López Soto v Venezuela: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ answer to violence against womenInter-American Convention on Human Rights, GenderThe Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ (IACtHR) feminist answer to torture and sexual enslavement in its ...
Brazil’s top court uses anti-racism legislation to make discrimination against LGBT people a criminal offenceBrazil, Sexual OrientationOn 13th June 2019, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF), by a majority of 8 to 3, recognized discrimination on the ...
#Repeal162: Same-Sex Marriage Bogeyman an Incomprehensible Justification for Criminalizing Same-Sex ConductKenya, Sexual OrientationOver the past six years, Kenyan human rights activists, lawyers and organisations have secured key legal victories ...
The ‘Unaffordable’ Pro-life Abortion Policy in KenyaKenya, AbortionThe narrow basis for the procurement of abortions in Kenya discriminates against women and girls based on their ...
Cuts to the UN Human Rights Bodies? We Know What This Leads ToUnited Nations, Access to JusticeThe global populist backlash against multilateralism and rights is reaching the UN treaty bodies. These ...
Dutch child labour due diligence law: a step towards mandatory human rights due diligenceNetherlands, Labour RightsOn 14 May 2019, the Dutch Senate adopted the Child Labour Due Diligence Law [Wet zorgplicht kinderarbeid]. The law ...
Boris Johnson combats allegations of misconduct in public officeUnited Kingdom, BrexitBoris Johnson has been summoned to appear in the criminal courts: Is the case just a political stunt or ...
The entry of women into the legal profession under British colonial ruleGenderThis year sees the centenary of the abolition of the legal barriers to women’s entry into the legal profession in ...
Stocker v Stocker: dictionaries, domestic violence, and defamationUnited Kingdom, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionThe UK Supreme Court has ruled that a woman was not liable in defamation to her ex-husband for writing public ...
South African Supreme Court of Appeal Confirms Remedy of ‘Constitutional Remedy’ for Homeless People Whose Property is Destroyed by StateSouth Africa, Constitutions and Human RightsOn 3 April 2019, the South African Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) handed down judgment in the matter of Ngomane ...
Brown v. Board of Education at 65: A Job Still UndoneUnited States of America, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThis month marks the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision ...
The Broad Regulation of Fake News Could Limit the Right to Freedom of ExpressionRight to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionMultiple actors from totalitarian states to extremist groups have been spreading ‘fake news’ for a very long time. ...