Poverty in the UK is violating human rights. What’s next?United Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationLast week, we presented the findings of our investigation into poverty in the United Kingdom to the UN Human ...
Non-abyssal and Ableist Indian Supreme Court: The Abyssal Exclusion of Persons with DisabilitiesIndia, DisabilityThe famous critical thinker, Santos, has forcefully argued that critical theorists and social scientists have ...
Sudan’s Elusive Justice: Do Heads of States Enjoy Immunity from International Crimes?Sudan, Conflict and Human RightsWith the worsening situation in Sudan and the government’s systematic violations against the people of Sudan, ...
The High Court of Botswana decriminalises same-sex relationsBotswana, Sexual OrientationThe judgement of the Botswana High Court in LM V The Attorney General, which legalised same-sex sex relations, is ...
Religious minorities in Austria lose Good Friday as a public holidayAustralia, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationFor the first time since 1952, this year, Good Friday on the 19thApril was not a public holiday for employees who ...
Arm Sales to Saudi Arabia: Evaluating the Clear Risk of Violations of IHLUnited Kingdom, Conflict and Human RightsOn Thursday 20 June, the Court of Appeal issued its open judgment in the appeal concerning the lawfulness of the ...
López Soto v Venezuela: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ answer to violence against womenInter-American Convention on Human Rights, GenderThe Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ (IACtHR) feminist answer to torture and sexual enslavement in its ...
Brazil’s top court uses anti-racism legislation to make discrimination against LGBT people a criminal offenceBrazil, Sexual OrientationOn 13th June 2019, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF), by a majority of 8 to 3, recognized discrimination on the ...
#Repeal162: Same-Sex Marriage Bogeyman an Incomprehensible Justification for Criminalizing Same-Sex ConductKenya, Sexual OrientationOver the past six years, Kenyan human rights activists, lawyers and organisations have secured key legal victories ...
The ‘Unaffordable’ Pro-life Abortion Policy in KenyaKenya, AbortionThe narrow basis for the procurement of abortions in Kenya discriminates against women and girls based on their ...
Cuts to the UN Human Rights Bodies? We Know What This Leads ToUnited Nations, Access to JusticeThe global populist backlash against multilateralism and rights is reaching the UN treaty bodies. These ...
Dutch child labour due diligence law: a step towards mandatory human rights due diligenceNetherlands, Labour RightsOn 14 May 2019, the Dutch Senate adopted the Child Labour Due Diligence Law [Wet zorgplicht kinderarbeid]. The law ...