The Right to (Queer) Family in Indian Constitutional LawIndia, LGBTQI+ rights, Sexual OrientationCourts in India welcomed Pride Month this year with two landmark judgments relating to the rights of individuals ...
For the People, By the State: Establishing a Permanent Government Attorney Service in Bangladesh to Ensure Human Rights and the Rule of LawBangladesh, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Fair Trial, Role of the Judiciary, Social Protection, Standard of ReviewGovernment legal representation in Bangladesh’s courts remains inadequate due to a weak legal framework, ...
Revival of Measures to Expel Asylum-Seekers from the United States: Implications for Non-Refoulement ObligationsUnited States of America, Forced displacement, Immigration and Asylum, Non-refoulement, Rights of refugeesThe Trump administration has expanded upon its initiatives to remove asylum-seekers and other individuals to third ...
Access to Justice: The U.S. Supreme Court Permits Prisoners to Challenge Injustices in State Post-Conviction ProceduresUnited States of America, Criminal procedure, Due process, Law of evidence, Right to a fair trial, US Supreme CourtAccess to post-conviction DNA testing and review of flawed science is critical for incarcerated people with ...
Detention in Armed Conflict: Exploring the complementarity between IHL and the Inter-American Human Rights System (Part II)American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, Inter-American Convention on Human Rights, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, International Human Rights, International Humanitarian LawThis blog is in two parts. In the first part of this analysis, I examined the Inter-American framework for the ...
Detention in Armed Conflict: Exploring the complementarity between IHL and the Inter-American Human Rights System (Part I)American Convention on Human Rights, American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, International Human Rights, International Humanitarian LawThis two-part blog explores how International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Human Rights Law (IHRL) ...
Legal recognition of a Ukrainian same-sex couple as a married relationshipUkraine, Constitutions and Human Rights, Rights of the family, Sexual OrientationIn June 2025, the Desnyanskyy local district court in Kyiv (‘the Court’) decided to recognise the fact of ...
The Risks of Resistance: Protestors Need a Torture-Free Trade TreatyInternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Ireland, United Nations, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, prohibition of torture, Right against Torture, Right to ProtestDissent stands as a historical foundation for social change, but the practice often yields hostile opposition from ...
Mahmoud v. Taylor and the Rise of White Christian NationalismUnited States of America, Constitutions and Human Rights, Judicial Review, LGBTQI+ rights, Same-sex marriageIn 2015, the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, enshrining same-sex marriage as a ...
Kenya’s Supreme Court Balances Islamic Law and Equality in Landmark Inheritance RulingKenya, Children's Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn 30 June 2025, the Supreme Court of Kenya delivered a groundbreaking judgment in Fatuma Athman Abud Faraj v Ruth ...
Banking on Silence: Basel Committee’s Climate Framework Abandons Human Rights Protections?United Nations, Business and Human Rights, Climate Change, Environment, Human Dignity, Social Protection, Standard of ReviewThe Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's June 2025 Framework for the Voluntary Disclosure of Climate-Related ...
Defining ‘Woman’ in Law? Contextualising the Indian High Court Judgment That Affirms Trans Women Are Womengender i, India, LGBTQIA+, United Kingdom, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender identity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination“To deny a trans woman the status of a 'woman' for the purpose of legal protection … is to perpetuate ...