Palestinian Refugees and the Right of Return in International LawIsrael, Palestine, Conflict and Human Rights, Immigration and AsylumOn this 70th commemoration of the Nakba (catastrophe), Palestinian refugees and their descendants still constitute ...
A Difficult Time for Women’s Autonomy in the Indian CourtsIndia, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe Kerala High Court judgment annulling the marriage of Hadiya, a 24-year-old homeopathy student from Kerala with ...
Valuing Dignity of the Windrush GenerationEuropean Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Immigration and AsylumIn listening to the experiences of the Windrush generation and their treatment by the UK Home Office, what stands ...
Indian Supreme Court Waters Down Legislation Protecting Scheduled Castes and Tribes from Unlawful DiscriminationIndia, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn 20 March, a Two-Judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court diluted the provisions of the Scheduled Caste and ...
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 ...