Reproductive Rights and the Judicial Attitudes in Recent Abortion Cases in Strasbourg: Will Women’s Suffering Ever Be ‘Severe’ Enough?  Part 1

Reproductive Rights and the Judicial Attitudes in Recent Abortion Cases in Strasbourg: Will Women’s Suffering Ever Be ‘Severe’ Enough? Part 1

On 14 December 2023, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) released its  ML v Poland judgment. As the ECtHR ...
Business and Human Rights: A Cautious and Promising Interpretation of the French Vigilance Law

Business and Human Rights: A Cautious and Promising Interpretation of the French Vigilance Law

In rulings issued on 18 June 2024, the Paris Court of Appeal deemed admissible the actions brought by several ...
The Right to Protest: Limiting the Right to a Class of Citizens In India

The Right to Protest: Limiting the Right to a Class of Citizens In India

On August 9, 2024, on the eve of India’s Independence Day, the nation woke up to the news of a horrific rape and ...
Is Regulating Disinformation at Odds with Free Speech? An Analysis of India’s Approach

Is Regulating Disinformation at Odds with Free Speech? An Analysis of India’s Approach

In February 2022, I wrote on the need to penalise online disinformation or “fake news” on Indian social media to ...
ECOWAS Court Overlooked Nigeria’s Due Diligence Obligations in #ENDSARS Decision

ECOWAS Court Overlooked Nigeria’s Due Diligence Obligations in #ENDSARS Decision

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Court) delivered an important decision in the Obianuju ...
Closing the Gender Pay Gap “Once and for All”: Labour’s Proposed Reforms to GPG Reporting in the UK

Closing the Gender Pay Gap “Once and for All”: Labour’s Proposed Reforms to GPG Reporting in the UK

The UK’s gender pay gap (GPG) has been declining over time, falling from 27.5% in 1997 to 14.3% in 2023. ...
ReBuilding Ukraine for All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine

ReBuilding Ukraine for All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine

This is a four part series on the project “ReBuilding Ukraine For All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient ...
Student Movements, the Right to Protest, and Bangladesh’s Human Rights Obligations

Student Movements, the Right to Protest, and Bangladesh’s Human Rights Obligations

In June 2024, students in Bangladesh protested against the reinstatement of the quota system by the High Court ...
Jumping Up From the Doctrine to the Case Law: The Lost Possibility to Apply the Spillover Theory in NIAC by Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia

Jumping Up From the Doctrine to the Case Law: The Lost Possibility to Apply the Spillover Theory in NIAC by Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia

The Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) made an important decision on April 11 regarding a former FARC-EP ...
The Dangerous Path of Mexico’s Judicial Reform: What is at Stake for Judicial Independence in the Americas

The Dangerous Path of Mexico’s Judicial Reform: What is at Stake for Judicial Independence in the Americas

Recently, Mexico’s President proposed a series of initiatives to reform the judiciary. This blog focuses on two of ...
Calpurnia’s Dream: the Menace of Mob Lynching in India

Calpurnia’s Dream: the Menace of Mob Lynching in India

The repeated reported incidents of mob lynching in India represent a growing negation of fundamental right to life ...
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