Unearthing Justice: The Human Rights and Environmental Toll of Mining in Ghana

Unearthing Justice: The Human Rights and Environmental Toll of Mining in Ghana

Ghana, Africa's biggest gold-producing country and the world's sixth biggest, relies heavily on mining for its ...
Judicial Activism in Protecting the Right to Equality in Bangladesh: Reflections on High Court Division’s verdict on Redefining Parental Identity in Student Information Forms

Judicial Activism in Protecting the Right to Equality in Bangladesh: Reflections on High Court Division’s verdict on Redefining Parental Identity in Student Information Forms

The case of BLAST and others vs. Bangladesh and others (Writ Petition No. 5343 0f 2009) challenged the mandatory ...
Is Lack of Climate Change Mitigation measures a Human Right Violation?

Is Lack of Climate Change Mitigation measures a Human Right Violation?

A Disappearing Homeland The Torres Strait Islands are slowly disappearing owing to rising sea levels and costal ...
Supreme Court of India Moves from Tolerance to Acceptance for Persons with Disabilities

Supreme Court of India Moves from Tolerance to Acceptance for Persons with Disabilities

Constitutionally, there is enough consensus around the fact that law must acknowledge the unequal realities of its ...
The Curious Case of Custodial Torture in India

The Curious Case of Custodial Torture in India

In February 2025, the High Court of Justice in London, King’s Bench Division, rejected the extradition of Sanjay ...
Finding the Essence of Non-Retrogression: A Path to Stronger Social Rights Accountability

Finding the Essence of Non-Retrogression: A Path to Stronger Social Rights Accountability

Time and again, States have been warned by courts, UN bodies, and NGOs against taking retrogressive steps in ...
Connecting or disconnecting White Army from the SPLM/A-IO and the relevance of R-ARCSS in maintaining peace in South Sudan

Connecting or disconnecting White Army from the SPLM/A-IO and the relevance of R-ARCSS in maintaining peace in South Sudan

In early February 2025, the White Army (constituted mainly by civilians from Nasir and Ulang) clashed with the ...
Letters from the judge: Strengthening child-focused justice in the family court in England and Wales

Letters from the judge: Strengthening child-focused justice in the family court in England and Wales

Children involved in family court proceedings in England and Wales are rarely addressed directly by the judges who ...
Implementing KlimaSeniorinnen: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Implementing KlimaSeniorinnen: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

On 9 April 2024, the European Court of Human Rights issued a climate judgment with global resonance. This ...
Trump’s Tax Policy Privileges Sophisticated and Wealth Individuals and Organizations at the Expense of the Working Poor

Trump’s Tax Policy Privileges Sophisticated and Wealth Individuals and Organizations at the Expense of the Working Poor

No one enjoys paying taxes, but some level of taxation is inevitable in modern society. The question is not ...
Investigating Historic Human Rights Violations: A Case for Systemic Processes for Victims of Historic Police Misconduct in Ireland

Investigating Historic Human Rights Violations: A Case for Systemic Processes for Victims of Historic Police Misconduct in Ireland

In January 2024, the Irish government brought an inter-state case against the British government at the European ...
Breaking Encryption, Breaking Rights? France’s Legislative Stand and What India Must Learn

Breaking Encryption, Breaking Rights? France’s Legislative Stand and What India Must Learn

On 20 March 2025, the French National Assembly voted down Article 8 of the proposed Drug Trafficking Bill ...
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