JCHR Report: The Right to Privacy (Article 8) and the Digital RevolutionUnited Kingdom, Right to PrivacyOn 3 November 2019, the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) published a report on The Right to Privacy (Article ...
Why the Digitization of Welfare States is a Pressing Human Rights IssueRight to PrivacyIn this blog post, Director of NYU Law’s Digital Welfare State and Human Rights Project, Christiaan van Veen, ...
Protests, Riots, Inequality and a New Constitution for ChileChile, Constitutions and Human RightsChile is in the middle of constitutional upheaval as president Piñera announced — although in a vague and obscure ...
Anti-mask Law Ruled a Disproportionate Infringement of Rights Amidst Political Upheaval in Hong KongHong Kong, Right to Freedom of AssemblyNot only has the Hong Kong anti-government movement not died down after 6 months, but it has escalated. The ...
CEDAW: The Every Woman Treaty that Already ExistsUnited Nations, GenderThere is an initiative for a new treaty focused on violence against women that calls itself the “Every Woman ...
Crimea Conscripts: Russia continues to flout the Geneva ConventionsUnited Nations, Conflict and Human RightsThe UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, in its most recent Report on the Human Rights Situation ...
Human Rights Day 2019: Honouring Youth and Protecting Their RightsRight to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive RightsOn 10 December 2019, we commemorate Human Rights Day, 71 years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of ...
Syrians Hopeful for a New Era as the Much-Awaited Constitutional Committee is formedSyria, Constitutions and Human RightsIn September, 2019, the United Nations Secretary General announced the formation of the long awaited Syrian ...
Equal Pay for Equal Work? Flaws in the Indian LawIndia, Gender, Labour RightsThe Equal Remuneration Act 1976 (‘ERA’), a legislation in India dealing with equal pay for equal work for men and ...
Vaccines and the Notwithstanding Clause: an Unnecessary Creation of a Dangerous PrecedentCanada, Socio-Economic RightsOn November 22, 2019, the provincial government of New Brunswick (Canada) announced it would be employing the ...
The Future Could Be Accessible, But Only If All Disability Shortlists Are Made LegalUnited Kingdom, DisabilityTuesday 3 December marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPWD), but with only one week to ...
Challenge to Electronic Voting Machines in Namibia’s Elections Dismissed by the Electoral TribunalNamibia, Right to VoteOn November 27, Namibians will, for the 7th time since independence and multi-party democracy, go to the polls in ...