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No Animal Left Behind: Kiwi’s Call to Change New Zealand Disaster Law

No Animal Left Behind: Kiwi’s Call to Change New Zealand Disaster Law

By Steve Glassey |
New Zealand’s efforts to reform its emergency management law have highlighted a persistent gap between public ...
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A Manifest Lack of Justice?: The ICJ’s Decision in Sudan v. United Arab Emirates

A Manifest Lack of Justice?: The ICJ’s Decision in Sudan v. United Arab Emirates

By Lara Ibrahim |
On 5 March 2025, Sudan submitted an application instituting proceedings against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at ...
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Pouring Fuel on the Fire: Implications of Trump’s Executive Actions for Human Trafficking Victimization and Vulnerability

Pouring Fuel on the Fire: Implications of Trump’s Executive Actions for Human Trafficking Victimization and Vulnerability

By Julie A. Dahlstrom and Rachel J. Wechsler |
The second Trump administration has just passed the “first-100-days” benchmark, and there is deep concern about ...
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Silenced Voices: The Fall of Press Freedom in Afghanistan

Silenced Voices: The Fall of Press Freedom in Afghanistan

By Kaweh Kerami |
On 3 May, World Press Freedom Day reminded governments of their duty to uphold press freedom, and honoured the ...
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Unearthing Justice: The Human Rights and Environmental Toll of Mining in Ghana

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

By Gloria Baidoo |
Ghana, Africa's biggest gold-producing country and the world's sixth biggest, relies heavily on mining for its ...
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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

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

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

By Kartheek Vegesana |
A Disappearing Homeland The Torres Strait Islands are slowly disappearing owing to rising sea levels and costal ...
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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

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

The Curious Case of Custodial Torture in India

By Anupama Arigala |
In February 2025, the High Court of Justice in London, King’s Bench Division, rejected the extradition of Sanjay ...
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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

By Ben Warwick |
Time and again, States have been warned by courts, UN bodies, and NGOs against taking retrogressive steps in ...
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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

By Justin Monyping Ater |
In early February 2025, the White Army (constituted mainly by civilians from Nasir and Ulang) clashed with the ...
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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

By Ashna Devaprasad |
Children involved in family court proceedings in England and Wales are rarely addressed directly by the judges who ...
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