Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and Violations of the Laws of War: Will the final “Butcher of Bosnia” judgment bring justice to victims?Bosnia, Conflict and Human RightsThe dissolution of Yugoslavia, fuelling genocide and mass-scale atrocities in the region, set the stage for a ...
Coup and Constitution in Zimbabwe Part 2: A Path Back to ConstitutionalismZimbabwe, Constitutions and Human RightsIn my previous post, I observed that the military action in Zimbabwe – whatever name it goes by – made a profound ...
Coup and Constitution in Zimbabwe Part 1: The Military Action is Profoundly UnconstitutionalZimbabwe, Constitutions and Human RightsOn 14 November 2017, the Zimbabwe Defence Force (ZDF) took control of key parts of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare. ...
Offences Against Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore: Vindicating The Victim’s Right to DignitySingapore, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Labour RightsThe High Court of Singapore recently increased the sentences of two employers who had starved their foreign ...
Child Marriage before the Indian Supreme CourtIndia, Children's Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, GenderThe Supreme Court of India on 11th October 2017 ruled that sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his ...
Australia Denies Political Participation as an Indigenous Human RightAustralia, Constitutions and Human Rights, Race, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationPolitical participation is a human right affirmed and contextualised for indigenous peoples under the United ...
Rwanda: New Torture and Illegal Detention Allegations in a Climate of Political OppressionRwanda, Conflict and Human Rights, Right against TortureA decade after living through one of the most brutal genocides of the past century, Rwanda has not yet fully ...
‘12 year a non-compliance’: redress at last?United Kingdom, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Right to VoteLast week, the UK government announced its intention to change the Prison Service Guidance so as to allow ...
The Supreme Countdown: The Fortnight That Shaped Kenya’s Presidential Determination and BeyondKenya, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Vote, Role of the JudiciarySince 1 September 2017, when the Supreme Court of Kenya nullified the Presidential election, the spotlight shifted ...
Cambodia: Using Law to Destroy DemocracyCambodia, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to VoteCovered by a veneer of legality, Cambodia’s government has spent the last two years systematically dismantling the ...
Free Speech in Non-Public Spaces: Recent Developments in Hong KongHong Kong, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionWhat, if any, are the geographical limitations of the exercise of freedom of expression? This was the question ...
Were the Kenyan Presidential Elections, 2017 a true reflection of the electorate’s will? An interrogation of the answer given by the Supreme Court of KenyaKenya, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to VoteThe determination on the exercise and protection of the electorate’s political rights was before the bench in the ...