The Indian Supreme Court’s New Report on Caste: What Is It About and Why It Matters?India, Supreme Court of India, Caste, Constitutions and Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryThe Indian Supreme Court’s in-house think tank, the Centre for Research and Planning, recently released its ...
Language Is the Homeland: Bavaria’s Linguistic Heritage and the Right to DevelopmentBavaria, Council of Europe, Germany, Language, Minority Rights, Rights of the ChildIn November 2025, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development conducted an official country ...
Reassessing Corporate Due Diligence Standards in Dual-Use Technology Supply ChainsPakistan, United Nations, Business and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Social Protection, Standard of Review, Substantive EqualityAmnesty International’s recent report “Shadows of Control” documents how companies from Germany, the UAE, Canada, ...
The SNAP Crisis and Socio-Economic Rights: Does it matter that the United States has not ratified the ICESCR?United States of America, Human Dignity, Intersectionality, Right to Food and Water, Social Protection, Socio-Economic Rights, Standard of ReviewOn 24 October 2025, during a government shutdown, the US Department of Agriculture announced that it would halt ...
In Re Saranda Wildlife Sanctuary: Forests v. Forest Dwellers?India, Environment, Group rights, PropertyOn 13 November 2025, the Supreme Court of India in In Re Saranda Wildlife Sanctuary ordered the State of Jharkhand ...
Balancing the Protection of Witnesses in English Criminal Law with the Right to a Fair TrialEuropean Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Access to Justice, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Human Dignity, Role of the Judiciary, Social Protection, Standard of ReviewLike other national and international criminal justice systems, English criminal law has incorporated measures to ...
The Codification of Gender Apartheid under International Law and the Evolutive Significance of ‘Apartheid’Afghanistan, Gender Apartheid, Gender Equality, Gender Persecution, International Criminal LawDiscussions and advocacy movements to codify the concept of ‘gender apartheid’ under international law have gained ...
Climate Change and the Erosion of Children’s Rights in BangladeshBangladesh, Children's Rights, Climate Change, Environment, Human Dignity, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Right to healthy environment, Right to Life, Social Protection, Substantive EqualityIn 2023, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child issued General Comment No. 26, recognising climate change and ...
The First Gender Persecution Conviction at the International Criminal CourtInternational Criminal Court, Sudan, Crimes Against Humanity, Gender justice, Gender Persecution, International Criminal LawOn 6 October 2025, the Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) found Ali Muhammad Ali ...
The CJEU ruling on the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Opening a door for progressive social experimentation? (Part II)Council of Europe, Court of Justice of the European Union, Denmark, European Social Charter, European Union, Labour RightsOn 11 November 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU/Court) delivered the anxiously awaited ...
The CJEU ruling on the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: opening a door for progressive social experimentation? (Part I)Council of Europe, Court of Justice of the European Union, Denmark, European Social Charter, European Union, Labour RightsOn 11 November 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU/Court) delivered the anxiously awaited ...
Positive and Negative Rights Strike Again: Mathur v. OntarioCanada, Climate Change, Climate justice, Positive Duties, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe distinction between positive and negative rights continues to complicate, and defeat, constitutional ...