Lest We Forget About Iraqi ChristiansIraq, Conflict and Human Rights, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Freedom of ReligionFollowing UN Security Council Resolution 2379 establishing the Investigative Team in Iraq, the painful and ...
Civilian Victims of the Conflicts Over Oil Refineries in KirkukIraq, Conflict and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human RightsOn 15 September the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (KRG) held an independence referendum, in which a majority of the ...
QT v Director of Immigration: recognising overseas same-sex marriages and civil partnerships in immigration policyHong Kong, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationOn 25 September 2017, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal ruled that partners in overseas same-sex marriages and civil ...
Bărbulescu v. Romania: The Next Step in the Continuing Struggle for Standards for Workplace Communication MonitoringEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Labour Rights, Right to PrivacyOn 5 September, the Grand Chamber (GC) of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its judgment in ...
The Indian Supreme Court’s “Curative” Hearing in the “LGBT Case”India, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual OrientationIn 2009, the High Court of Delhi decriminalized same-sex relations between consenting adults in India, holding ...
Atmospheric Trust Litigation: Offering Hope To India’s Hapless Adivasi CommunityIndia, EnvironmentThe all-encompassing phenomenon of anthropogenic climate change has endangered the lives and livelihood of ...
The Kenyan Supreme Court Overturns Presidential Election Results: Of Forms 34As, Bs and CsKenya, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to VoteOn 8 August 2017, Kenya held her second General Election under the 2010 Constitution. This was the first time an ...
Road to repeat poll in Kenya: Is legislative amendment the cure?Kenya, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to VoteThe unprecedented decision of the Supreme Court of Kenya (SCOK) to invalidate the presidential poll in August 2017 ...
CJEU in Kalliri: Solidifying Indirect Sex DiscriminationCourt of Justice of the European Union, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationDoes the European Council Directive 76/207 (as amended by Directive 2002/73), which implements the principle of ...
Catalonia: The Right to Secede and the Right to Self-DeterminationSpain, Constitutions and Human RightsIn an address to the Parliament of Catalonia on 10th October 2017, the President of Catalonia issued a ‘suspended’ ...
Work of Oxford Pro Bono Publico for the NGO Kalayaan Receives Supreme Court BackingUnited Kingdom, Labour RightsThis week the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Reyes v Al-Malki, allowing the appeal, and in doing so, ...
Searching for Solidarity through Intra-EU Relocation: Slovak Republic & Hungary v. Council of the European UnionCourt of Justice of the European Union, Immigration and AsylumThe Grand Chamber judgment on 6 September 2017 (Joined Cases of C-643/15 and C-647/15) was eagerly anticipated by ...