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Over Four Decades of Data Protection: Unexplored History with Valuable Insights for the Future – Part 1

Over Four Decades of Data Protection: Unexplored History with Valuable Insights for the Future – Part 1

Australia, European Union, United States, Data Protection, Employment Law, Legislative Reform, Right to Privacy

Introduction January 28, 2025, marks the 44th anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108 (now ...

Judicial Capture in Georgia

Judicial Capture in Georgia

Georgia, Executive, Role of the Judiciary

The recent years have been tumultuous for Georgia. The country’s ruling party has sought to cement its rule ...

The Scope of Transgenerational Harm: Making a Case for the ‘Unborn Child’

The Scope of Transgenerational Harm: Making a Case for the ‘Unborn Child’

International Criminal Court, Uganda, Conflict and Human Rights, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, reparations, Sexual Violence, transgenerational harm

The International Criminal Court (ICC), while deciding the case of Prosecutor v. Dominic Ongwen, considered Mr. ...

The EU Forced Labour Regulation: reflections from a human rights perspective – Part 2

The EU Forced Labour Regulation: reflections from a human rights perspective – Part 2

European Union, Business and Human Rights, Enforcement of Human Rights, fair trade, Forced Labour, International Labour Organisation, Legislative Reform, Public International Law

See Part 1 of this blog here: The EU Forced Labour Regulation: reflections from a human rights perspective – Part ...

The EU Forced Labour Regulation: Reflections from a Human Rights Perspective – Part 1

The EU Forced Labour Regulation: Reflections from a Human Rights Perspective – Part 1

European Union, Business and Human Rights, fair trade, Forced Labour, Labour Rights, Legislative Reform

1. Introduction Forced labour and child labour constitute serious human rights violations. Regulation (EU) ...

The Advocacy Gap: Anti-Carceral, but not Abolitionist, Human Rights Advocacy in Northern Ireland

The Advocacy Gap: Anti-Carceral, but not Abolitionist, Human Rights Advocacy in Northern Ireland

European Convention on Human Rights, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Abolitionism, Prison Reform

In Northern Ireland, custody and remand populations in prison have climbed to their highest in almost 9 years; ...

Gavel Adopts Gadget: The Risks of Artificial Judicial Decision-Making

Gavel Adopts Gadget: The Risks of Artificial Judicial Decision-Making

Global, Access to Justice, Artificial Intelligence, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Fair Trial, Right to Privacy, Role of the Judiciary

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems have been integrated in many jurisdictions including China, Estonia, Taiwan, ...

How the Supreme Court of India continues to flout the ‘Bail Is Rule, Jail an Exception’ Principle

How the Supreme Court of India continues to flout the ‘Bail Is Rule, Jail an Exception’ Principle

India, Article 21, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Life, Supreme Court of India

The Supreme Court of India (SCI) has consistently held the cardinal principle of criminal law that ‘bail is the ...

‘The Private is Political’: Horizontality of Fundamental Rights as an Antidote for Trans Discrimination in India

‘The Private is Political’: Horizontality of Fundamental Rights as an Antidote for Trans Discrimination in India

India, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Gender Equality, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Life, , Standard of Review, Substantive Equality

The Indian Supreme Court’s issuance of notice on January 2, 2024, in response to a petition by a transwoman ...

Gender-Affirming Care on the Chopping Block: What Tennessee’s Healthcare Ban Means for Trans Youth in America

Gender-Affirming Care on the Chopping Block: What Tennessee’s Healthcare Ban Means for Trans Youth in America

United States of America, Access to Justice, Gender, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Right to Privacy, Role of the Judiciary, Standard of Review, Substantive Equality

The United States is at a critical juncture in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality, as it confronts the balance between ...

Reforming Bail Jurisprudence: An Imperative for India

Reforming Bail Jurisprudence: An Imperative for India

India, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Legislative Reform

The fundamental objective of judicial administration is to establish uniformity and certainty in the decisions of ...

The Draconian Public Order Act – Protests Crackdown In Pakistan

The Draconian Public Order Act – Protests Crackdown In Pakistan

Pakistan, Right to Freedom of Assembly, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to Protest

The political instability in Pakistan is not unsurprising. However, the recent draconian crackdown on the protests ...

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