Utilising The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea To Resolve the Pacific Islands PredicamentUnited Nations, EnvironmentIsland nations located in the midst of the Pacific Ocean unfortunately find themselves at the frontline in the ...
A Good Day for the Rule of LawUnited Kingdom, Access to Justice, Labour Rights‘We will sell to no man, we will not deny or defer to any man either Justice or Right.' (Magna Carta, cl ...
Le Droit, C’est Moi: Xi Jinping’s New Rule-By-Law ApproachChina, Constitutions and Human RightsChina’s party-and-state leader tries to bring government officials under the reach of the legal system. But the ...
Asylum Seekers Gain the Right to Work in IrelandIreland, Immigration and Asylum, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationAsylum seekers arriving in Ireland are prohibited from seeking employment until a determination of their ...
The Taylor Review and the Zero-hours ContractUnited Kingdom, Labour RightsIn this note, I take a very brief look at the ‘Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices’ (‘TR’), concentrating on ...
Iran’s Presidential Charade: Women Out or In?Iran, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to VoteThe controversy over whether a woman can be President in Iran rises every four years during the presidential ...
Kenya Enacts Contempt of Court Act to Uphold the Right to a Fair TrialKenya, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Role of the JudiciaryFor a long time, the law on contempt of court in Kenya was outdated and quite unsatisfactory. However, Kenya ...
Penalising Anti-Semitism in Poland: Creating “Free Speech Martyrs”?Poland, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionOn a November night in 2015, an effigy of a Jew was burnt in the main market square in Wrocław, Poland, as part of ...
The New UN General Comment And Privatisation, Part 2: Can States Entirely Privatise The Delivery Of Essential Services?United Nations, Business and Human Rights, Socio-Economic RightsTwo weeks ago, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) published the much-awaited new ...
The New UN General Comment on Business and Human Rights, Part 1: What Regulations Must States Put in Place when Private Actors are Involved in the Delivery of Essential Services?United Nations, Business and Human Rights, Socio-Economic RightsTwo weeks ago, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) published the much-awaited new ...
The Difficult Road Ahead: Overcoming the Stratified Home-based Care Regime in Latin AmericaLatin America, Uruguay, Gender, Labour RightsBetween 1990 and 2013 female labour participation in Latin American went from being 14 percentage points below to ...
Trinity Lutheran v. Comer: Does The U.S. Supreme Court Now See Separation of Church and State as a Kind of Religious Discrimination?United States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionThe U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trinity Lutheran v. Comer seems modest on its facts, but it moves the Court ...