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Lahore High Court Strikes Down Pakistan’s Colonial-era Sedition Law

Lahore High Court Strikes Down Pakistan’s Colonial-era Sedition Law

By Rida Tahir |
On March 30 2023, Justice Shahid Karim of the Lahore High Court (LHC) delivered a landmark judgment in Haroon ...
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The Coronation, the Public Order Act 2023 and ‘Free Speech’

The Coronation, the Public Order Act 2023 and ‘Free Speech’

By Alex Benn |
In recent years, a lot has been written about ‘the right to protest’ and ‘the right to free speech’ in the UK. Yet ...
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Horizontal Reservation for India’s Transgender Community: Can the Supreme Court Deliver?

Horizontal Reservation for India’s Transgender Community: Can the Supreme Court Deliver?

By Aishwarya Singh |
India’s queer community is struggling to realise its civil rights on multiple fronts. The Indian Supreme Court has ...
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Moraru v Romania: ECtHR Protects Against Size-based Discrimination

Moraru v Romania: ECtHR Protects Against Size-based Discrimination

By Marie Spinoy |
In November 2022, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that height and weight requirements for participation ...
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Make-Believe: Indictment of Two Activists Reveals the Truth About Freedom of Expression in Indonesia

Make-Believe: Indictment of Two Activists Reveals the Truth About Freedom of Expression in Indonesia

By Rafsi Azzam Hibatullah Albar |
On 3 April 2023, the trial of two Indonesian activists, accused of defamation by the Minister of Maritime and ...
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What’s next in Climate Litigation before the European Court of Human Rights? Duarte Agostinho and Others v Portugal and 32 other States

What’s next in Climate Litigation before the European Court of Human Rights? Duarte Agostinho and Others v Portugal and 32 other States

By Angela Hefti |
On 29 March 2023, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) heard its first two climate cases (Verein Klima ...
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Gender-based Violence, LGBTQIA+ Rights, and Christian Values in Zambia

Gender-based Violence, LGBTQIA+ Rights, and Christian Values in Zambia

By Mwai Daka |
Since 2019 the Sistah Sistah Foundation (SSF) has marched in protest of sexual and gender-based violence in ...
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Ireland’s Abortion Law Reform

Ireland’s Abortion Law Reform

By Mairead Enright |
The report of the Independent Review of Ireland’s abortion legislation was published this week. Abortion ...
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L’ambitieuse loi française sur les entreprises et les droits de l’homme sera mise à l’épreuve : l’affaire Yemen LNG

L’ambitieuse loi française sur les entreprises et les droits de l’homme sera mise à l’épreuve : l’affaire Yemen LNG

By Christine Savino |
Le 22 février 2023, groupe des droits MENA a intenté une action en justice devant un tribunal parisien contre ...
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France’s Ambitious Business and Human Rights Law to be Tested: the Yemen LNG case

France’s Ambitious Business and Human Rights Law to be Tested: the Yemen LNG case

By Christine Savino |
On February 22, 2023, MENA Rights Group filed a lawsuit in a Paris court against TotalEnergies, one of France’s ...
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Violation of Administrative and Fundamental Rights by banning BBC Documentary in India

Violation of Administrative and Fundamental Rights by banning BBC Documentary in India

By Garvit Shrivastava |
On 21 January 2023, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting directed YouTube and Twitter to censor BBC’s ...
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Depathologising Gender Identity at the United Nations: A Call to South Africa

Depathologising Gender Identity at the United Nations: A Call to South Africa

By Mutondi Mulaudzi |
On 29 March 2023, a cross-regional group of countries led by Argentina, called for United Nations Member States to ...
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