“Insensitive Advertising” of Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore: A Violation of Human DignitySingapore, Labour RightsSingapore’s Ministry of Manpower has suspended the licence of an employment agency for advertising the services of ...
Coup, Constitution and Commission: Commission of Inquiry into Zimbabwean Electoral Violence Confirms Military Killings of CiviliansZimbabwe, Right to VoteIn a series of earlier posts, I have tracked a series of events in Zimbabwe beginning with the military-assisted ...
Veil of Discord: France’s Approach to Religious Clothing Condemned by the United Nations Human Rights CommitteeFrance, Right to Freedom of ReligionIn three decisions issued on 10 August 2018 and 23 October 2018, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) ...
The Two Child Tax Limit Perpetuates the Myth of Poverty as a Moral Failing United Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Social ProtectionFamilies who have a third child born after 6 April 2017 will not receive child tax credits for the third child ...
An Analysis of the NRC controversy in Assam: Migration and Citizenship in IndiaIndia, Immigration and AsylumOn July 30, 2018, the second draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published by the Government of ...
Major Federal Right to Education Lawsuit Filed in the U.SUnited States of America, Right to EducationLast month, 14 students and parents filed a class action law suit, Cook v. Raimondo, asking the U.S. District ...
European Arrest Warrants and The Right to a Fair Trial: The Approach of the CJEU and ECtHRCriminal Justice and Fair TrialA highly discussed issue within the EU is whether the extradition of individuals to Poland is permissible under EU ...
How the Harvard Affirmative Action Case Became a ‘Battle of Economists’United States of America, RaceThe lawsuit over Harvard College’s affirmative action program has been called a ‘battle of economists.’ The ...
Business and Human Rights: A Tale of Two DutiesFrance, United Kingdom, Business and Human RightsWith effect from 29 March 2017, the French Loi de la Vigilance introduced into the Commercial Code a duty on ...
Central American Caravan Migrants’ Right of Asylum Endangered by Trump’s Electoral StrategyUnited States of America, Immigration and AsylumOn 13 October, a caravan of approximately 7,000 Central American migrants, including women and unaccompanied ...
Socio-Economic Rights and Land Reform in Scotland: Learning from South AfricaUnited Kingdom, Socio-Economic RightsBalancing the property rights of landowners with the socio-economic rights of communities and tenants has ...
Legal Gaps and Inconsistencies in India’s Commercial Surrogacy BanIndia, Sexual and Reproductive RightsThe Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, which was laid on the tables of both Houses in August 2017, no longer ...