Sexual Harassment and the Law in LiberiaLiberia, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Violence, Women's RightsSexual harassment is a pervasive issue that transcends geographic, cultural, and societal boundaries, and Africa’s ...
Now that the AI Act has been politically agreed, what’s next? …. Harmonised European Standards.European Union, Artificial Intelligence, Business and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Participation, Right to Privacy, Technology and human rightsI have been working on behalf of Equinet, which holds liaison status in the European Committee for Standardization ...
“The Parent Knows Best”: (Over)Protection of Children in the Data Protection Framework in IndiaIndia, Children's Rights, Data Protection, Right to PrivacyIn 2023, the Indian Parliament passed the long-awaited Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), which, under ...
Two Roads Diverged Within Disability Jurisprudence In India, The Supreme Court Took The One Less Travelled ByIndia, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Disability, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Social Protection, Standard of Review, Substantive EqualityWhile ‘disability’ has not been mentioned as a ground of discrimination in the Indian Constitution, the ...
Personal Status Law in Saudi Arabia: A Shift in Child Custody Rights of MothersSaudi Arabia, Children's Rights, Family law, Gender EqualitySaudi Arabia enacted the Personal Status Law (PSL) in 2022. Saudi officials described it as a groundbreaking ...
Ecuador’s Landmark Legislation on Transformative Reparations for Femicide Victims’ Families: Law Passes Against All OddsEcuador, Access to Justice, Gender, Human Dignity, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Social Protection, Substantive EqualityOn May 28, 2024, Ecuador’s National Assembly passed the Organic Law on Accompaniment, Transformative and ...
Decisional Autonomy: Unrealised Right under India’s Abortion Law?India, Abortion, Bodily autonomy, Constitutions and Human Rights, Sexual and Reproductive RightsLegislative discussions surrounding the 2020 Amendment Bill to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act ...
Silence and Neglect: Understanding and Responding to the Humanitarian Crisis Women Face in SudanSudan, Conflict and Human Rights, Gender Based Violence, International Humanitarian Law, Sexual Violence, Women's RightsOn April 15, 2023, civil war erupted in Khartoum between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) army, led by ...
Continuing to ‘Tinker with the Machinery of Death’? Taiwan Constitutional Court’s Death Penalty JudgmentTaiwan, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Death Penalty, Human Dignity, Right to Life, Role of the Judiciary, Social Protection, Standard of ReviewOn 20 September 2024, the Taiwan Constitutional Court delivered its Judgment 113 Hsien-Pan-8 (English translation ...
Intersectional discrimination of Muslim women in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Mujanović caseBosnia-Herzegovina, Gender Equality, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionOn July 11, 2024, the Bosnian Constitutional Court ruled that Emela Mujanović (at that time soldier in the Bosnian ...
Upholding the Dignity of Prisoners: The Indian Supreme Court’s Stand Against Caste-based Discrimination in PrisonsIndia, Supreme Court of India, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Social Protection, Substantive EqualityOn 3rd October 2024, the Supreme Court of India in Sukanya Shantha v. Union of India & Ors. addressed the ...
The Wheels of Equal Pay Move Slowly – But Moving They Are: The Next Equal Pay RulingUnited Kingdom, Employment Law, Gender Equality, Gender Pay Gap, Pay Disparity, Public Interest LitigationThe wheels of equal pay turn slowly. Much like the iconic London Eye, you may have to look twice to satisfy ...