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The ECtHR’s use of Minimalist Strategies in Reproductive Cases: A Limit to the Conceptualization of Reproductive Rights

The ECtHR’s use of Minimalist Strategies in Reproductive Cases: A Limit to the Conceptualization of Reproductive Rights

European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, Poland, Abortion, Right to Private and Family Life, rule of law, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

On 13 November 2025, the European Court of Human Rights ('Court') delivered its judgment in AR v Poland. An ...

Algorithms and the Best Interests of the Child: Lessons from the Dutch Childcare Scandal

Algorithms and the Best Interests of the Child: Lessons from the Dutch Childcare Scandal

European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, Netherlands, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Artificial Intelligence, Best Interest of the Child

In 2021, the Dutch government collapsed following revelations that thousands of families had been wrongly accused ...

The Lidho Judgment: Where Does Implementation Stand?

The Lidho Judgment: Where Does Implementation Stand?

African Charter on Human and People's Rights, African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights, Côte d'Ivoire, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Environment, Right to healthy environment, Right to Life, , Standard of Review

On 5 September 2023, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights delivered its first-ever environmental ruling. ...

From Self-Identification to Medicalisation: A Troubling Direction for Transgender Recognition in India

From Self-Identification to Medicalisation: A Troubling Direction for Transgender Recognition in India

India, Gender and sexuality, Sexual Orientation, the right to gender self-identification, Transgender rights

On 13 March 2026, the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 (the Bill) was introduced in ...

A Bright Future for Canadian Equality Law?

A Bright Future for Canadian Equality Law?

Canada, equality, Intersectionality, non-discrimination, refugee rights, Supreme Court of Canada, The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Women's Rights

Women who are claiming refugee status in Canada are now able to access to subsidized day care. The Supreme Court ...

An Alternative View on Union of Atheists v. Greece

An Alternative View on Union of Atheists v. Greece

European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, Freedom of Religion, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

In her recent piece, Dr. Adina Portaru argues that Union of Atheists v Greece offers the European Court of Human ...

From “Invisible Help” to Constitutional Workers: The Supreme Court’s Call for Domestic Workers’ Rights in India

From “Invisible Help” to Constitutional Workers: The Supreme Court’s Call for Domestic Workers’ Rights in India

India, Supreme Court of India, Constitutions and Human Rights, Labour Rights

The care economy in India depends fundamentally on domestic workers, yet their labour remains largely invisible in ...

American Constitutional Law in the Shadows

American Constitutional Law in the Shadows

United States of America, constitutional law, Due process, SCOTUS, SeparationOfPowers, Shadow Docket, Supreme Court

The judiciary’s role in the American constitutional scheme, as Marbury v. Madison proclaimed, is to “say what the ...

Punitive Use of Preventive Powers in India

Punitive Use of Preventive Powers in India

India, Supreme Court of India, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Freedom from Arbitrary Detention, Prison Reform, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression

On 24th September 2025, four people were killed in police firing after protests for statehood in Ladakh turned ...

Weaponized Legalism and the Promise-Performance Gap: Press Suppression in Transitional Democracies: Part 2 – Comparative Global South Perspectives

Weaponized Legalism and the Promise-Performance Gap: Press Suppression in Transitional Democracies: Part 2 – Comparative Global South Perspectives

Bangladesh, Egypt, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Africa, Thailand, United Nations, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression,

In Part 1, I examined how Bangladesh’s interim government weaponized legal frameworks to suppress the press; Part ...

Weaponized Legalism and the Promise-Performance Gap: Press Suppression in Transitional Democracies: Part 1 – Bangladesh

Weaponized Legalism and the Promise-Performance Gap: Press Suppression in Transitional Democracies: Part 1 – Bangladesh

Bangladesh, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, , Standard of Review

This two-part blog examines how transitional governments in the Global South systematically suppress press freedom ...

Reproductive Agency is not a Courtesy, It’s a Right of a Woman with Intellectual Disabilities in India

Reproductive Agency is not a Courtesy, It’s a Right of a Woman with Intellectual Disabilities in India

India, Abortion, Disability Rights, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

Almost a decade after the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (“RPWD”) Act, 2016, women with intellectual ...

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