The Missing Pieces: Living Organ Donation and Personal Autonomy in GermanyEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Germany, Disability, Right to Health, Right to Life, Right to PrivacyNon-directed living organ donation remains prohibited in Germany, with concerning implications for individual ...
The Legacy of the 1993 Democratic Transition of SeychellesSeychelles, Access to Justice, Conflict and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Life, Role of the JudiciaryThe Seychelles Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission has almost concluded its investigation into ...
Hostage Diplomacy: Russia’s Detention of a US journalist as State Hostage-takingIran, Russia, United Nations, United States of America, Conflict and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Human Dignity, Right against Torture, Role of the JudiciaryOn 30 March, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the arrest of the Wall Street Journal’s Moscow ...
The EU Artificial Intelligence Act and its Human Rights LimitationsEuropean Union, United Nations, Business and Human Rights, Counter-terrorism, Gender, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to PrivacyAt the end of 2022, the Council of the European Union adopted its common position or ‘general approach’ to the ...
Upholding the Right to Shelter: The Need for a Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy in Eviction and Demolition Drives in IndiaIndia, Right to HousingThe Supreme Court of India stayed the Order of the Uttarakhand High Court directing removal of occupants from ...
Ogentoto v Ogentoto: Kenya’s Supreme Court Judgment on Equality and Fairness in the Division of Matrimonial PropertyKenya, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Right to Housing, Social ProtectionFor over a decade now, Kenya has made important steps towards fair division of matrimonial property through its ...
کیا پاکستان میں خواتین اپنے انسانی حقوق کے لیے مارچ کر سکتی ہیں؟Pakistan, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive Rightsپاکستان میں سندھ ہائی کورٹ کے ایک حالیہ فیصلے نے ثابت کیا ہے کہ خواتین کے حقوق کے علمبرداروں کی طرف سے عام طور پر ...
Can Women March for their Human Rights in Pakistan?Pakistan, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive RightsA recent decision of the Sindh High Court (SHC) in Pakistan has established that the catchcry commonly used by ...
Houses Without Land: The Strange Property Rights Phenomenon in the Kenyan Coastal Region and its Effect on coastal communities’ right to housingAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, Kenya, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Environment, Gender, Right to Housing, Role of the JudiciaryThe common law maxim cujus est solem ejus et usque ad coelum et ad inferos affirms that whoever owns a piece of ...
Protection from Procedural Lapses as Reasonable AccommodationIndia, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOne of the principles underpinning the Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2016 (“the Disability Act”) in India ...
Uganda’s Draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023African Charter on Human and People's Rights, Uganda, United Nations, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Right against Torture, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Sexual Orientation, Social ProtectionAfter an unsuccessful attempt to propagate the draconian Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2014, the Ugandan Parliament ...
‘We have found institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia in the Met’: Baroness Casey ReviewUnited Kingdom, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationA few days ago, the final report of an independent review into the standards of behaviour and internal culture of ...