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Queensland’s Suspension of Human Rights Act for Youth Detention

Queensland’s Suspension of Human Rights Act for Youth Detention

By Rohi Ray |
The state government of Queensland in Australia has suspended its Human Rights Act, paving the way for the ...
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Giving Voice to the Vulnerable: How Advisory Opinions Have the Potential to Advance Climate Justice through International Courts

Giving Voice to the Vulnerable: How Advisory Opinions Have the Potential to Advance Climate Justice through International Courts

By Lara Ibrahim |
In the context of the current climate crisis, climate change litigation has taken a new form over the past year. ...
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Religious Freedom versus Free Speech: Sweden’s Legal Tightrope

Religious Freedom versus Free Speech: Sweden’s Legal Tightrope

By Snigdha Dash and Shaswat Kashyap |
The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution aimed at combating religious hatred and blasphemy ...
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Suicides within India’s Agricultural Industry: How Climate Change and Government Policy are Impacting Human Rights

Suicides within India’s Agricultural Industry: How Climate Change and Government Policy are Impacting Human Rights

By Aastha Mahesh Saboo and Ashish Sharma |
Over 650 farmers have committed suicide in the central region of Maharashtra, India, from January to August 2023. ...
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The 2024 Paris Olympics: AI Mass Surveillance Under the Upcoming EU AI Act

The 2024 Paris Olympics: AI Mass Surveillance Under the Upcoming EU AI Act

By Esther Jaromi |
Drafting legislation that spans 27 countries has always been a formidable challenge for the European Union’s ...
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Germany’s New Law for Self-Determination: Progressive for Some, Regressive for ‘Others’

Germany’s New Law for Self-Determination: Progressive for Some, Regressive for ‘Others’

By Mohammad Zayaan and Souniya Dhuldhoya |
Germany is currently in the process of amending its gender self-identification law to make it more progressive. ...
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Europe’s Gender Recognition Tug-of-War Continues in Germany – Part 2: Implications of the Draft Law on Self-Determination

Europe’s Gender Recognition Tug-of-War Continues in Germany – Part 2: Implications of the Draft Law on Self-Determination

By Jack Heron and Isabel Ecker |
Germany may soon close a troubled chapter on its legal provision for gender recognition, ending the decades-long ...
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Europe’s Gender Recognition Tug-of-War Continues in Germany – Part 1: The Law as it Stands

Europe’s Gender Recognition Tug-of-War Continues in Germany – Part 1: The Law as it Stands

By Jack Heron and Isabel Ecker |
Germany may soon close a troubled chapter on its legal provision for gender recognition, ending the decades-long ...
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The Wait is Coming to an End: The Brazilian Supreme Court’s Promising Opportunity to Finally Decriminalise Abortion up to 12 Weeks

The Wait is Coming to an End: The Brazilian Supreme Court’s Promising Opportunity to Finally Decriminalise Abortion up to 12 Weeks

By Tais Sofia Cunha De Barros Penteado |
In September 2023, a key event changed the direction of discussions about the criminalisation of abortion in ...
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Neurorights: safeguarding human autonomy and dignity in the age of neurotechnology

Neurorights: safeguarding human autonomy and dignity in the age of neurotechnology

By Rhiannon Procktor |
A ground-breaking recent publication has detailed the first use of fMRI – in conjunction with a novel brain ...
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Unravelling the Human Rights Implications of Sri Lanka’s New Anti-Corruption Law

Unravelling the Human Rights Implications of Sri Lanka’s New Anti-Corruption Law

By Kalara Perera |
Human rights in Sri Lanka have only deteriorated in recent years amidst the economic crisis that unfolded in 2022. ...
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Italy’s “Hard Prison”Regime and its Human Rights Implications

Italy’s “Hard Prison”Regime and its Human Rights Implications

By Marco Seregni |
The case of Alfredo Cospito, an anarchist who remained on a “41-bis” detention regime despite a 6-month long ...
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