Pakistan: Discriminatory rules preclude Afghan refugee children from attaining secondary educationAfghanistan, Pakistan, Children's Rights, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn 2012, the Board of Secondary Education in Karachi (BSEK), made it mandatory for ninth grade students to possess ...
Need for human rights due diligence to curb sportswashingSaudi Arabia, Business and Human RightsThe recent attempted takeover of an English Premier League (EPL) club backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment ...
Unaccompanied migrant minors and ‘protective custody’ practices in Greece: light at the end of the tunnel?Greece, Children's Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Immigration and AsylumThe high number of unaccompanied migrant minors detained in ‘protective custody’ in police station cells and ...
Forced hysterectomies in detention: Immediate and long-term responses to ICE abuse neededUnited States of America, Gender, Immigration and Asylum, Sexual and Reproductive RightsOn September 14, 2020, Project South and whistleblower Dawn Pooten filed a complaint with the US Department of ...
Right to Education & Emergence of a Digital Divide in Digital IndiaIndia, Children's Rights, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe recent statistical report presented by the National Statistical Organization (NSO) indicates the deteriorating ...
Restricting Human Rights: Afghanistan to Amend its Law on Non-Governmental OrganizationsAfghanistan, Right to Freedom of AssociationArticle 7 of the Afghan Constitution binds the government to respect International Human Rights Law, and to ...
Irish Supreme Court quashes climate mitigation plan: environmental rights caught between redundancy and vaguenessIreland, Business and Human Rights, Environment, Role of the JudiciaryOn 31 July 2020, the Irish Supreme Court annulled the government’s climate mitigation plan. A grand chamber of - ...
Right to housing and dignity denied: Indian Supreme Court orders eviction of slum dwellers within 3 monthsIndia, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic RightsIn a recent order passed in the case of MC Mehta v. Union of India, the Supreme Court has given directions to ...
Communication, Education and Speech Difficulties in the Criminal Justice SystemUnited Kingdom, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialThe level of educational achievement by incarcerated offenders in the UK is far lower than the average. In ...
Where are the human rights in the green economy transition?Business and Human Rights, EnvironmentThe emergence of a green economy during the COVID-19 crisis presents a significant opportunity for the ...
Human Rights, International Law and The United Kingdom Internal Market Bill 2020United Kingdom, Constitutions and Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryThe recently published United Kingdom Internal Market Bill 2020 has caused – to put it mildly – quite a stir upon ...
The pandemic, insurgent birth certificates and conflict-affected childrenChildren's Rights, Conflict and Human RightsWhen armed groups control territory, they not infrequently administer public services, and the pandemic is no ...