Bangladesh’s National Human Rights Commission: A Watchdog Without Teeth?
The haunting image of fifteen-year-old Felani Khatun’s body hanging from a barbed wire fence after being shot by the Border Security Force (BSF,) the extrajudicial killing of 1,926 individuals over...
How a Caste Census Could Transform India’s Reservation Policies
The Indian government recently announced that the next nationwide population census will be conducted in 2026-27, and will include collection of caste data. This was a central issue in the...
Reassessing Preventive Detention Laws in Bangladesh After the Meghna Alam Incident
The recent controversial arrest of Meghna Alam under the draconian Special Powers Act, 1974 (‘SPA’) in Bangladesh comes at a time when the nation is aspiring toward reforming its justice...
Kenya’s Emerging Practice on The Right to Public Participation
Under Article 10(2)(a) of the Kenyan Constitution, the state is obligated to respect “public participation” as a feature of good governance. This includes the need to ensure that the Parliament’s...
The Dangerous Path of Mexico’s Judicial Reform: What is at Stake for Judicial Independence in the Americas
Recently, Mexico’s President proposed a series of initiatives to reform the judiciary. This blog focuses on two of its elements: (1) replacing all judges with new ones elected by popular...
Stripping a state of its statehood: Disenfranchisement of the people of Jammu and Kashmir
The people of the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) were disenfranchised when the Parliament of India, through the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019, deprived the territory of its...
Human Rights Council Elections 2022
Image Description: The photograph is of a tweet by the President of the United Nations General Assembly. In the tweet, the President is congratulating Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica,...
Clause Seven of the Bill of Rights Bill: Diluting Rights Protection and Undermining Parliamentary Democracy
Image description: The Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom and his attendants If enacted in its present form the Bill of Rights Bill would compromise judicial independence, dilute ECHR rights...
Sanchez and ZB v France: How Many More Restrictions to Freedom of Expression Should Strasbourg Accept?
Image Description: On a brick wall, the phrase ‘Free Speech’ is being written by a person, using spray paint. Below this phrase, the words ‘*Conditions apply’ has been written. On...
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: an Unprecedented Blow to Democracy and Fundamental Rights
Image Description: A picture of an empty chamber in the UK House of Commons. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is expected to pass through its third and final...
The Voice of Hong Kong in Exile (with Nathan Law)
During the Umbrella Movement in 2014, Nathan Law was one of the five representatives who took part in the dialogue with the Government debating political reform. Upholding non-violent civic actions,...
