Persecution of rights activists and voices of dissent in IndiaIndia, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionRecently, in a series of synchronized raids carried throughout India, various human rights activists and vocal ...
Tackling India’s Devadasi System – A Matter of Policing and Public Order?India, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn September 2017, India’s National Human Rights Commission issued notices to the states of Andhra Pradesh and ...
Gender Recognition Reform – The Current Debate is MisconceivedUnited Kingdom, GenderThe Gender Recognition Act 2004 ('GRA') allows transgender people in England and Wales to be legally recognised in ...
Justice Kennedy’s Gay Rights LegacyUnited States of America, Judges' Legacy, Sexual OrientationJustice Anthony Kennedy’s announced retirement left progressives reeling over what the Court’s inevitable ...
South Africa decriminalises the private use, possession and cultivation of cannabisSouth Africa, Right to PrivacyOn 18 September 2018, after more than a decade of perseverance by Mr Gareth Prince, his efforts finally saw ...
The EU Can do More to Protect Religious FreedomRight to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionOn 4 September 2018, the European Parliament Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance ...
Transformative Constitutionalism: Indian Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Morality by Reading Down Section 377India, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationIn a historic judgment pronounced on 6th September 2018, the Supreme Court of India in Navtej Singh Johar vs Union ...
Poland’s Controversial Judicial Reforms in Bid to ‘De-communise’ the CountryPoland, Role of the JudiciarySince coming into power, Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) has introduced controversial sweeping changes ...
Justice Kennedy’s Mixed Environmental Legacy Turns TragicUnited States of America, Environment, Role of the JudiciarySupreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, a 1988 Reagan appointee, will leave behind a mixed environmental law ...
Justice Anthony Kennedy’s Human Rights Legacy: Introduction to the Blog SeriesUnited States of America, Judges' LegacyAnthony McLeod Kennedy, born on January 23, 1936, to Irish Catholic parents, announced his retirement on June 27, ...
The Rule of Law in Poland and the European Arrest Warrant: A Blessing in Disguise?European Union, Poland, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Role of the JudiciaryOn 25 July 2018 the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) ruled in Minister for ...
LGBTQ+ and Women’s Rights under attack: Romania to hold referendum for “the traditional family”Romania, Sexual OrientationThe Romanian Senate and the Constitutional Court gave the green light to a referendum on “the traditional family”. ...