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(Un)Learning from the US Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Judgement: A South African Perspective

(Un)Learning from the US Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Judgement: A South African Perspective

By Nomfundo Ramalekana |
As explored in a recent blog (here), in Students For Fair Admissions, Inc. v President and Fellows of Harvard ...
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Hindering Accountability and Safety in Sports: the Lack of Internal Complaints Committees in Indian Sports Federations

Hindering Accountability and Safety in Sports: the Lack of Internal Complaints Committees in Indian Sports Federations

By Avesta Vashishtha and Aarya Parihar |
Recently, allegations of ‘rampant’ sexual harassment in sports have prompted the Indian Express news outlet to ...
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The Miseries of Juvenile Prisoners of Bangladesh

The Miseries of Juvenile Prisoners of Bangladesh

By Gargi Das Chomok |
Juvenile prisons in Bangladesh are effectively torture cells for teenage offenders. Known as juvenile development ...
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The United States Supreme Court Puts an End to the Consideration of Race in University Admissions and Potentially Increases Racial Trauma for Applicants

The United States Supreme Court Puts an End to the Consideration of Race in University Admissions and Potentially Increases Racial Trauma for Applicants

By Atinuke Adediran |
On June 29, 2023, in a 6-3 decision by ideological lines, with a republican and conservative majority, the United ...
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The Need to Revisit Indian Consent Paradigms for the Storage and Use of Digitalized Biological Data

The Need to Revisit Indian Consent Paradigms for the Storage and Use of Digitalized Biological Data

By Priya Ayyappaswamy |
The Indian Biological Data Center, established in 2022, is India’s first life sciences data repository. The ...
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Ecocentrism and the Right to a Healthy Environment: To What Extent Can Human Rights Protect Non-Human Life?

Ecocentrism and the Right to a Healthy Environment: To What Extent Can Human Rights Protect Non-Human Life?

By Alice Viera |
In 2022, the United Nations General Assembly recognized the human right to a ‘clean, healthy, and sustainable ...
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The Use of Russian Language in Ukraine in Wartime

The Use of Russian Language in Ukraine in Wartime

By Sergiy Panasyuk |
After the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops on the 24th February 2022, the status of the Russian ...
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A Slippery Slide Back to Parliamentary Sovereignty? The Namibian Parliament Looks to Override the Supreme Court’s Decision to Recognise Same Sex Marriages

A Slippery Slide Back to Parliamentary Sovereignty? The Namibian Parliament Looks to Override the Supreme Court’s Decision to Recognise Same Sex Marriages

By Kelvin Vries |
On 16 May 2023, a day before the International Day Against Homophobia, the Supreme Court of Namibia (SC) ordered ...
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Cameroon Conflict Research Group Human Rights Report 2021-2023

Cameroon Conflict Research Group Human Rights Report 2021-2023

By Oxford Human Rights Hub |
The Cameroon Conflict Research Group Human Rights Report 2021-2023 “Conflict in the anglophone regions of ...
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Jus Cogens and the Lack of a Universal Gender Equality Norm

Jus Cogens and the Lack of a Universal Gender Equality Norm

By Jonathan Wampler |
What is ‘Jus Cogens’? Within international law, the principle of jus cogens has been used to solidify certain ...
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