IPCC Special Report and Human RightsEnvironmentThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (‘IPCC’) recently released its Special Report on the Impacts of ...
State of Palestine takes United States to International Court of Justice over Jerusalem EmbassyUnited Nations, Conflict and Human RightsIn its consistent diplomatic and legal attempts to salvage the two-State solution based on international law, the ...
González Carreño v. Spain: What can be Expected from the Spanish Supreme Court’s Ruling?Spain, Role of the JudiciaryIn what has been earmarked as a ‘revolutionary’ judgment in the field of international human rights law, the ...
Austerity Policies in the UK an Impermissible Retrogressive MeasureUnited Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Social ProtectionUnder the umbrella of austerity, the UK has pursued a punishing regime of cuts to social welfare benefits and ...
Australia to Transfer Asylum Seeker and Refugee Children from Nauru to AustraliaAustralia, Children's Rights, Immigration and AsylumThe Australian government has confirmed plans to transfer all asylum seeker and refugee children from Nauru to ...
Aadhaar Verdict: A Middle PathIndia, Right to PrivacyThe Supreme Court of India has emerged as a strong force in safeguarding the Constitutional values, and has had a ...
Human Rights Should not be Subject to a Popular Vote: Lessons from Romania’s Failed Anti-LGBT ReferendumRomania, Sexual OrientationOn 6 and 7 October, Romania held a referendum for the traditional family. Its purpose was to review the Romanian ...
Ireland Votes to Remove Blasphemy Offence from ConstitutionIreland, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionThe 37th Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland was passed by referendum on Friday, removing the word ...
LBGT+ Rights in The EUEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Sexual OrientationThis blog is the second in a series that takes a snapshot of where LGBT+ rights are in 2018, as a result of some ...
Mind the Gap: the Privacy Void in Brazilian’s Public TransportBrazil, Right to PrivacyIn April 2018, the agreement entered into between ADMobilize and ViaQuatro, the administrator of the yellow line ...
The Ogiek Evictions in Kenya – a failed legal solutionKenya, EnvironmentThe Mau Forest is one of Kenya’s forest reserves, gazetted in 1954 to protect it from deforestation. In 2001, the ...
Indian Supreme Court Decriminalises Adultery: A Step Closer to Criminalising Marital RapeIndia, GenderIn the landmark decision in Joseph Shine v Union of India on 27 September 2018, the Indian Supreme Court ...