Xinjiang Cotton and Corporate Criminal Liability under Hong Kong’s National Security LawChina, Business and Human Rights, Labour RightsIn recent months, rights experts have voiced increasing concern over reports of widespread human rights abuses and ...
Human Rights-Based Climate Litigation in Latin AmericaLatin America, Environment, Role of the JudiciaryAs in other regions of the Global South, groups and individuals in Latin America have engaged in litigation to ...
Matrimonial Property Rights in Kenya: The Long Road Ahead for Women’s RightsKenya, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOver the last decade, Kenya has taken some steps to promote fairness and secure women's rights within the ...
The European Court of Human Rights develops important principles in pregnancy discrimination casesEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationMore than 60 years after it started functioning, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has finally delivered ...
The Great Dissent: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Shelby County v. HolderUnited States, Judges' Legacy, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to VoteDissents speak to a future age. … [T]he greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time their ...
Equal Marriage – Unequal ParenthoodGermany, Children's Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationIn 2017, same-sex couples in Germany were granted the right to marry. While the legislator’s decision was ...
Administrative Automated Decision-Making: What About the Right to an Effective Remedy?European Union, Access to Justice, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialAutomated decision-making (‘ADM’) systems are algorithm decision-making tools, which issue either a partial or a ...
IEA v Brazil: Rights-Based Climate Litigation to Protect the Brazilian AmazonBrazil, Environment, Right to Life“[C]limate stability is a new social need, essential to the preservation of human life and ecological balance.” ...
Grappling with Danger: Some Lessons from Urgenda v The NetherlandsNetherlands, EnvironmentThe landmark judgement of the Dutch Supreme Court in Urgenda Foundation v State of the Netherlands has inspired ...
The Federal Court of Malaysia held state Syariah law criminalising ‘unnatural sex’ void and unconstitutionalMalaysia, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Sexual OrientationOn 25 February 2021, the Federal Court of Malaysia delivered a landmark judgment, declaring that Section 28 of the ...
Mencap and Uber in the Supreme Court: Working Time Regulation in an Era of CasualisationUnited Kingdom, Labour Rights, Socio-Economic RightsIn recent weeks, two long-awaited UK Supreme Court judgments have offered strikingly divergent reflections on the ...
Constitutional Changes in Scotland – II: Incorporation of International Treaties, Devolution, and Effective AccountabilityScotland, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human RightsThis blog is the second of a two-part series on Scotland’s incorporation journey. Part 1 sets out the devolved ...