Sadaf Aziz v. Federation of Pakistan: The end of virginity testing in Pakistan?Pakistan, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to LifeAcross Pakistan, the two finger test (TFT), also known as the virginity and hymen test is conducted on female ...
Indian Supreme Court Upholds Reasonable Accommodation for Persons with DisabilitiesIndia, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn February 11, 2021, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India in Vikash Kumar v. Union Public Service ...
Classism, Hate Crime and the Law Commission’s Consultation Paper 250: Lessons from Discrimination LawUnited Kingdom, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn the context of hate crime, class has two main analytical roles. First, it can be a ground of hate crime in ...
The ‘Death to Asylum’ Rule: United States’ Evisceration of Women’s Rights under the Refugee ConventionUnited States, Gender, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe United States’ (‘US’) new Rule on processing asylum applications, which was to take effect from 10 January ...
South African Constitutional Court confirms that the right to basic education encompasses access to final examsSouth Africa, Right to Education, Socio-Economic Rights, Standard of ReviewUnlike many other socio-economic rights in the South African Constitution, such as the right to ‘further ...
South African Constitutional Court confirms that the right to basic education encompasses access to final examsSouth Africa, Right to Education, Socio-Economic Rights, Standard of ReviewUnlike many other socio-economic rights in the South African Constitution, such as the right to ‘further ...
The ‘Death to Asylum’ Rule: United States’ Evisceration of Women’s Rights under the Refugee ConventionUnited States of America, Gender, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe United States’ (‘US’) new Rule on processing asylum applications, which was to take effect from 10 January ...
India’s sexual harassment law wouldn’t be effective unless we fix the issue of ‘Limitation’India, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationRecently, the High Court of Delhi (India) refused to entertain a challenge to the dismissal of a Judicial Officer, ...
Which workers and which unions can claim protection under freedom of association? The EU-Korea FTA Panel Decision Part IIEurope, European Union, Republic of Korea, South Korea, Labour Rights, Right to Freedom of AssociationThis blog continues analysis of the EU-Korea FTA Expert Panel Report, focussing on the significance of the ...
Asserting Jurisdiction to Assess Compliance with ‘Multilateral labour standards and agreements’ – The EU-Korea FTA Panel DecisionEuropean Union Republic of Korea, Labour Rights, Right to Freedom of AssociationOn 25 January 2021, the European Union (EU) and the Republic of Korea (Korea) released the Report by a Panel of ...
African Human Rights Court holds vagrancy laws incompatible with African human rights instrumentsAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, Children's Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights on 4 December 2020, delivered a historic Advisory Opinion against ...
Setting the Record Straight on Socio-Economic Rights Adjudication: Kenya Supreme Court’s Judgment in the Mitu-Bell CaseKenya, Right to Housing, Role of the Judiciary, Socio-Economic RightsOn 11 January 2021, the Kenyan Supreme Court delivered the judgment in Mitu-Bell Welfare Society. The case ...