Balancing Gender Rights: Pakistan’s Federal Shariat Court’s Verdict on Self-Perceived Gender IdentityPakistan, Gender, Gender identity, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2018 (the ‘Act’), passed by Pakistan’s Parliament in May 2018, ...
Marginalized Twice Over: The Struggle of Dalit Christians in IndiaIndia, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionThe extension of certain benefits (known as ‘Scheduled Caste benefits’) to Dalit Christians is a contentious topic ...
Menstruation Matters for the Realization of Human RightsGender, Sexual and Reproductive RightsMenstrual activism is at its height, and this year’s day of menstrual awareness and action on May 28 has more ...
Lessons from the French Vigilance Law for the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence DirectiveEuropean Union, France, Business and Human Rights, EnvironmentOn 23rd February 2022, the European Commission published a draft Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ...
The Right to Health Under Attack: Violence and Insecurity Compromise Healthcare Access in SudanSudan, Conflict and Human Rights, Right to HealthOn April 15, 2023, extreme fighting in Khartoum and other parts of Sudan began between the Sudanese Armed Forces ...
The UK Bill of Rights: Changes to Human Rights Protection may Impact Climate LitigationEuropean Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Climate justice, Environment, Right to healthy environment, Role of the JudiciaryAcross the world, human rights-based arguments are increasingly deployed in climate litigation against public ...
Rajasthan’s Right To Health Act: A Case of Using the Wrong Means to Achieve the Right EndsIndia, Right to HealthThe landmark Rajasthan Right to Health Act makes access to healthcare a legal entitlement of every resident of the ...
The Inadequacy of India’s Integrated Child Protection Scheme In Responding to Juvenile DelinquencyIndia, Carceral justice, Children's Rights, Human Dignity, Right to Education, Social ProtectionIndia’s Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) is a centrally sponsored scheme for children in need of care and ...
Public Purpose or Private Interest? The Supreme Court of India’s Scrutiny of Land Acquisition for a University Project in Tribal AreasIndia, Access to Justice, Cultural rights, Indigenous Rights, Right to Housing, Role of the Judiciary, Standard of ReviewThe Supreme Court of India recently delivered a landmark judgment in Anil Agarwal Foundation Etc v State of Orissa ...
لاہور ہائی کورٹ نے برطانوی نوآبادیاتی دور کے غداری کے قانون کو کالعدم قرار دے دیاPakistan, United Kingdom, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Role of the Judiciary, Social Protection30 مارچ 2023 کو لاہور ہائی کورٹ کے جسٹس شاہد کریم نے ہارون فاروق بمقابلہ فیڈریشن آف پاکستان کیس کا تاریخی فیصلہ ...
Lahore High Court Strikes Down Pakistan’s Colonial-era Sedition LawPakistan, United Kingdom, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Role of the Judiciary, Social ProtectionOn March 30 2023, Justice Shahid Karim of the Lahore High Court (LHC) delivered a landmark judgment in Haroon ...
The Coronation, the Public Order Act 2023 and ‘Free Speech’United Kingdom, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Association, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionIn recent years, a lot has been written about ‘the right to protest’ and ‘the right to free speech’ in the UK. Yet ...