A tale of legal violence and systematic oppression: Indian Supreme Court orders the deportation of RohingyasIndia, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to LifeOn 8 April 2021, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India refused to grant relief in a petition ...
Mandatory Vaccination in the Czech Republic does not Violate Human RightsEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Children's Rights, Right to Privacy, Standard of ReviewVavřička and Others v. the Czech Republic (8 April 2021) concerned the legal obligation of parents in the Czech ...
Privacy at the Margins: France’s New Ban on the HijabEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to PrivacyOn 30th March, less than a month after Switzerland held a plebiscite on banning the burqa and niqab in public ...
Xinjiang Cotton and Corporate Criminal Liability under Hong Kong’s National Security LawChina, Business and Human Rights, Labour RightsIn recent months, rights experts have voiced increasing concern over reports of widespread human rights abuses and ...
Human Rights-Based Climate Litigation in Latin AmericaLatin America, Environment, Role of the JudiciaryAs in other regions of the Global South, groups and individuals in Latin America have engaged in litigation to ...
Matrimonial Property Rights in Kenya: The Long Road Ahead for Women’s RightsKenya, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOver the last decade, Kenya has taken some steps to promote fairness and secure women's rights within the ...
The European Court of Human Rights develops important principles in pregnancy discrimination casesEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationMore than 60 years after it started functioning, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has finally delivered ...
The Great Dissent: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Shelby County v. HolderUnited States, Judges' Legacy, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to VoteDissents speak to a future age. … [T]he greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time their ...
Equal Marriage – Unequal ParenthoodGermany, Children's Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationIn 2017, same-sex couples in Germany were granted the right to marry. While the legislator’s decision was ...
Administrative Automated Decision-Making: What About the Right to an Effective Remedy?European Union, Access to Justice, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialAutomated decision-making (‘ADM’) systems are algorithm decision-making tools, which issue either a partial or a ...
IEA v Brazil: Rights-Based Climate Litigation to Protect the Brazilian AmazonBrazil, Environment, Right to Life“[C]limate stability is a new social need, essential to the preservation of human life and ecological balance.” ...
Grappling with Danger: Some Lessons from Urgenda v The NetherlandsNetherlands, EnvironmentThe landmark judgement of the Dutch Supreme Court in Urgenda Foundation v State of the Netherlands has inspired ...