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The Indian Supreme Court Reserves Judgment on the De-criminalisation of Homosexuality

India, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Sexual Orientation

In 2009, the High Court of Delhi handed down a landmark judgment in Naz Foundation v NCT of Delhi. It read down ...

The Forgotten Asylum Seekers of Calais and Dunkirk

European Union, France, United Kingdom, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic Rights

Since the closure of the ‘Jungle’ in October 2016, the asylum seekers and refugees that remain in Calais, Dunkirk ...

Argentine Senate Rejects Bill on Abortion: The Way Forward

American Convention on Human Rights, Argentina, United Nations, Abortion, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Right to Life, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

The Argentine Senate has recently rejected, by a 7-vote margin, a Bill passed by the Chamber of Deputies on the ...

July 4, 2018 – A New Independence Day

India, United States of America, Environment, Right to Life

In the United States, the Fourth of July is celebrated as Independence Day. Someday history books may celebrate ...

Legal Actions Against Mountain Valley Pipeline Underscore Grassroots Activism’s Importance

United States of America, Environment

The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is a 303-mile U.S. interstate project currently under construction that would ...

#NotMarriedat11: Legal Failures to Protect Children from Child Marriage in Malaysia

Malaysia, Children's Rights, Right to Freedom of Religion

With the recent highlighting of yet another case of child marriage in Malaysia, where a 41 year old man married an ...

Coup, Constitution and the Count: Zimbabwe’s Disputed Elections

Zimbabwe, Conflict and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Vote

In November 2017, Robert Mugabe’s 38-year rule ended. At the time, I called this what it was – a coup – though ...

In Unregulated Spaces: Empowering Female Migrant Workers from India

India, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Business and Human Rights, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

On 4 May 2018, Sheeja Das, an Indian migrant worker, was forced to jump off her employer's residence in Muscat, ...

Release of landmark report into the education of students with disability in Victoria, Australia

Australia, Children's Rights, Disability, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Socio-Economic Rights

Around one in every six students in the Australian state of Victoria lives and learns with disability. On 29 June ...

Is the restitution of land in the ‘public interest’?

South Africa, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic Rights

In the wake of public hearings taking place around South Africa concerning the Parliamentary motion to review and ...

A Masterpiece of Judicial Avoidance?

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

Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 584 U.S. (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court’s ...

The Restitution of Conjugal Rights in Indian Law violates the Right to Privacy

India, Gender, Right to Privacy

In 1983, the Indian Supreme Court held that the right to privacy did not guarantee the autonomy of an individual ...