The Broken State of Capital Sentencing in India’s Trial CourtsIndia, Death Penalty, Role of the JudiciaryProject 39A at National Law University, Delhi analysed judgments of all capital cases (215 in total) across trial ...
Protecting Indigenous Communities in Cases of Climate-forced migrationUnited Nations, EnvironmentOn Indigenous People’s Day in 2018, the United Nations pushed for the protection of indigenous populations’ human ...
Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in New ZealandNew Zealand, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn 2007, the United Nations adopted a Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. It affirmed that the right ...
Women’s Right to Sexual and Reproductive Decision-Making: The UN Population Fund Report 2020United Nations, Gender, Right to HealthOne of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is to ‘Achieve ...
COVID-19 and the Curious Case of Continued Detention of ‘Foreigners’ in IndiaIndia, COVID-19, Immigration and AsylumOn 13 April 2020, the Supreme Court of India ordered that ‘foreigners’ who had been detained for at least two ...
The Conventionality Control Doctrine of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: a Critical ApproachInter-American Convention on Human Rights, Constitutions and Human RightsSince 2006, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) has developed the “Conventionality Control”doctrine. ...
20 Years After Palermo Protocol: Towards a stronger East African regional anti-trafficking frameworkUnited Nations, Conflict and Human Rights, COVID-19The year 2020 marks 20 years since the adoption of the year 2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish ...
Does India’s covid-19 Contact Tracing App Violate Digital Rights?India, COVID-19, Right to PrivacyOn 14 April 2020, during his speech on the extension of the lockdown in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged ...
Covid-19, Patents and Access to Medication in IndiaIndia, COVID-19, Right to HealthThe Covid-19 pandemic is spreading rapidly across India. India has had a long-drawn struggle around affordable ...
Covid-19 and Rights of Persons with Disabilities in IndiaIndia, COVID-19, DisabilityCovid-19 is not uniform in its impact. Persons with disabilities are disproportionately affected by the pandemic. ...
Federal Court Holds There Is a Fundamental Right to Education Under the U.S ConstitutionUnited States of America, Children's Rights, Right to EducationIn a landmark decision issued last week in the Gary B. v. Whitmer case, the U.S Court of Appeals for the Sixth ...
Domestic Violence in the Age of Coronavirus: Additional Reporting Barriers and Potential Immigration Consequences in the U.S.United States of America, COVID-19, GenderIncreases in the incidence of domestic violence have been reported across the globe during the coronavirus ...