Ms X v Mahmood Farooqi: A Dangerous Precedent for Interpreting Consent in Rape Cases in IndiaIndia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn a recent case before the Indian Supreme Court, Ms X v Mahmood Farooqi, the court refused to overturn a Delhi ...
The Second Generation Challenges of the Right to Development (II): Is there an International Duty to Cooperate towards the Realization of the Right to Development? United Nations, Business and Human Rights, Socio-Economic RightsIn my previous post, I noted that the right to development should be rejuvenated by building on recent advances of ...
The Second Generation Challenges of the Right to Development (I): Can the Right to Development be Rescued? United Nations, Business and Human Rights, Socio-Economic RightsMore than thirty years have passed since the UN General Assembly proclaimed the right to development, but its ...
Anudo v Tanzania: The African Court Recognises the Right to Nationality under Customary International LawAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, United Nations, Immigration and AsylumDuring the recently concluded 48th Ordinary Session, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights delivered a ...
Supreme Court of India Prepares to Hear Babri Masjid/Ram Temple DisputeIndia, Right to Freedom of ReligionWhen the same physical space is seen as sacred to different communities, they can become a point of intercommunal ...
Draft Copenhagen Declaration – Diluting European Supervision by ‘Robust Subsidiarity’European Convention on Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryAs a prelude to the High Level Conference to be held in Copenhagen in April 2018, the Danish chairmanship of the ...
Recent Trends in Climate Change Litigation: Colombia’s Amazon and Juliana v U.S Colombia, United States of America, EnvironmentOn April 4, 2018, the Colombian Supreme Court handed down an important ruling (Tutela, a rights-based injunction) ...
The Right to Die with Dignity: The Indian Supreme Court Allows Passive Euthanasia and Living WillsIndia, Right to Life, Right to PrivacyIn a landmark judgment (Common Cause (A Regd. Society) v. Union of India & Anr.) delivered on 9th March, 2018, ...
Moving towards the recognition and protection of climate change refugees under international human rights lawUnited Nations, Environment, Immigration and AsylumThe recent hurricanes that hit the coast of the Caribbean have renewed the fears of a global climate refugee ...
What the Right To Privacy Judgment Means for India’s Marital Rape ExceptionIndia, Gender, Right to PrivacyFollowing Puttaswamy v Union of India – in which the judges unanimously and unequivocally ruled that a right to ...
Gaining More from Human Rights: Access to Health Care and Surviving Childbirth is not EnoughUnited Nations, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Socio-Economic RightsSustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 seeks to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all, at all ages. ...
U.N. Framework Principles on Human Rights and the Environment: A Catalyst for Grassroots-Centered U.S. Reform?United Nations, United States of America, EnvironmentJohn H. Knox, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, recently issued a final report to ...