The Kenyan High Court’s BBI Judgment – II: Multiple versus Single Question ReferendumKenya, Role of the Judiciary[Part II of this series discusses further issues in the Kenyan High Court's landmark judgment in David Ndii v The ...
The Kenyan High Court’s BBI Judgment – I: Constitutional Amendment through Popular InitiativeKenya, Role of the Judiciary[On 13th May 2021, in David Ndii v Attorney-General, the High Court of Kenya struck down a set of proposed ...
South Africa’s Constitutional Court Sets Precedent for the Prohibition of Hate SpeechSouth Africa, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionIt is widely recognised that at the heart of the South African Constitution lies an expansive promise of equality, ...
Gruba and Others v Russia: Policemen’s Equal Access to Parental LeaveEuropean Court of Human Rights, Russia, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIt is increasingly recognised worldwide that the responsibility for taking care of children ought to be shared ...
Christians in Malaysia have the right to use the word “Allah”Malaysia, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionOn 17 March 2021, the High Court in Malaya at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia delivered a landmark judgment in Jill ...
Kurt v Austria: ECHR Positive Obligations Without a Coercive Sting?European Convention on Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender, Right to Life, Standard of ReviewA terrible family drama reopens the debate about the coercive sting of ECHR positive obligations Measures to ...
Towards Non-Punishment and Anti-Trafficking Law Reform in AsiaAsia, Conflict and Human RightsThe non-punishment principle (‘NPP’) refers to protecting victims of trafficking from detention, prosecution, and ...
EU Headscarf Bans: The CJEU’s missed opportunity for reflection on neutrality in IX v Wabe and MH Müller Handels v MJCourt of Justice of the European Union, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionThe Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has been widely criticised for their decisions in the popular ...
Canada’s Failure: Climate Change and International Human RightsCanada, United Nations, Children's Rights, Environment, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Life“While I was breathing in wildfire smoke last month with Vancouver’s air quality rated worst in the world, ...
Religious Discrimination and Headscarves – Take TwoCourt of Justice of the European Union, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn IX v WABE eV (C‑804/18) and MH Müller Handels GmbH v MJ (C‑341/19), the CJEU returned to the vexed question of ...
“If Abortion Is a Crime, the State Is the Criminal”: The Role of Reproductive Justice Movements in Challenging South Korea’s Abortion BanSouth Korea, Abortion, Constitutions and Human Rights, Sexual and Reproductive RightsAbortion was completely decriminalised in South Korea on January 1, 2021 following the Constitutional Court ...
UK’s Approach Towards the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human RightsEuropean Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Constitutions and Human RightsIn R (on the application of AB) v Secretary of State for Justice, the teenage Appellant was sentenced for ...