Between Cross-Border Obligations and Domestic Remedies: The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s decision on Sacchi v Argentina (Part 1)United Nations, Children's Rights, EnvironmentThe UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has delivered its long-awaited admissibility decision on Sacchi et al ...
Why Punitive Policies and Laws Will Not Solve Violent Crime in JamaicaJamaica, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Race“Police kill 7 in Braeton”. “Massacre in Tivoli”. “Police death squads uncovered” These headlines tell ...
Together for Equality: Why and How a Comprehensive Approach to Tackling Discrimination WorksUnited Nations, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationFor almost fifteen years, the Equal Rights Trust has worked to support the adoption of comprehensive equality laws ...
Addressing Police Brutality in Nigeria – A Crisis of Non-ImplementationNigeria, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Race, Right against TortureFor weeks in October 2020, young Nigerians held nationwide protests denouncing years of extra-judicial killings, ...
First Nations Deaths in Custody and the Politics of DenialAustralia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe announcement of an Australian Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in 1987 promised to be a ...
Indian Supreme Court’s Eviction Order Puts Thousands at the Risk of HomelessnessIndia, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic RightsOn 7th June, 2021, the Indian Supreme Court passed a controversial order directing a municipal corporation in the ...
Assessing Vulnerability: Asylum Seekers with Disabilities in Direct Provision in IrelandIreland, Disability, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationAsylum seekers with disabilities are largely invisible in the international protection system in Ireland. They ...
Reconceptualizing the Standard of Consent for Stem Cell Research in IndiaIndia, Right to HealthHuman stem cell research involves the extraction of clusters of undifferentiated cells, derived from the human ...
Nadia Naz v President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Supreme Court of Pakistan Restricts the Scope of ‘Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act 2010’Pakistan, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn 5 July 2021, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) delivered the judgement in Nadia Naz v. ...
The Potential of Bold Remedial Relief to Enforce Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa – Komape v Minister of Basic EducationSouth Africa, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Education, Right to Health, Role of the Judiciary, Socio-Economic RightsKomape v Minister of Basic Education concerns the unsafe, undignified sanitation facilities in schools in the ...
Proposed Voter ID Reforms in the UK: The Dangers of ‘Fraud’ Based RegulationUnited Kingdom, United States, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to VoteThe UK government’s Election Bill containing controversial Voter ID provisions is progressing with haste through ...
Recognising ASHA Workers in India: The Need for a Legislative RevampIndia, Access to Justice, COVID-19, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to HealthAccredited Social Health Activists (ASHA workers) play a key role in rural India’s public health infrastructure. ...