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The Global Gag Rule Violates Human Rights, We Need a Permanent Solution

The Global Gag Rule Violates Human Rights, We Need a Permanent Solution

By Rebecca Brown and Vandana Ranjan |
The Global Gag Rule (GGR or Mexico City Policy) is a regressive, harmful policy that violates the human rights of ...
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The Lens of Reformation in Death Penalty Cases: A Complex Enquiry

The Lens of Reformation in Death Penalty Cases: A Complex Enquiry

By C P Shruthi |
As per the guidelines laid down by the Indian Supreme Court in Bachan Singh v. The State of Punjab and subsequent ...
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Reformists Overtook US Political Discourse On Ending Police Violence And Changed Nothing

Reformists Overtook US Political Discourse On Ending Police Violence And Changed Nothing

By Olivia Murray |
Over a year ago, in the midst of the uprisings that followed the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, myself ...
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Between Cross-Border Obligations and Domestic Remedies: The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s decision on Sacchi v Argentina (Part 2)

Between Cross-Border Obligations and Domestic Remedies: The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s decision on Sacchi v Argentina (Part 2)

By Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh |
This is the second post evaluating Sacchi v Argentina. The first post in this series can be found here. A longer ...
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Between Cross-Border Obligations and Domestic Remedies: The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s decision on Sacchi v Argentina (Part 1)

Between Cross-Border Obligations and Domestic Remedies: The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s decision on Sacchi v Argentina (Part 1)

By Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh |
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has delivered its long-awaited admissibility decision on Sacchi et al ...
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Why Punitive Policies and Laws Will Not Solve Violent Crime in Jamaica

Why Punitive Policies and Laws Will Not Solve Violent Crime in Jamaica

By Anika Gray |
“Police kill 7 in Braeton”. “Massacre in Tivoli”. “Police death squads uncovered” These headlines tell ...
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Together for Equality: Why and How a Comprehensive Approach to Tackling Discrimination Works

Together for Equality: Why and How a Comprehensive Approach to Tackling Discrimination Works

By Jim Fitzgerald |
For almost fifteen years, the Equal Rights Trust has worked to support the adoption of comprehensive equality laws ...
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Addressing Police Brutality in Nigeria – A Crisis of Non-Implementation

Addressing Police Brutality in Nigeria – A Crisis of Non-Implementation

By Zinat Jimada |
For weeks in October 2020, young Nigerians held nationwide protests denouncing years of extra-judicial killings, ...
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Vacancy: General Editor at the European Human Rights Law Review

Vacancy: General Editor at the European Human Rights Law Review

By Oxford Human Rights Hub |
The European Human Rights Law Review is seeking a new General Editor. Responsibilities include working with the ...
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First Nations Deaths in Custody and the Politics of Denial

First Nations Deaths in Custody and the Politics of Denial

By Dr Thalia Anthony |
The announcement of an Australian Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in 1987 promised to be a ...
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Indian Supreme Court’s Eviction Order Puts Thousands at the Risk of Homelessness

Indian Supreme Court’s Eviction Order Puts Thousands at the Risk of Homelessness

By Utkarsh Krishna and Sreeram VG |
On 7th June, 2021, the Indian Supreme Court passed a controversial order directing a municipal corporation in the ...
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Assessing Vulnerability: Asylum Seekers with Disabilities in Direct Provision in Ireland

Assessing Vulnerability: Asylum Seekers with Disabilities in Direct Provision in Ireland

By Keelin Barry |
Asylum seekers with disabilities are largely invisible in the international protection system in Ireland. They ...
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