Covid-19 and Rights of Persons with Disabilities in IndiaIndia, COVID-19, DisabilityCovid-19 is not uniform in its impact. Persons with disabilities are disproportionately affected by the pandemic. ...
Federal Court Holds There Is a Fundamental Right to Education Under the U.S ConstitutionUnited States of America, Children's Rights, Right to EducationIn a landmark decision issued last week in the Gary B. v. Whitmer case, the U.S Court of Appeals for the Sixth ...
Domestic Violence in the Age of Coronavirus: Additional Reporting Barriers and Potential Immigration Consequences in the U.S.United States of America, COVID-19, GenderIncreases in the incidence of domestic violence have been reported across the globe during the coronavirus ...
UK Supreme Court Relaxes the Test for Establishing a Breach of Article 3 in Medical Removal CasesUnited Kingdom, Right against TortureOn 29 April 2020, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of AM(Zimbabwe) v SSHD [2020] UKSC. ...
Freedom of Expression and Information in the Coronavirus EraCambodia, COVID-19, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionAs 1/3 of the global population faces some form of lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, Michelle Bachelet, ...
Singaporean High Court upholds criminalisation of sexual intercourse between consenting malesSingapore, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationOn 30th March 2020, the High Court of Singapore upheld the constitutionality of Section 377A of the Singapore ...
Now That We Care About Carers: Temporal Casualisation in Mencap and UberUnited Kingdom, COVID-19, Labour RightsA few weeks before the lockdown, one of the most important UK labour law cases of the last decade was heard by the ...
Have Prisons In India Become Ticking Time Bombs Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak?India, COVID-19, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to LifeThe Apex court in India, right from the latter half of the 20th Century till as late as March 2020, has upheld the ...
Abortion Law Reform in India: One Step Forward & Two Steps BackIndia, AbortionIn an important development, the Lower House of the Indian Parliament on 17 March 2020 passed the Medical ...
COVID-19 and Domestic Violence in South AfricaSouth Africa, COVID-19, GenderSouth Africa has been on state lockdown since midnight of 26 March 2020, in the government’s attempt to curb the ...
Covering Up for the Face Covering Regulation: A Janus-Faced PositionHong Kong, Right to Freedom of Assembly, Right to PrivacyThe storm over Hong Kong’s rule of law rages on, as the Court of Appeal (the “Court”) delivered the judgment of ...
India’s new Abortion Bill Falls Short of Protecting Reproductive AutonomyIndia, AbortionIndia’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has introduced the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill ...