Empathy and Justice: Abortion Rights for Minor Rape Victims in India

Empathy and Justice: Abortion Rights for Minor Rape Victims in India

Otherwise viewed as a laudable step in addressing rights to abort, India's Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act ...
The erasure from Australian schools of education about LGBTIQA+ people

The erasure from Australian schools of education about LGBTIQA+ people

Australia achieved marriage equality in 2017. You would be forgiven for thinking that the next step on the journey ...
How flexible are South African courts’ remedial powers? A closer look at the Constitutional Court’s shifting approach to constitutional damages

How flexible are South African courts’ remedial powers? A closer look at the Constitutional Court’s shifting approach to constitutional damages

In two 2021 judgments, Residents of Industry House and Thubakgale, the Constitutional Court of South Africa ...
Gujjar Custodial Violence in Kashmir: Is it Time for India to Ratify UNCAT?

Gujjar Custodial Violence in Kashmir: Is it Time for India to Ratify UNCAT?

Particularly horrifying incidents of custodial violence by the Indian military have recently come to light, with ...
Landmark Inter-State Dispute Filed with the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Landmark Inter-State Dispute Filed with the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has received its first inter-state application. This is a milestone ...
ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

For her upcoming report to the Human Rights Council to be presented in June 2024, the United Nations Special ...

The Judicialisation of Party Politics: Pakistan’s Supreme Court confirms the Election Commission can review Intra-Party Elections

On 25 January 2024, the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) held that political parties have a duty to hold ...
South Africa vs Israel

South Africa vs Israel

The essence of the crime of genocide is in its combination of intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ...
Ukraine v Russian Federation – ICJ Continues to Struggle with the Grounds of Racial Discrimination

Ukraine v Russian Federation – ICJ Continues to Struggle with the Grounds of Racial Discrimination

On 31 January 2024, the International Court of Justice announced its decision in Ukraine v Russian Federation ...
Unveiling the Silent Struggles of Adolescents Seeking Safe Abortion in India

Unveiling the Silent Struggles of Adolescents Seeking Safe Abortion in India

The tragic Nirbhaya Gang Rape Case revolutionised Indian Criminal Law with the enactment of the Protection of ...
The ML v Poland ‘landmark’ judgment on reproductive rights and the ENNHRI third-party intervention: How ‘landmark’ is it in reality?

The ML v Poland ‘landmark’ judgment on reproductive rights and the ENNHRI third-party intervention: How ‘landmark’ is it in reality?

On 14 December 2023, in ML v Poland, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) confirmed that Poland’s 2020 ...