CRPD Committee Adopts New General Comment on Equality and Non-DiscriminationUnited Nations, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities released its advance unedited version of the General ...
The Human Rights Implications of Xi Jingping’s Limitless Presidential TermChina, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionChina’s National People’s Congress recently passed a constitutional change to remove the two-term presidential ...
Homeless at Home: Forced Internal Displacement In IndiaIndia, Environment, Right to Housing, Social Protection, Socio-Economic RightsIn September 2017, the Prime Minister of India inaugurated the Sardar Sarovar Dam (SSP), which was designated as ...
Developments from the 48th Ordinary Session of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ RightsAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryIn the last week of February 2018, Africa’s principal human and peoples’ rights judicial organ, the African Court ...
Fascination with Kenya’s Presidency has Overlooked the Real Changes Happening Locally Kenya, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to VoteKenya’s 2010 constitution replaced the country’s centralised governance structure with one of the world’s most ...
Tackling FGM In India: Is It Time For A New Law?India, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionAccording to a study conducted on members of the Bohra community in India, a startling 75% of the daughters of the ...
A Step Closer to Equality: LGBTQ+ Rights in the Inter-American Court of Human RightsAmerican Convention on Human Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationIn a landmark advisory opinion delivered on January 9th, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights stated that the ...
CCTV Cameras in Classrooms: The Conflict between Security and PrivacyIndia, Right to Education, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to PrivacyThe Chief Minister of Delhi recently announced his decision to install CCTV cameras in all public schools, and to ...
Taking the backseat? Strategic utilisation of human rights in the implementation of SDGsUnited Nations, Business and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Environment, Socio-Economic RightsHuman rights and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are closely entwined. The text of the Agenda declares ...
The Legality of Unilateral Child Conversion in MalaysiaMalaysia, Children's Rights, Right to Freedom of ReligionFor Indira Gandhi, whose husband converted to Islam and attempted to unilaterally convert their daughter as well, ...
First Criminal Conviction under Belgium’s Anti-Sexism ActBelgium, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationA man who made sexist remarks to a female police officer was sentenced to pay a €3,000 fine and became the first ...
Australia’s Legal Responsibility for the Refugees and Asylum Seekers it has left Languishing in Offshore DetentionAustralia, Immigration and AsylumWith Australia’s recent election to the UN Human Rights Council, it is important that the international community ...