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Guantanamo Military Commissions: Reflections from a Legal Observer – Part 2

Guantanamo Military Commissions: Reflections from a Legal Observer – Part 2

By Prof. Dawinder Sidhu |
There is perhaps no more controversial space in the world than the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. For ...
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Mmusi Ruling a Watershed Moment for Gender and Customary Law in Botswana and Beyond

Mmusi Ruling a Watershed Moment for Gender and Customary Law in Botswana and Beyond

By Tara Weinberg |
On September 3rd, the Court of Appeal in Botswana decided that Edith Mmusi’s parents’ home belonged to her and her ...
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Criminalising Cross-Dressing in Guyana: Quincy McEwan et al vs. Attorney General of Guyana

Criminalising Cross-Dressing in Guyana: Quincy McEwan et al vs. Attorney General of Guyana

By Seshauna Wheatle |
2013 has been a busy year for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights (LGBT) in the Commonwealth Caribbean. ...
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Bugmy v The Queen: Exploring the Significance of Indigenous Background in Sentencing

Bugmy v The Queen: Exploring the Significance of Indigenous Background in Sentencing

By Dr Thalia Anthony |
Bugmy v The Queen provides the High Court of Australia with its first opportunity in thirty years to rule on the ...
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The Québec Charter of Values Project: Republican or Immigrant-phobic?

The Québec Charter of Values Project: Republican or Immigrant-phobic?

By Prof Lucie Lamarche |
Tuesday, September 10 2013, the Government of Québec finally released its Strategy aimed at protecting the Values ...
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The CEDAW Committee Holds an Uncomfortable Mirror to the UK

The CEDAW Committee Holds an Uncomfortable Mirror to the UK

By Meghan Campbell |
On July 26th, 2013 the CEDAW Committee released concluding observations on the UK’s compliance with CEDAW. The UK ...
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Guantanamo Military Commissions: Reflections from a Legal Observer – Part 1

Guantanamo Military Commissions: Reflections from a Legal Observer – Part 1

By Prof. Dawinder Sidhu |
There is perhaps no more controversial space in the world than the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. For ...
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Cultivating a Common Bond: The Right to Adequate Education in South Africa and the United States

Cultivating a Common Bond: The Right to Adequate Education in South Africa and the United States

By Scott Wadding |
As the newest wave of education adequacy litigation crashes upon the shores of South Africa, courts there face the ...
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A New Role for Businesses in Safeguarding Human Rights

A New Role for Businesses in Safeguarding Human Rights

By Claire Overman |
This summer, the European Commission published industry-specific guidelines on the implementation of the UN ...
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Reaching Equal Justice: An Invitation to Envision and Act (Report of the Canadian Bar Association’s Access to Justice Committee, August 2013)

Reaching Equal Justice: An Invitation to Envision and Act (Report of the Canadian Bar Association’s Access to Justice Committee, August 2013)

By Melina Buckley |
The year is 2030 and all people living in Canada have equal access to justice regardless of means, capacity or ...
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The Human Rights Restoration-Revolution

The Human Rights Restoration-Revolution

By Dr Marco Duranti |
Much of the work in the now burgeoning subfield of human rights history traces the causes and consequences of the ...
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