Women’s Suffrage in Colombia: Saving Face While Remaining the SameColombia, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to VoteColombian women were granted to right to vote in 1954 and voted for the first time in 1957. Interestingly, the ...
India’s ‘One Woman Quota’ on Board of Directors Fails to Bring About Gender EqualityIndia, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIndia’s law mandating quotas for women on the board of directors allows scope for tokenism, doesn’t facilitate ...
Decriminalising homosexuality in India: The Long, Twisted Road of Section 377India, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Sexual OrientationSection 377, Indian Penal Code: Unnatural offences – Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order ...
Goolrokh Gupta v. Burjor Padriwala: A Chance to Redeem, Update and Rationalize the LawIndia, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionAn appeal against the decision of Gujarat High Court in the case of Goolrokh Gupta v. Burjor Pardiwala is being ...
“Anyone can make claims” – Is the KiK case proof of access to remedy against corporate human rights violations?Germany, Business and Human RightsThere are many hurdles preventing victims of corporate rights abuses overseas from bringing claims in European ...
International Law, Right to Privacy and Marital Rape in IndiaIndia, United Nations, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to PrivacyIn an order dated 6/11/2017, the High Court of Gujarat described marital rape as “a disgraceful offence that has ...
Women’s struggle to vote in Brazil: same fight, different strategiesBrazil, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to VoteWomen’s struggle to vote in Brazil: same fight, different strategies Women were first allowed to vote in Brazil ...
Law and Disability: Why Getting Disability Law on the University’s Curriculum Matters to Disability RightsUnited Nations, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationToday marks an important moment for the foregrounding of the rights of people with disabilities at Oxford. It is ...
Reflections On The Rhodes University Travelling FellowshipSouth Africa, United Kingdom, Constitutions and Human RightsAs one of two holders of the inaugural Oxford Human Rights Hub Travelling Research Fellowship, I have had the ...
Through Two Progressive Rulings, Indian Supreme Court Bolsters Rights of the DisabledIndia, Disability, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn India, home to one of the world's largest populations of disabled people, the Government has taken a number of ...
Law and Disability: How The UK Is Still Reinforcing The Medical View Of DisabilityUnited Kingdom, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn 2009, when the UK ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), it seemed to ...
Law and Disability: An Introduction to the Social Model of DisabilityUnited Nations, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination“To pay attention to the words we use is not to be “politically correct” but to struggle for a language which ...