Remedying Individual Injustice: The Supreme Court of India paves the way in Avni Prakash V. National Testing Agency and Ors.India, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Disability, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the JudiciaryImage description: A person standing at a podium, with a banner reading 'Accessible India Campaign'. In human ...
Contaminated Supply Chains and Clean Energy in ChinaChina, United States, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Environment, Labour Rights, Right against Torture, Social ProtectionImage description: A picture of solar panels in a field, against the backdrop of mountains. As China is a ...
Corroboration as Sex Discrimination: The Equality Implications of Sexual Offence Cases in MalawiAfrica, Malawi, Children's Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender, Role of the Judiciary, Standard of ReviewImage description: Graffiti on the wall of three women with red blindfolds over their eyes. In Kaliyati v R ...
Towards Uniformity and Eradicating Gender Disparity: Increase in Legal Age of Marriage for WomenIndia, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationImage description: A bride and groom with their hands interlinked. A petition was filed by Ashwini Kumar in ...
Google’s Victory Against Lloyd in UK Supreme Court: The Need for Class Action LegislationUnited Kingdom, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Right to Privacy, Role of the JudiciaryImage description: A building with the sign saying 'Google'. On 10 November 2021, the Supreme Court of the ...
Has there been a Slip Between Cup and Lip?: Vikash Kumar v UPSCIndia, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationImage description: The picture of a ramp outside a building as a form of reasonable accommodation. Before ...
The Inter-American Human Rights System on Public Security and Police Violence in Brazil: In Defence of a Rights-Based Approach to Security PoliciesAmerican Convention on Human Rights, Brazil, Inter-American Convention on Human Rights, Conflict and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Race, Right against Torture, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThree years after the “Favela Nova Brasília” case, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ('IACtHR') is hearing ...
UK High Court Grants Discretionary Leave to Remain for Victims of TraffickingEuropean Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Immigration and AsylumImage description: Several persons approaching the coastline on a small boat. On 12 October 2021, in KTT, R ...
Multinational Corporations Owe Responsibility Towards the Forced Labour of Uyghurs in ChinaChina, Business and Human Rights, Conflict and Human RightsUS President Joe Biden recently signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act which will ban goods ...
Pakistan’s Inspirational Transgender Persons’ Law- Some Years LaterPakistan, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe Parliament of Pakistan had passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act in May 2018 and it might ...
The Polish Challenge to the ECtHR’s Authority: Can the CoE Human-Rights System Respond Convincingly to It?European Convention on Human Rights, Poland, Constitutions and Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryThat the 24.11.21 judgment of the Polish Constitutional Court (CC) represents a serious challenge to the ECtHR’s ...
Vikash Kumar Discourse: A Missed Opportunity in the Realm of Policy FormationIndia, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationImage description: Parliamentarians at a consultation in India. The judgment pronounced by Justice D.Y. ...