The 40th Session of the Human Rights Council: Some Observations on State BehaviourUnited Nations, Access to Justice, Conflict and Human RightsThe UN Human Rights Council, which was created in 2006, is currently holding its 40th Session. The HRC is the UN’s ...
Canadian Children have a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy at SchoolCanada, Children's Rights, Right to PrivacyIn R. v. Jarvis, the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that children can reasonably expect that they will not be ...
Why Depriving Shamima Begum of her UK Citizenship Breaches International LawUnited Kingdom, Immigration and Asylum Shamima Begum, the British teenager who left the UK to marry an ISIS fighter, was recently found in Syria and ...
Gloucester Resources and Its Radical Implications for Indigenous Environmental JusticeAustralia, EnvironmentThe decision by New South Wales Land and Environment court, Australia, rejecting the appeal by Gloucester ...
Under India’s New Intermediary Rules, Fundamental Rights Take BackstageIndia, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to PrivacyThe Indian Government’s Information Technology Ministry had recently invited comments on proposed amendments to ...
Should Canadian Citizens Abroad have an Unfettered Right to Vote?Canada, Right to VoteCanadian citizens who have resided abroad for five years or more did not have the right to vote in a federal ...
Human Rights in ScotlandUnited Kingdom, BrexitOn 10th December 2018 the First Minister’s Advisory Group on Human Rights Leadership set out its vision for the ...
Indian Supreme Court on Dance Bar Regulations: Victory for Bar Dancers?India, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationA two-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India (‘SC’) recently relaxed the stringent conditions imposed by the ...
Successful Judicial Review of Benefits Payment in the UKUnited Kingdom, Social ProtectionR (Johnson and others) and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2019] EWHC 23 (Admin) is an English High ...
“Social will” as important as political will for implementing human rightsGenderWhat has been largely overlooked in the human rights theory and practice is what I would call the lack of “social ...
Madison v. Alabama: Chief Justice Roberts “Takes Back Control” of his CourtUnited States of America, Death PenaltyLast week, the US Supreme Court spared the life of Vernon Madison, at least temporarily, by remanding his case ...
Abidjan’s Roadmap for Free and Quality Public EducationRight to EducationI had to take three flights and it took me almost 24 hours to get to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from Medellin, my ...