Systemic racism: ECHR condemns France for discriminatory identity checks in one instance, but rejects five other applications

Systemic racism: ECHR condemns France for discriminatory identity checks in one instance, but rejects five other applications

In its decision in Seydi et autres v France, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has condemned France for ...
The Right to (Queer) Family in Indian Constitutional Law

The Right to (Queer) Family in Indian Constitutional Law

Courts in India welcomed Pride Month this year with two landmark judgments relating to the rights of individuals ...
For the People, By the State: Establishing a Permanent Government Attorney Service in Bangladesh to Ensure Human Rights and the Rule of Law

For the People, By the State: Establishing a Permanent Government Attorney Service in Bangladesh to Ensure Human Rights and the Rule of Law

Government legal representation in Bangladesh’s courts remains inadequate due to a weak legal framework, ...
Revival of Measures to Expel Asylum-Seekers from the United States:  Implications for Non-Refoulement Obligations

Revival of Measures to Expel Asylum-Seekers from the United States: Implications for Non-Refoulement Obligations

The Trump administration has expanded upon its initiatives to remove asylum-seekers and other individuals to third ...
Access to Justice: The U.S. Supreme Court Permits Prisoners to Challenge Injustices in State Post-Conviction Procedures

Access to Justice: The U.S. Supreme Court Permits Prisoners to Challenge Injustices in State Post-Conviction Procedures

Access to post-conviction DNA testing and review of flawed science is critical for incarcerated people with ...
Detention in Armed Conflict: Exploring the complementarity between IHL and the Inter-American Human Rights System (Part II)

Detention in Armed Conflict: Exploring the complementarity between IHL and the Inter-American Human Rights System (Part II)

This blog is in two parts. In the first part of this analysis, I examined the Inter-American framework for the ...
Detention in Armed Conflict: Exploring the complementarity between IHL and the Inter-American Human Rights System (Part I)

Detention in Armed Conflict: Exploring the complementarity between IHL and the Inter-American Human Rights System (Part I)

This two-part blog explores how International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Human Rights Law (IHRL) ...
Legal recognition of a Ukrainian same-sex couple as a married relationship

Legal recognition of a Ukrainian same-sex couple as a married relationship

In June 2025, the Desnyanskyy local district court in Kyiv (‘the Court’) decided to recognise the fact of ...
The Risks of Resistance: Protestors Need a Torture-Free Trade Treaty

The Risks of Resistance: Protestors Need a Torture-Free Trade Treaty

Dissent stands as a historical foundation for social change, but the practice often yields hostile opposition from ...
Mahmoud v. Taylor and the Rise of White Christian Nationalism

Mahmoud v. Taylor and the Rise of White Christian Nationalism

In 2015, the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, enshrining same-sex marriage as a ...
Kenya’s Supreme Court Balances Islamic Law and Equality in Landmark Inheritance Ruling

Kenya’s Supreme Court Balances Islamic Law and Equality in Landmark Inheritance Ruling

On 30 June 2025, the Supreme Court of Kenya delivered a groundbreaking judgment in Fatuma Athman Abud Faraj v Ruth ...
Banking on Silence: Basel Committee’s Climate Framework Abandons Human Rights Protections?

Banking on Silence: Basel Committee’s Climate Framework Abandons Human Rights Protections?

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's June 2025 Framework for the Voluntary Disclosure of Climate-Related ...
No results found.