Why Turkey’s Withdrawal of the Istanbul Convention was Inconsistent with International LawTurkey, GenderTurkey was the first State to sign and withdraw from the Istanbul Convention. Turkey ratified the Convention on 24 ...
Proving Discrimination in the Counter-Terrorism Context in EuropeEurope, Counter-terrorism, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationTwenty years after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US, the War on Terror has fundamentally reshaped ...
Mental Autonomy and Technology: A Cross-disciplinary Approach to Protecting Freedom of Thought and OpinionEuropean Union, Right to PrivacyThere are growing concerns about the impact of technology on mental autonomy: our ability to make up our own minds ...
Afghanistan Crisis and Inadequate Indian Refugee PolicyIndia, Immigration and Asylum, Right to LifeThe speed with which the Taliban seized Afghanistan as American forces withdrew has plunged Afghanistan into a ...
Plugging the Leaks in Food Distribution: The Supreme Court of India Delivers Migrant Workers’ Right to FoodIndia, Right to Life, Socio-Economic RightsUnemployment caused by India’s COVID-19 lockdown from 24 March, 2020 led to a homeward exodus - characterised by a ...
The Hidden Pandemic of Domestic Abuse: Will Criminalising Coercive Control in Australia Protect the Most Vulnerable?Australia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationGlobally, organisations supporting survivors of domestic abuse have faced unparalleled challenges during the ...
Valuable or Viable: Reproductive Justice and the Texas Abortion BanUnited States, Abortion, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive RightsThe Supreme Court’s refusal to stop Texas’ unconstitutional six-week abortion ban endangers the lives people with ...
Corte Inter-Americana de Derechos Humanos: El derecho a estar libre de violencia en contextos educativos.Inter-American Convention on Human Rights, Children's Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Sexual and Reproductive RightsEn junio del año 2020 la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH) dictó sentencia en el caso Paola ...
Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Freedom from Sexual Violence in Educational ContextsInter-American Convention on Human Rights, Children's Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Sexual and Reproductive RightsIn June 2020, the Inter-American Court of Human Right (‘IACtHR’) issued a judgment in the case of Paola ...
A Golden Passport to Crime and Corruption: European Values on TrialCyprus, European Union, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to VoteThe Law Office of the Republic of Cyprus recently released a final report, just shy of 800 pages and drafted ...
The Kenyan Court of Appeal’s BBI Judgment – V: To Be Or Not To Be – The Eternity Clauses Within the 2010 ConstitutionKenya, Role of the Judiciary[This is the fifth post in the OxHRH Blog's ongoing series on the Kenyan Court of Appeal's landmark judgment in ...
The Offence of Sedition in India and its FutureIndia, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionIn what became a widely reported incident, on 15 July 2021, while hearing a petition challenging Section 124A of ...