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Justice Edwin Cameron on the United Nations Free and Equal Campaign

Justice Edwin Cameron on the United Nations Free and Equal Campaign

By Justice Edwin Cameron |
On Friday 26th July, in Cape Town, the United Nations launched a new international campaign to counter homophobia, ...
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Human Rights and Community Justice: A View from Red Hook, Brooklyn

Human Rights and Community Justice: A View from Red Hook, Brooklyn

By Julia Spelman |
The Red Hook Community Justice Center (RHCJC), the small community court in Brooklyn, New York, seems miles away ...
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Proposed Bahamian Constitutional Reform: No Room for Socio-Economic Rights

Proposed Bahamian Constitutional Reform: No Room for Socio-Economic Rights

By Kamille Adair Morgan |
On July 8, 2013, the Constitutional Commission of the Bahamas presented its report on proposed Constitutional ...
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The choice before us? The report of the Commission on a Bill of Rights

The choice before us? The report of the Commission on a Bill of Rights

By Amy Williams |
In an article recently published in Public Law, Prof. Francesca Klug and I set out our analysis of the ill-fated ...
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Is it Time for the US Supreme Court to Come Out of the Closet?

Is it Time for the US Supreme Court to Come Out of the Closet?

By Karl Laird |
In a follow-up post to his previous analysis of Windsor v. United States, Karl Laird examines which constitutional ...
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Mendoza v Argentina: Against the life imprisonment of children

Mendoza v Argentina: Against the life imprisonment of children

By Nicolas Espejo Yaksic |
In Mendoza et al. v. Argentina, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (ICHR) has determined that life sentences ...
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McCaughey and Others v UK: The Requirement of Prompt Investigation into State Killings

McCaughey and Others v UK: The Requirement of Prompt Investigation into State Killings

By Claire Overman |
Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights guarantees, subject to some exceptions, that “everyone’s ...
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The Anniversary of the Marikana Massacre in South Africa and Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Breaches

The Anniversary of the Marikana Massacre in South Africa and Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Breaches

By Hannine Drake |
It is almost a year since more than 40 striking mineworkers were killed in a clash with local police at the ...
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The Rock-Hard Foundation: Mandela Day, 18 July 2013

The Rock-Hard Foundation: Mandela Day, 18 July 2013

By Kelly Stone |
“I pay tribute to the mothers and wives and sisters of our nation. You are the rock-hard foundation of our ...
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Abortion Law Reforms in Ireland

Abortion Law Reforms in Ireland

By Mairead Enright |
In A, B & C v. Ireland  the European Court of Human Rights held that Ireland must end its 20-year delay in ...
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A Human Rights Act for Australia: a transfer of power to the High Court, or a more democratic form of judicial decision-making?

A Human Rights Act for Australia: a transfer of power to the High Court, or a more democratic form of judicial decision-making?

By Emma Hoiberg |
Australia is the only Western country without some form of a national Bill of Rights. In 2008, the National Human ...
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ICESCR Optional Protocol: Reconciling Standards of Review

ICESCR Optional Protocol: Reconciling Standards of Review

By Adelaide Remiche |
Until very recently, there was no individual complaint procedure for a violation of the rights enshrined in the ...
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