COVID-19 and the Curious Case of Continued Detention of ‘Foreigners’ in IndiaIndia, COVID-19, Immigration and AsylumOn 13 April 2020, the Supreme Court of India ordered that ‘foreigners’ who had been detained for at least two ...
The Conventionality Control Doctrine of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: a Critical ApproachInter-American Convention on Human Rights, Constitutions and Human RightsSince 2006, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) has developed the “Conventionality Control”doctrine. ...
20 Years After Palermo Protocol: Towards a stronger East African regional anti-trafficking frameworkUnited Nations, Conflict and Human Rights, COVID-19The year 2020 marks 20 years since the adoption of the year 2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish ...
Does India’s covid-19 Contact Tracing App Violate Digital Rights?India, COVID-19, Right to PrivacyOn 14 April 2020, during his speech on the extension of the lockdown in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged ...
Covid-19, Patents and Access to Medication in IndiaIndia, COVID-19, Right to HealthThe Covid-19 pandemic is spreading rapidly across India. India has had a long-drawn struggle around affordable ...
Covid-19 and Rights of Persons with Disabilities in IndiaIndia, COVID-19, DisabilityCovid-19 is not uniform in its impact. Persons with disabilities are disproportionately affected by the pandemic. ...
Federal Court Holds There Is a Fundamental Right to Education Under the U.S ConstitutionUnited States of America, Children's Rights, Right to EducationIn a landmark decision issued last week in the Gary B. v. Whitmer case, the U.S Court of Appeals for the Sixth ...
Domestic Violence in the Age of Coronavirus: Additional Reporting Barriers and Potential Immigration Consequences in the U.S.United States of America, COVID-19, GenderIncreases in the incidence of domestic violence have been reported across the globe during the coronavirus ...
UK Supreme Court Relaxes the Test for Establishing a Breach of Article 3 in Medical Removal CasesUnited Kingdom, Right against TortureOn 29 April 2020, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of AM(Zimbabwe) v SSHD [2020] UKSC. ...
Freedom of Expression and Information in the Coronavirus EraCambodia, COVID-19, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionAs 1/3 of the global population faces some form of lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, Michelle Bachelet, ...
Singaporean High Court upholds criminalisation of sexual intercourse between consenting malesSingapore, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationOn 30th March 2020, the High Court of Singapore upheld the constitutionality of Section 377A of the Singapore ...
Now That We Care About Carers: Temporal Casualisation in Mencap and UberUnited Kingdom, COVID-19, Labour RightsA few weeks before the lockdown, one of the most important UK labour law cases of the last decade was heard by the ...