations?Bangladesh, ICCPR, Right to Freedom of Assembly, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to ProtestOn 29 August 2025, Bangladesh witnessed an incident where a former Minister, Abdul Latif Siddique, Dhaka ...
IACtHR Recognises the ‘Right to Care’: What it Means and Why it Matters for Women’s Human RightsArgentina, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Gender Equality, right to care, Right to Health, structural injustice, Women's RightsIn a historic decision, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) responding to a request from Argentina, ...
Big Tech, the Supreme Court and Brazil’s New Era of Civil LiabilityBrazil, Cybersecurity, interp, Online abuse, Role of the Judiciary, Technology and human rightsBrazil is at a crucial crossroads in the debate over the civil liability of providers of digital applications. ...
Queering Marriage Law in India (Part 6 of 6)India, Adoptions rights, LGBTQI+ rights, Marriage, Marriage Equality, Right to Private and Family LifeMarriage in India is a fraught issue, arranged between families and plagued by questions of caste, class and ...
The Curious Case of Bhagwati Pathwar: What has love got to do with it? (Part 5 of 6)India, Freedom of Religion, Love and relationships, MarriageIn the Indian context, eloping and marrying outside of one’s faith or caste is a common occurrence but made ...
From Safe Spaces to Centres of Social Control: Regulating Love through the One Stop Centre in Bhopal, India (Part 4 of 6)India, autonomy, Gender Based Violence, Gender justice, Women's RightsWomen’s bodies and their choices have been a political subject and, in several matters, politically controlled by ...
And the Law Comes Knocking: Section 69 and the Impact on Live-in Relationships in India (Part 3 of 6)India, Family law, Intimate relationships, Marriage, Right to Private LifeSection 69 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, drags legality into the wayward path of promises and their ...