Right to Education & Emergence of a Digital Divide in Digital IndiaIndia, Children's Rights, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe recent statistical report presented by the National Statistical Organization (NSO) indicates the deteriorating ...
Irish Supreme Court quashes climate mitigation plan: environmental rights caught between redundancy and vaguenessIreland, Business and Human Rights, Environment, Role of the JudiciaryOn 31 July 2020, the Irish Supreme Court annulled the government’s climate mitigation plan. A grand chamber of - ...
Right to housing and dignity denied: Indian Supreme Court orders eviction of slum dwellers within 3 monthsIndia, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic RightsIn a recent order passed in the case of MC Mehta v. Union of India, the Supreme Court has given directions to ...
Restricting Human Rights: Afghanistan to Amend its Law on Non-Governmental OrganizationsAfghanistan, Right to Freedom of AssociationArticle 7 of the Afghan Constitution binds the government to respect International Human Rights Law, and to ...
Communication, Education and Speech Difficulties in the Criminal Justice SystemUnited Kingdom, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialThe level of educational achievement by incarcerated offenders in the UK is far lower than the average. In ...
Where are the human rights in the green economy transition?Business and Human Rights, EnvironmentThe emergence of a green economy during the COVID-19 crisis presents a significant opportunity for the ...
Human Rights, International Law and The United Kingdom Internal Market Bill 2020United Kingdom, Constitutions and Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryThe recently published United Kingdom Internal Market Bill 2020 has caused – to put it mildly – quite a stir upon ...
The pandemic, insurgent birth certificates and conflict-affected childrenChildren's Rights, Conflict and Human RightsWhen armed groups control territory, they not infrequently administer public services, and the pandemic is no ...
Inside Hagia Sophia’s Ideological ConversionTurkey, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationTurkey’s conversion of the Hagia Sophia from a museum into a mosque in July this year has raised complex questions ...
The Unconstitutionality of the “Publication of Notice of Intended Marriage” clause under the Indian Special Marriage ActIndia, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to PrivacyThe Special Marriage Act was enacted in 1954 to allow citizens of India to solemnize inter-faith and inter-caste ...
Upsetting the ‘apple’ cart: the latest onslaught on press freedom in Hong KongHong Kong, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionThe press is always the first casualty of a new despotism. On 10 August 2020, Jimmy Lai, founder of the ...
Using Human Rights to Protect the Environment in KenyaKenya, Business and Human Rights, EnvironmentKenya’s Environment and Land Court recently awarded the inhabitants of Owino-Uhuru village in Mombasa, damages ...