Aadhaar Verdict: A Middle PathIndia, Right to PrivacyThe Supreme Court of India has emerged as a strong force in safeguarding the Constitutional values, and has had a ...
Human Rights Should not be Subject to a Popular Vote: Lessons from Romania’s Failed Anti-LGBT ReferendumRomania, Sexual OrientationOn 6 and 7 October, Romania held a referendum for the traditional family. Its purpose was to review the Romanian ...
Ireland Votes to Remove Blasphemy Offence from ConstitutionIreland, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionThe 37th Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland was passed by referendum on Friday, removing the word ...
LBGT+ Rights in The EUEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Sexual OrientationThis blog is the second in a series that takes a snapshot of where LGBT+ rights are in 2018, as a result of some ...
Mind the Gap: the Privacy Void in Brazilian’s Public TransportBrazil, Right to PrivacyIn April 2018, the agreement entered into between ADMobilize and ViaQuatro, the administrator of the yellow line ...
The Ogiek Evictions in Kenya – a failed legal solutionKenya, EnvironmentThe Mau Forest is one of Kenya’s forest reserves, gazetted in 1954 to protect it from deforestation. In 2001, the ...
Indian Supreme Court Decriminalises Adultery: A Step Closer to Criminalising Marital RapeIndia, GenderIn the landmark decision in Joseph Shine v Union of India on 27 September 2018, the Indian Supreme Court ...
Let’s call ‘conscientious objection’ by its name: Obstruction of access to care and abortion in South AfricaSouth Africa, AbortionSouth Africa has one of the most liberal laws on abortion and constitutionally recognizes reproductive rights as ...
The Belgian Burkini Ban, Dead in the Water?Belgium, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn the 5th of July, the Ghent court of first instance held a ban on burkinis in two public swimming pools to ...
A Timely Intervention: Dutch Court declares that the State has Positive Duties under the European Convention on Human Rights to tackle Climate ChangeNetherlands, EnvironmentThe Court of Appeal in the Netherlands has just issued a landmark judgment concerning environmental human rights ...
Discrimination in the Age of Artificial IntelligenceRight to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe dawn of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been celebrated by both government and industry across the globe. AI ...
Lessons for the Future: the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Childhood AbuseAustralia, Children's RightsAustralia’s inquiry into childhood institutional abuse has lessons for other jurisdictions, especially the UK. ...