Parent Company Liability for Human Rights Abuses in the UK? We Need ClarityUnited Kingdom, Access to Justice, Business and Human RightsThe liability of parent companies for the extraterritorial human rights abuses committed by their subsidiaries has ...
Suffering in Silence: The Persecution of the Ahmadiyas in PakistanPakistan, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to VoteAn appalling humanitarian crisis is gripping Pakistan where violent extremism has shrouded religious tolerance and ...
Trump, “Zero Tolerance,” and the Separation of FamiliesUnited States of America, Children's Rights, Immigration and AsylumOn June 20, in the wake of public outcry, President Donald Trump issued an executive order intended to end the ...
India’s Reaction to the 1st UN Report on Kashmir is UnwarrantedIndia, Pakistan, United Nations, Conflict and Human RightsOn June 14, 2018, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in recognition of the urgent need to ...
Affirmative Action in South Africa: The Urgency of Accounting for Historically Entrenched White Privilege and PowerSouth Africa, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn a recent judgement by the South African Constitutional Court, Minister of Constitutional Development v South ...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the Future of Women’s Reproductive RightsUnited States of America, Abortion, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual and Reproductive RightsPresident Trump recently named Justice Brett Kavanaugh as his Supreme Court nominee. Although the nomination ...
Pakistan’s New Transgender Law: Lessons To Be LearntPakistan, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe Pakistan Supreme Court in 2009 recognised transgender persons as the third sex in Pakistani society. However, ...
Let’s Talk About Kashmir: The Symbolic Significance Of The UN Report On KashmirIndia, Pakistan, United Nations, Conflict and Human RightsOn 14th June, 2018, The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published a 49 page report, the first one ...
Internet Shutdowns: The Irony of a Digital Nation?India, Business and Human Rights, Right to Education, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Socio-Economic RightsBetween January to May (2018) alone, the Indian government imposed 55 internet shutdowns. An internet shutdown ...
Governance Gaps Lead to the Displacement of People Living in Rural Communities in ZambiaZambia, Business and Human Rights, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic RightsIn Zambia, gaps in governance are allowing commercial farmers to contravene the law. This has resulted in the ...
HM Chief Inspector v Interim Executive of Al-Hijrah School: Religious Conviction is Not a Solvent of Legal ObligationUnited Kingdom, Children's Rights, Gender, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionThe most interesting feature of the case of HM Chief Inspector v Interim Executive of Al Hijrah School [2018] ...
“A New Form of Discrimination”: Civil Partnerships for Different-Sex Couples in the UK Supreme CourtEuropean Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Sexual OrientationCivil partnerships were introduced by the New Labour government in the UK in 2005 to give same-sex couples many of ...