Continuing to ‘Tinker with the Machinery of Death’? Taiwan Constitutional Court’s Death Penalty Judgment

Continuing to ‘Tinker with the Machinery of Death’? Taiwan Constitutional Court’s Death Penalty Judgment

On 20 September 2024, the Taiwan Constitutional Court delivered its Judgment 113 Hsien-Pan-8 (English translation ...
Intersectional discrimination of Muslim women in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Mujanović case

Intersectional discrimination of Muslim women in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Mujanović case

On July 11, 2024, the Bosnian Constitutional Court ruled that Emela Mujanović (at that time soldier in the Bosnian ...
Upholding the Dignity of Prisoners: The Indian Supreme Court’s Stand Against Caste-based Discrimination in Prisons

Upholding the Dignity of Prisoners: The Indian Supreme Court’s Stand Against Caste-based Discrimination in Prisons

On 3rd October 2024, the Supreme Court of India in Sukanya Shantha v. Union of India & Ors. addressed the ...
The Wheels of Equal Pay Move Slowly – But Moving They Are:  The Next Equal Pay Ruling

The Wheels of Equal Pay Move Slowly – But Moving They Are: The Next Equal Pay Ruling

The wheels of equal pay turn slowly.  Much like the iconic London Eye, you may have to look twice to satisfy ...
Kenya’s Emerging Practice on The Right to Public Participation

Kenya’s Emerging Practice on The Right to Public Participation

Under Article 10(2)(a) of the Kenyan Constitution, the state is obligated to respect “public participation” as a ...
Breaking Chains of Archaic and Patriarchal Tradition: High Court of South Africa Redefines Surname Rights for Marriages

Breaking Chains of Archaic and Patriarchal Tradition: High Court of South Africa Redefines Surname Rights for Marriages

On September 13, 2024, the High Court of South Africa in JJ and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Another ...
Women in Constitutions – Podcast Series

Women in Constitutions – Podcast Series

Virtually all constitutions guarantee women’s right to equality, yet, there is a rise in backlash against ...
The Deafening Silence of Dissent: Abuse of Counter-Terror Laws in Indian-Administered Kashmir

The Deafening Silence of Dissent: Abuse of Counter-Terror Laws in Indian-Administered Kashmir

On 5 August 2019, the Indian Parliament unilaterally abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution, which provided a ...
When Ideology Trumps Rights: The ECtHR’s Rejection of Sex Workers’ Human Rights in M.A. and Others v. France

When Ideology Trumps Rights: The ECtHR’s Rejection of Sex Workers’ Human Rights in M.A. and Others v. France

In July, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its judgment in the case of M.A. and others v ...
When ‘National Interest’ leads to Ecocide: The Unseen Constitutional Violation of Environmental Laws in Bangladesh

When ‘National Interest’ leads to Ecocide: The Unseen Constitutional Violation of Environmental Laws in Bangladesh

In the largest delta in the world, Bangladesh, the environmental safeguarding mechanism consists of nearly 200 ...
The Case for Overseas Constituencies

The Case for Overseas Constituencies

The Elections Act 2022 received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022. Section 14, amending sections 1 and 2 of ...
Shaping Judicial Safeguards Against SLAPP Suits: Emerging Protections in Indian Law

Shaping Judicial Safeguards Against SLAPP Suits: Emerging Protections in Indian Law

The Supreme Court of India in Bloomberg Television v Zee Entertainment outlined stringent principles for the grant ...