The Philippines’ War on DrugsPhilippines, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialWhen Rodrigo Duterte took to office as President of the Philippines on June 30 2016, he sought to fulfil, among ...
The Global Compact on Refugees: A Step Towards Mending a Broken SystemUnited Nations, Immigration and AsylumIn September 2016, the General Assembly convened the first-ever high level summit on refugees and migrants. Heads ...
The Soviet Legacy and Current Human Rights DebatesUnited Nations, Constitutions and Human RightsA recent post by Steven Jensen has suggested that a model of ‘generations of rights’ – civil and political rights; ...
The Banning of Ridesharing Apps Violates the Human Rights to Science and Free SpeechArgentina, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Socio-Economic RightsEarlier on this year, a local court of Buenos Aires issued an injunction blocking the Uber app, electronic payment ...
Gender Recognition, Self-Determination and Segregated SpaceUnited Kingdom, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn July 2017, the Government announced a public consultation on legal gender recognition in the United Kingdom. In ...
Establishing a breach of Article 3 in medical cases: The ‘applicability’ of Strasbourg jurisprudenceEuropean Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Health, Right to LifeIn EA & Ors (Article 3 medical cases – Paposhvili not applicable) [2017] UKUT 00445, the Upper Tribunal ...
Einarsson v Iceland: Worrying Implications for Discussing Rape Allegations on Social MediaEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Gender, Right to PrivacyThis post analyses Einarsson v Iceland, a defamation case in which a celebrity sued an Instagram user (‘X’) for ...
Retroactively Legalizing Illegal Settlements: What’s the ‘Greater Jerusalem’ Bill?Israel, Conflict and Human RightsWith Israeli settlement expansion continuing unabated in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Israeli Knesset’s ...
Rompiendo el silencio y sosteniendo la mirada: Mujeres denunciantes de tortura sexual en Atenco en la Corte Interamericana de Derechos HumanosAmerican Convention on Human Rights, Gender, Right against Torture, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationLa Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos emitirá, en los próximos meses, la sentencia del “Caso Atenco” ...
Breaking the Silence, Holding the Gaze: Women Denounce Sexual Torture in Atenco Before the Inter-American Court of Human RightsAmerican Convention on Human Rights, Gender, Right against Torture, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn the coming months, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights will issue its decision on the Atenco case, ...
Levenstein: A Case to End Prescription of All Sexual Offences in South AfricaSouth Africa, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, GenderWidely considered the most progressive constitution in the world, the South African Constitution contains an ...
The Continuity of the Headscarf Controversy: From Politics to FashionEuropean Court of Justice, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionThis post highlights some difficulties raised by the 2017 rulings on headscarves at work by the European Court of ...