Violence Against Women and the ECHR: Addressing Evidential Gaps in the Court’s Jurisprudence

Violence Against Women and the ECHR: Addressing Evidential Gaps in the Court’s Jurisprudence

Recent research indicates that the rates of femicide by partners or family members have differed only slightly in ...
Climate Injustice: International Response to the Indigenous Women Experiences

Climate Injustice: International Response to the Indigenous Women Experiences

Climate change is one of the most challenging threats humans face. It acts as a “threat multiplier,” intensifying ...
The Global Gag Rule as a Human Rights Crisis: Restricting Autonomy and Healthcare Access

The Global Gag Rule as a Human Rights Crisis: Restricting Autonomy and Healthcare Access

In January 2025, the newly inaugurated Trump administration reaffirmed and broadened the so-called Global Gag Rule ...
The Crime Against Humanity of Gender Persecution:  A First Beam of Light for Afghan Women and Girls

The Crime Against Humanity of Gender Persecution: A First Beam of Light for Afghan Women and Girls

The application by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for arrest warrants ...
Discarding the Marital Rape Exemption: From Fundamental Rights to Vulnerability Theory

Discarding the Marital Rape Exemption: From Fundamental Rights to Vulnerability Theory

Recently, in Gorakhnth Sharma v. State of Chhattisgarh, the Chhattisgarh High Court acquitted a man, who allegedly ...
Dr Victoria Miyandazi named one of 10 African Scholars to Watch (2025)

Dr Victoria Miyandazi named one of 10 African Scholars to Watch (2025)

Victoria Miyandazi is an accomplished legal scholar and educator. She will join the University of Nottingham ...
Individualised Risk Assessments and the Principle of Non-Refoulement: Why States Cannot Rush to Return Refugees and Asylum Seekers Back to Syria

Individualised Risk Assessments and the Principle of Non-Refoulement: Why States Cannot Rush to Return Refugees and Asylum Seekers Back to Syria

The principle of non-refoulement – a principle of international law in the Refugee Convention, the International ...
Individual Criminal Responsibility of the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh for Crimes Against Humanity

Individual Criminal Responsibility of the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh for Crimes Against Humanity

Regrettably, the former government of Bangladesh, under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, committed ...
Bromwell Street: Constitutional Court judgment moves one step closer to a socially and spatially just South Africa

Bromwell Street: Constitutional Court judgment moves one step closer to a socially and spatially just South Africa

On 20 December 2024, South Africa’s Constitutional Court (‘Court’) handed down a landmark judgment in Commando and ...
Human Rights Under the New Syrian Government: Progress or Peril?

Human Rights Under the New Syrian Government: Progress or Peril?

The rise of a new government in Syria following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024 has ...
India’s Fight Against Sexual Harassment: SHe-Box’s Big Promises Leaves Bigger Gaps

India’s Fight Against Sexual Harassment: SHe-Box’s Big Promises Leaves Bigger Gaps

SHe-Box (Sexual Harassment electronic-Box), launched in 2017 under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace ...
The International Criminal Court’s Pursuit of Accountability for Gender Persecution in Afghanistan: A Landmark Step for Justice (Part II)

The International Criminal Court’s Pursuit of Accountability for Gender Persecution in Afghanistan: A Landmark Step for Justice (Part II)

On January 23, 2025, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a formal statement concluding ...
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