The Forgotten Asylum Seekers of Calais and DunkirkEuropean Union, France, United Kingdom, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic RightsSince the closure of the ‘Jungle’ in October 2016, the asylum seekers and refugees that remain in Calais, Dunkirk ...
Argentine Senate Rejects Bill on Abortion: The Way ForwardAmerican Convention on Human Rights, Argentina, United Nations, Abortion, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Right to Life, Sexual and Reproductive RightsThe Argentine Senate has recently rejected, by a 7-vote margin, a Bill passed by the Chamber of Deputies on the ...
July 4, 2018 – A New Independence DayIndia, United States of America, Environment, Right to LifeIn the United States, the Fourth of July is celebrated as Independence Day. Someday history books may celebrate ...
Legal Actions Against Mountain Valley Pipeline Underscore Grassroots Activism’s ImportanceUnited States of America, EnvironmentThe Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is a 303-mile U.S. interstate project currently under construction that would ...
#NotMarriedat11: Legal Failures to Protect Children from Child Marriage in MalaysiaMalaysia, Children's Rights, Right to Freedom of ReligionWith the recent highlighting of yet another case of child marriage in Malaysia, where a 41 year old man married an ...
Coup, Constitution and the Count: Zimbabwe’s Disputed ElectionsZimbabwe, Conflict and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to VoteIn November 2017, Robert Mugabe’s 38-year rule ended. At the time, I called this what it was – a coup – though ...
In Unregulated Spaces: Empowering Female Migrant Workers from IndiaIndia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Business and Human Rights, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn 4 May 2018, Sheeja Das, an Indian migrant worker, was forced to jump off her employer's residence in Muscat, ...
Release of landmark report into the education of students with disability in Victoria, AustraliaAustralia, Children's Rights, Disability, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Socio-Economic RightsAround one in every six students in the Australian state of Victoria lives and learns with disability. On 29 June ...
Is the restitution of land in the ‘public interest’?South Africa, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic RightsIn the wake of public hearings taking place around South Africa concerning the Parliamentary motion to review and ...
A Masterpiece of Judicial Avoidance? United States of America, Business and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Sexual OrientationMasterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 584 U.S. (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court’s ...
The Restitution of Conjugal Rights in Indian Law violates the Right to PrivacyIndia, Gender, Right to PrivacyIn 1983, the Indian Supreme Court held that the right to privacy did not guarantee the autonomy of an individual ...
Paying Lip Service to the CJEU: The Unsurprising Decision of the Constitutional Court of Romania in the Coman CaseEuropean Union, Romania, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationOn June 5, the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) held in Coman and Others that Member States should ...