CJEU: Austrian Good Friday legislation constitutes direct discrimination on the grounds of religionAustria, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationUnder Austrian law, Good Friday is a public holiday only for members of the Evangelical Churches of the Augsburg ...
The Extremism Database is in Breach of the European Convention on Human RightsEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Right to PrivacyOn 24 January 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (the ECtHR) delivered its judgment in the case of Catt v. ...
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights Affirms the Right to Access Documents Necessary for AppealsAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, Access to JusticeOn 7 December 2018, the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights delivered its judgment in the case of Mgosi ...
The 40th Session of the Human Rights Council: Some Observations on State BehaviourUnited Nations, Access to Justice, Conflict and Human RightsThe UN Human Rights Council, which was created in 2006, is currently holding its 40th Session. The HRC is the UN’s ...
Canadian Children have a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy at SchoolCanada, Children's Rights, Right to PrivacyIn R. v. Jarvis, the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that children can reasonably expect that they will not be ...
Why Depriving Shamima Begum of her UK Citizenship Breaches International LawUnited Kingdom, Immigration and Asylum Shamima Begum, the British teenager who left the UK to marry an ISIS fighter, was recently found in Syria and ...
Gloucester Resources and Its Radical Implications for Indigenous Environmental JusticeAustralia, EnvironmentThe decision by New South Wales Land and Environment court, Australia, rejecting the appeal by Gloucester ...
Under India’s New Intermediary Rules, Fundamental Rights Take BackstageIndia, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to PrivacyThe Indian Government’s Information Technology Ministry had recently invited comments on proposed amendments to ...
Should Canadian Citizens Abroad have an Unfettered Right to Vote?Canada, Right to VoteCanadian citizens who have resided abroad for five years or more did not have the right to vote in a federal ...
Human Rights in ScotlandUnited Kingdom, BrexitOn 10th December 2018 the First Minister’s Advisory Group on Human Rights Leadership set out its vision for the ...
Indian Supreme Court on Dance Bar Regulations: Victory for Bar Dancers?India, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationA two-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India (‘SC’) recently relaxed the stringent conditions imposed by the ...
Successful Judicial Review of Benefits Payment in the UKUnited Kingdom, Social ProtectionR (Johnson and others) and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2019] EWHC 23 (Admin) is an English High ...