Understanding the Indian Supreme Court Judgment on The Atrocities Act, Against Backward ClassesIndia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe Supreme Court of India recently rendered a historic judgment relating to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled ...
Cakes and the Conscience WarsEuropean Convention on Human Rights, European Social Charter, United Kingdom, United States of America, Business and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Sexual OrientationLast week, the U.K. Supreme Court heard argument in Lee v. Ashers Baking Company. The case involves a baker whose ...
The Union Government of India Introduces the Death Penalty for Child RapeIndia, Children's Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death PenaltyWhen news broke out two weeks ago of the horrors committed in the brutal rape of two girls in the small towns of ...
The Australian Legal Assistance Sector and the Critical Importance of Justice to Human LivesAustralia, Access to Justice, Social Protection, Socio-Economic RightsIn February 2017, I was invited to be an ‘expert adviser’ for the Law Council of Australia’s (LCA) ‘Justice ...
Discriminatory changes to UK disability benefits: some hope from judicial intervention?United Kingdom, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Social ProtectionWelfare benefit law and policy has seen considerable controversy over the last few years, as existing benefits are ...
Brazil’s Landmark Decision on Transgender Persons’ Official DocumentsAmerican Convention on Human Rights, Brazil, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationLanguage is a powerful tool, though often overlooked by fields unattached to linguistics. Vocabulary choice is ...
The Assault on Media Freedom in Myanmar: A Worrying TrendMyanmar, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionWhen Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party won a landslide victory in the November 2015 elections ...
Ms X v Mahmood Farooqi: A Dangerous Precedent for Interpreting Consent in Rape Cases in IndiaIndia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn a recent case before the Indian Supreme Court, Ms X v Mahmood Farooqi, the court refused to overturn a Delhi ...
The Second Generation Challenges of the Right to Development (II): Is there an International Duty to Cooperate towards the Realization of the Right to Development? United Nations, Business and Human Rights, Socio-Economic RightsIn my previous post, I noted that the right to development should be rejuvenated by building on recent advances of ...
The Second Generation Challenges of the Right to Development (I): Can the Right to Development be Rescued? United Nations, Business and Human Rights, Socio-Economic RightsMore than thirty years have passed since the UN General Assembly proclaimed the right to development, but its ...
Anudo v Tanzania: The African Court Recognises the Right to Nationality under Customary International LawAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, United Nations, Immigration and AsylumDuring the recently concluded 48th Ordinary Session, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights delivered a ...
Supreme Court of India Prepares to Hear Babri Masjid/Ram Temple DisputeIndia, Right to Freedom of ReligionWhen the same physical space is seen as sacred to different communities, they can become a point of intercommunal ...