The Supreme Court of the United States denies absolute immunity to the International Finance Corporation in human rights caseUnited States of America, Business and Human RightsLast February 27th, a 7-1 majority of the United States Supreme Court held in Jam et al. v. International Finance ...
A Year of Gaza’s Marches of Return: War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity Targeting Protected GroupsIsrael, Palestine, Conflict and Human RightsThe independent international commission of inquiry on the protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, ...
Gym Use and Changing Rooms: the illegality and chilling effect of (trans)gender segregationUnited Kingdom, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationA recent, high-profile article published on HuffPost claimed that the popular leisure group – David Lloyd Leisure ...
CJEU: Austrian Good Friday legislation constitutes direct discrimination on the grounds of religionAustria, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationUnder Austrian law, Good Friday is a public holiday only for members of the Evangelical Churches of the Augsburg ...
The Extremism Database is in Breach of the European Convention on Human RightsEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Right to PrivacyOn 24 January 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (the ECtHR) delivered its judgment in the case of Catt v. ...
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights Affirms the Right to Access Documents Necessary for AppealsAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, Access to JusticeOn 7 December 2018, the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights delivered its judgment in the case of Mgosi ...
The 40th Session of the Human Rights Council: Some Observations on State BehaviourUnited Nations, Access to Justice, Conflict and Human RightsThe UN Human Rights Council, which was created in 2006, is currently holding its 40th Session. The HRC is the UN’s ...
Canadian Children have a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy at SchoolCanada, Children's Rights, Right to PrivacyIn R. v. Jarvis, the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that children can reasonably expect that they will not be ...
Why Depriving Shamima Begum of her UK Citizenship Breaches International LawUnited Kingdom, Immigration and Asylum Shamima Begum, the British teenager who left the UK to marry an ISIS fighter, was recently found in Syria and ...
Gloucester Resources and Its Radical Implications for Indigenous Environmental JusticeAustralia, EnvironmentThe decision by New South Wales Land and Environment court, Australia, rejecting the appeal by Gloucester ...
Under India’s New Intermediary Rules, Fundamental Rights Take BackstageIndia, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Right to PrivacyThe Indian Government’s Information Technology Ministry had recently invited comments on proposed amendments to ...
Should Canadian Citizens Abroad have an Unfettered Right to Vote?Canada, Right to VoteCanadian citizens who have resided abroad for five years or more did not have the right to vote in a federal ...