A New Avenue for Climate Change Victims: Rethinking the Causation ThresholdInter-American Convention on Human Rights, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, International Court of Justice, Climate Change, Law of evidence2025 was a crucial year for international climate law and human rights. Two advisory opinions (AOs) were issued, ...
When Presumption of Guilt Meets Indefinite Detention: India’s Anti-Terror Law DilemmaIndia, Supreme Court of India, Counter-terrorism, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialCan a constitutional democracy legitimise exceptional liberty burdens by declaration? India's Supreme Court ...
Timidly Groundbreaking: The Indian Supreme Court’s Judgement on the Right to Menstrual HealthIndia, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Gender Equality, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Substantive Equality“We wish to communicate to every girl child who might have become a victim of absenteeism because her body was ...
Between recognition and protection: gig workers and the incomplete promise of India’s labour reformsIndia, Gig Work, Labour Rights, Socio-Economic RightsOn 1st January, 2026, lakhs of gig workers across India staged a nationwide strike. Weeks earlier, in November, ...
The Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025 & International Human Rights LawIndia, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, International Labour Organization, United Nations, Constitutions and Human Rights, Forced Labour, ICCPR, Labour Rights, Right to Privacy, Socio-Economic RightsOn 5th December 2025, a Member of the Indian Parliament (Lower House) introduced the Right to Disconnect Bill, ...
Rights in Text, Oppression in Practice: The Faultline of Minority Protection in IndiaIndia, Enforcement of Human Rights, Minority Rights, Positive Duties, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIndia’s constitutional framework formally guarantees equality and minority protection. Article 14 of the ...
The Taliban’s New “Criminal Procedure Code for Courts”: Fundamental Rights Violations Are Now Legal in AfghanistanAfghanistan, Convention on Discrimination against Women, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Domestic Violence, Freedom of Belief, Freedom of Religion, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Fair TrialOn 4 January 2026, the Taliban adopted the "Criminal Procedure Code for Courts" (De Mahakumu Jazaai Osulnama). ...
The “New Normal” of Redistricting – Texas, California, and Perpetual Partisan GamesmanshipUnited States of America, Democracy, Gerrymandering, Political Accountability, racial justice, RuleOfLaw, SCOTUS, VotingRightsA seismic shift has recently occurred around redistricting in the U.S. Gerrymandering – both partisan and racial ...
Algorithmic Welfare Exclusion and the Right to Food in India: Lessons from Samagra VedikaIndia, Artificial Intelligence, Procedural Justice, Right to Food, Socio-Economic RightsBismillah Bee is a 67-year-old widow living in an urban slum in Telangana, India. An algorithm denied her family ...
Is There Any Scope to be an Approver under International Criminal Law?International Criminal Court, Access to Justice, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Role of the Judiciary, Social Protection, Standard of Review‘Approver’ is a common phenomenon in many jurisdictions where domestic criminal law allows an individual who is ...
Trafficking Survivors Relief Act: A Significant Step Towards Improved Implementation of the Non-Punishment Principle in the U.S.United States of America, Children's Rights, Human trafficking, victimization, Women's RightsThe U.S. enacted the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act (TSRA) on 23 January 2026, providing human trafficking ...
Neutrality is not Amnesia: Religious Symbols and the European Convention on Human RightsCouncil of Europe, European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, Freedom of Religion, Right to Freedom of ReligionThe question of whether religious symbols may be displayed in courtrooms has come before the European Court of ...