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 ...
Lessons from Sir Henry Brooke: Making Rights Real (II)United Kingdom, Right to Freedom of ReligionIn my last post, I argued that the judgment in Gareth Lee v Ashers Bakery is the consequence of the failure to ...
Lessons from Sir Henry Brooke: Making Rights Real (I)United Kingdom, Right to Freedom of ReligionWhat if? What if the UK House of Lords (as the UK Supreme Court then was) had left the judgment of Lord Justice ...
Re: Inhuman conditions in 1382 Prisons – Development in Indian Prisoner’s RightsIndia, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialIn June 2013, Justice R C Lahoti, a retired Chief Justice of the Indian Supreme Court, wrote to the then Chief ...
Antwerp Court muddies the waters: Belgian Burkini Ban JustifiedBelgium, Gender, Right to Freedom of ReligionOn 18 December 2018, the Antwerp court of first instance held that the burkini ban in the Antwerp Police ...
Secularism as separation and neutrality: A redefinition of Concepts by the Constitutional Court of PeruPeru, Right to Freedom of ReligionLast month, the Constitutional Court of Peru issued a judgment in the case 00007-2014-PA/TC, which concerned an ...
Elusive Equality: The Missing Element in the Oxytocin Ban DecisionIndia, AbortionOxytocin is a WHO-recommended drug for the inducement of labour during childbirth, and in the prevention and ...
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2018: A Tale of Reneged PromisesIndia, GenderOn April 15, 2014, the Indian Supreme Court in National Legal Services Authority (‘NALSA’) v. Union of India ...
The High Court of England and Wales: facilitator of the death penalty abroad?United Kingdom, Death PenaltyLast week, the High Court of England and Wales held that it was lawful for the British Government to assist ...