Establishing a breach of Article 3 in medical cases: The ‘applicability’ of Strasbourg jurisprudenceEuropean Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Health, Right to LifeIn EA & Ors (Article 3 medical cases – Paposhvili not applicable) [2017] UKUT 00445, the Upper Tribunal ...
Einarsson v Iceland: Worrying Implications for Discussing Rape Allegations on Social MediaEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Gender, Right to PrivacyThis post analyses Einarsson v Iceland, a defamation case in which a celebrity sued an Instagram user (‘X’) for ...
Retroactively Legalizing Illegal Settlements: What’s the ‘Greater Jerusalem’ Bill?Israel, Conflict and Human RightsWith Israeli settlement expansion continuing unabated in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Israeli Knesset’s ...
Rompiendo el silencio y sosteniendo la mirada: Mujeres denunciantes de tortura sexual en Atenco en la Corte Interamericana de Derechos HumanosAmerican Convention on Human Rights, Gender, Right against Torture, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationLa Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos emitirá, en los próximos meses, la sentencia del “Caso Atenco” ...
Breaking the Silence, Holding the Gaze: Women Denounce Sexual Torture in Atenco Before the Inter-American Court of Human RightsAmerican Convention on Human Rights, Gender, Right against Torture, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn the coming months, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights will issue its decision on the Atenco case, ...
Levenstein: A Case to End Prescription of All Sexual Offences in South AfricaSouth Africa, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, GenderWidely considered the most progressive constitution in the world, the South African Constitution contains an ...
The Continuity of the Headscarf Controversy: From Politics to FashionEuropean Court of Justice, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionThis post highlights some difficulties raised by the 2017 rulings on headscarves at work by the European Court of ...
Tigere: Strategic Litigation for the Rights of Young People in the UKUnited Kingdom, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to PrivacyThe case of R (Tigere) v Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills [2015 UKSC 57] was heard in the UK ...
De Groen v Gan Menaschem Hendon: Dismissal from Religious SchoolsUnited Kingdom, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionTo what extent can an ultra-Orthodox Jewish school go to protect its belief system and values? This was the ...
The need to consider victim’s voices in the sentencing of offenders: Director of Public Prosecutions v Oscar Leonard Carl PistoriusSouth Africa, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialOn 24 November 2017, the South African Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) handed down a unanimous decision increasing ...
North African States Struggle to Protect the Human Rights of Irregular Migrants in their TerritoryAfrican Union, Immigration and AsylumNorth African states like Libya, Egypt and Algeria continue to struggle to meet their human rights obligations to ...
The Supreme Court of India Reads down the Marital Rape Exception: A Partial Victory for Women’s Rights AdvocatesIndia, Children's Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, GenderIn a recent case, Independent Thought v. Union of India and Anr, a division bench of the Supreme Court of India ...