US Supreme Court split on the partisan politics of district drawingUnited States of America, Right to VoteAt the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court waded into the fight over political partisanship in American politics. ...
Multinational Royal Dutch Shell summoned for insufficient efforts in combatting climate changeNetherlands, Business and Human Rights, EnvironmentCitizens and organizations around the world increasingly take their concerns regarding climate change to the ...
California is Poised to Expand Labour Protections for WorkersCalifornia, Labour RightsCalifornia, many other states, and the United States government, have laws imposing minimum standards of ...
Sexual Violence in Conflict 2019: Insights from Sudan and AlgeriaAlgeria, Sudan, Conflict and Human Rights, GenderThe 19th of June is celebrated as the UN International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. In ...
Poverty in the UK is violating human rights. What’s next?United Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationLast week, we presented the findings of our investigation into poverty in the United Kingdom to the UN Human ...
Non-abyssal and Ableist Indian Supreme Court: The Abyssal Exclusion of Persons with DisabilitiesIndia, DisabilityThe famous critical thinker, Santos, has forcefully argued that critical theorists and social scientists have ...
Sudan’s Elusive Justice: Do Heads of States Enjoy Immunity from International Crimes?Sudan, Conflict and Human RightsWith the worsening situation in Sudan and the government’s systematic violations against the people of Sudan, ...
The High Court of Botswana decriminalises same-sex relationsBotswana, Sexual OrientationThe judgement of the Botswana High Court in LM V The Attorney General, which legalised same-sex sex relations, is ...
Religious minorities in Austria lose Good Friday as a public holidayAustralia, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationFor the first time since 1952, this year, Good Friday on the 19thApril was not a public holiday for employees who ...
Arm Sales to Saudi Arabia: Evaluating the Clear Risk of Violations of IHLUnited Kingdom, Conflict and Human RightsOn Thursday 20 June, the Court of Appeal issued its open judgment in the appeal concerning the lawfulness of the ...
López Soto v Venezuela: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ answer to violence against womenInter-American Convention on Human Rights, GenderThe Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ (IACtHR) feminist answer to torture and sexual enslavement in its ...
Brazil’s top court uses anti-racism legislation to make discrimination against LGBT people a criminal offenceBrazil, Sexual OrientationOn 13th June 2019, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF), by a majority of 8 to 3, recognized discrimination on the ...