Religious Discrimination and Headscarves – Take TwoCourt of Justice of the European Union, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn IX v WABE eV (C‑804/18) and MH Müller Handels GmbH v MJ (C‑341/19), the CJEU returned to the vexed question of ...
“If Abortion Is a Crime, the State Is the Criminal”: The Role of Reproductive Justice Movements in Challenging South Korea’s Abortion BanSouth Korea, Abortion, Constitutions and Human Rights, Sexual and Reproductive RightsAbortion was completely decriminalised in South Korea on January 1, 2021 following the Constitutional Court ...
UK’s Approach Towards the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human RightsEuropean Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Constitutions and Human RightsIn R (on the application of AB) v Secretary of State for Justice, the teenage Appellant was sentenced for ...
Inevitability as the New Discrimination Defence: UK Supreme Court Mangles Indirect Discrimination Analysis While Finding the Two-Child Limit LawfulUnited Kingdom, Children's Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Social Protection, Standard of ReviewThe UK Supreme Court has delivered its long-awaited judgment in R (on the application of SC, CB and 8 children) ...
Functional as the Enemy of Fair: Seizing the Moment for Rights-Based Abortion Reform in AotearoaNew Zealand, Abortion, Constitutions and Human Rights, Sexual and Reproductive RightsAotearoa New Zealand is often cited (with varying degrees of romanticism) as a light of liberal progressivism. It ...
The Spanish-Moroccan Migrant Crisis: Counting the Collateral DamageMorocco, Spain, Immigration and AsylumIn May 2021, approximately 8,000 people arrived in Ceuta, a Spanish city, from Morocco, out of which reportedly ...
The Mass-Surveillance Cases We Might Not Want Our Courts to Hear: Big Brother Watch and Centrum för RättvisaEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Right to Privacy, Role of the JudiciaryThe ECtHR’s 25.5.21 judgments in the two “bulk interception of communications and intelligence sharing” cases, Big ...
Respecting Subsidiarity While Guaranteeing the Right to a Tribunal Established in Accordance with National Law: From Astradsson to Xero FlorEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Role of the JudiciaryInternational bodies like the ECtHR should not easily substitute their assessment for that of national judges who ...
Association Accept and Others v. Romania: The European Court of Human Rights Takes a Fresh Look at Homophobic Speech and Biased Criminal-Law EnforcementEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionThat hate-speech victims (who have sued unsuccessfully in a CoE member state) should obtain redress in Strasbourg ...
Abortion Reform in Poland: Role of Powerful Multi-Actor AlliancesPoland, Abortion, Constitutions and Human Rights, Sexual and Reproductive RightsRecent changes to Poland’s abortion law have caused alarm around the world and have been met with stark criticism ...
South African Constitutional Court sentences former President Zuma to 15 months’ in prison for contempt of courtSouth Africa, Contempt of Court, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionOn 29 June 2021, the Constitutional Court of South Africa ran out of patience with former President Zuma’s very ...
New Abortion Legislation in Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland, Abortion, Constitutions and Human Rights, Sexual and Reproductive RightsAbortion became decriminalised in Northern Ireland on 21st October 2019, with regulations setting out abortion ...