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. ...
Using UN Frameworks to Further Racial Justice within BritainUnited Kingdom, United Nations, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn 2015, the United Nations promulgated an International Decade for people of African descent. The UN explained ...
Should the armed forces free itself of gender binary norms?India, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination“Self-determination of gender is an integral part of personal autonomy and self-expression and falls within the ...
What Remains Following the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill Reference Judgment?United Kingdom, United Nations, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human RightsThe United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill (UNCRC Bill) passed ...
The Violation of Human Rights of Women in Mental Healthcare InstitutionsIndia, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to HealthRecently, the Supreme Court, while adjudicating upon a plea by Gaurav Bansal, took note of the human rights ...
A Narrowed Ambit of Freedom of Speech and Debate in Hong Kong’s LegislatureHong Kong, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionDespite recent changes in Hong Kong’s political environment following the introduction of a “patriots only” rule ...
Rajasthan’s Registration of Marriages Amendment: Gaps in India’s Prohibition of Child Marriage ActIndia, Children's Rights, GenderIndia is home to the largest number of child brides, according to a UNICEF report published in 2019. Recently ...