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Decoding Manipur: Unveiling Human Rights Violations Against Women Amidst Ethnic Conflict

Decoding Manipur: Unveiling Human Rights Violations Against Women Amidst Ethnic Conflict

India, Conflict and Human Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

A viral video of two tribal women paraded naked by Meitei men in Manipur's Thoubal district has shocked India and ...

Malaysian Court of Appeal Upholds Fatwa Declaring A Company ‘Deviant’ from Islamic Teachings

Malaysian Court of Appeal Upholds Fatwa Declaring A Company ‘Deviant’ from Islamic Teachings

Malaysia, Business and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Religion

On 21 March 2023, the Court of Appeal in Malaysia – by a 2-1 majority – upheld a decision of the Malaysian High ...

Figel’ v Slovakia: Potential landmark ECtHR decision on COVID-19 related restrictions to religious freedom

Figel’ v Slovakia: Potential landmark ECtHR decision on COVID-19 related restrictions to religious freedom

Croatia, European Convention on Human Rights, European Union, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Constitutions and Human Rights, COVID-19, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Privacy, Role of the Judiciary,

The COVID-19 pandemic introduced a period of unprecedented restrictions to fundamental rights, unthinkable no less ...

After SFFA v. Harvard, Universities Must Hold the Line

After SFFA v. Harvard, Universities Must Hold the Line

United States of America, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

In Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA), the Supreme Court further limited a university’s right to ...

Will Ireland Constitutionalise Environmental Human Rights and the Rights of Nature as a Response to the Biodiversity Crisis?

Will Ireland Constitutionalise Environmental Human Rights and the Rights of Nature as a Response to the Biodiversity Crisis?

Ireland, Environment, Right to healthy environment

Earlier this year, a Citizens’ Assembly in Ireland tasked with examining biodiversity loss made a number of ...

Supreme Court of Pakistan Holds that ‘Harassment’ at the Workplace Includes (Non-Sexual) Discrimination on Basis of Gender

Supreme Court of Pakistan Holds that ‘Harassment’ at the Workplace Includes (Non-Sexual) Discrimination on Basis of Gender

Pakistan, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

About 93 per cent of working women in Pakistan acknowledge facing workplace harassment. In 2023, Pakistan ranked ...

Serendipitous Sustainability: How Karnataka’s ‘Gruha Jyothi’ and ‘Shakti’ Schemes Can Bolster Climate Action

Serendipitous Sustainability: How Karnataka’s ‘Gruha Jyothi’ and ‘Shakti’ Schemes Can Bolster Climate Action

India, Environment

India, with its growing population and energy demands, faces a multifaceted challenge in balancing its commitment ...

The Case for Caution in Making Social Class a Protected Characteristic under the UK’s Equality Act 2010

The Case for Caution in Making Social Class a Protected Characteristic under the UK’s Equality Act 2010

United Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Socio-Economic Rights

Momentum is growing in the UK to make social class a statutory protected characteristic. The Co-Op, The British ...

Protecting the Free Speech of Companies? The US Supreme Court decision in 303 Creative LLC v Elenis

Protecting the Free Speech of Companies? The US Supreme Court decision in 303 Creative LLC v Elenis

United States of America, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Privacy, Sexual Orientation

In 303 Creative LLC et al. v Elenis, the US Supreme Court held that the petitioners were entitled to refuse to ...

Beyond the Grave: Addressing Necrophilia in India’s Legal Landscape

Beyond the Grave: Addressing Necrophilia in India’s Legal Landscape

India, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial

In a horrifying case from Karnataka, India, a young woman was murdered & raped in 2015. Following the trial, ...

An Assessment of Transitional Justice in Spain vis-à-vis the Ley De Memoria Democrática: the good, the bad and the solvable

An Assessment of Transitional Justice in Spain vis-à-vis the Ley De Memoria Democrática: the good, the bad and the solvable

Spain, Access to Justice, Conflict and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Human Dignity, Role of the Judiciary

The Spanish transition to democracy post-dictatorship prioritised peace, security, and the consolidation of ...

Redefining Intimacy and Individual Liberties: Unravelling the Kiran Rawat Judgment

Redefining Intimacy and Individual Liberties: Unravelling the Kiran Rawat Judgment

India, Access to Justice, Gender, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Privacy, Role of the Judiciary, Standard of Review

In a shocking recent judgement Kiran Rawat v State of UP, the High Court of Allahabad, India dismissed a writ ...

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