Indian Gay Rights Case opens gateways for Article 15 and IntersectionalityIndia, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationIn a landmark judgment on 6th September, 2018, a five judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court of India in ...
Deporting Rohingya Refugees: Indian Supreme Court Violates Principle of Non-refoulementIndia, Immigration and AsylumOn 4 October 2018, a three judge bench of the Supreme Court of India refused to stay the deportation of seven ...
Courts and Climate Change II: Appeals Court Upholds Landmark Ruling in Dutch Climate CaseNetherlands, EnvironmentThe Hague Court of Appeals has upheld its human rights-based landmark ruling in the historic Climate Case that ...
All Quiet in the Turkish CourtsTurkey, Role of the JudiciaryIn Western academia, few efforts have been made to portray the status of the Turkish jurisdiction and its stance ...
The Prohibition of Torture 70 years after the UDHRUnited Nations, Right against TortureArticle 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is 70 this December, provides in unequivocal terms ...
Justice Kennedy on HealthcareUnited States of America, Abortion, Judges' Legacy, Right to HealthJustice Anthony Kennedy, who long served as the swing vote on important healthcare-related decisions, retired from ...
The Consequences of the Ashers Cake JudgmentUnited Kingdom, Right to Freedom of Religion, Sexual OrientationThe Supreme Court has allowed the appeal by Belfast bakery Ashers Bakery and its managers Mr and Mrs McArthur in ...
Indian Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Women’s Entry into Religious TempleIndia, Gender, Right to Freedom of ReligionRecently, a (4:1) majority of a five-judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court in Indian Lawyers ...
Religious symbols in schools: Passive and harmless or a powerful threat?European Convention on Human Rights, Right to Freedom of ReligionIn Lautsi v Italy (2012), the applicant argued that the presence of crucifixes in state school classrooms violated ...
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 ...