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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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Humanitarian Intervention? – International Law and the Non-Use of Force in Syria

Humanitarian Intervention? – International Law and the Non-Use of Force in Syria

By Natasha Holcroft-Emmess |
The UK House of Commons voted by a slim majority (13 votes) against UK involvement in direct military action in ...
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Les Elections Cambodgiennes 2013 : un Printemps Cambodgien en Floraison ?

Les Elections Cambodgiennes 2013 : un Printemps Cambodgien en Floraison ?

By Rodolphe Prom |
Au Cambodge, la météo oscille entre saison sèche et saison humide, ce qui signifierait selon un haut responsable ...
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The Ongoing Search for Justice for Victims of the Japanese War Crimes in Mapanique, Philippines

The Ongoing Search for Justice for Victims of the Japanese War Crimes in Mapanique, Philippines

By Harry Roque |
On November 23, 1944, Japanese troops descended on the town of Mapanique in the Philippines. The troops gathered ...
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HIV and Caribbean Law: Case for Tolerance

HIV and Caribbean Law: Case for Tolerance

By Maurice Tomlinson |
In the western hemisphere, the Anglophone Caribbean maintains some of the most regressive anti-gay laws in the ...
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Think This Way: How Zimbabweans Adopt, Hold and Express Their Political Ideologies

Think This Way: How Zimbabweans Adopt, Hold and Express Their Political Ideologies

By Duncan Okubasu Munabi |
When American jurist Ben Cardozo said that the freedom of thought is “the matrix, the indispensable condition, of ...
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