Caste Discrimination in Indian Prisons Case – Part 2 (Discrimination against Denotified Tribes)
This blog continues Part 1 of the exploration of Caste Discrimination in Indian Prisons Case (Sukanya Shantha v. Union of India). The Supreme Court’s judgement marks a significant turning point...
Caste Discrimination in Indian Prisons Case – Part 1 (Division of Manual Labour)
This two-part blog series delves into the pervasive issue of caste discrimination within Indian prisons, analysing the recent Supreme Court judgement in the case of Sukanya Shantha v. Union of...
Closing the Gender Pay Gap “Once and for All”: Labour’s Proposed Reforms to GPG Reporting in the UK
The UK’s gender pay gap (GPG) has been declining over time, falling from 27.5% in 1997 to 14.3% in 2023. Nevertheless, at the current rate of decline, it will take...
Can CEDAW address the issue of Gender-based Poverty in Urban Areas?
By 2050, 66 per cent of the world’s population is projected to live in urban areas, and UN Women estimates that one in seven people live in deprived urban areas...
Le jugement de la Cour d’appel du Québec sur la Loi 21 : le futur incertain des droits fondamentaux
Le 29 février 2024, la Cour d’appel du Québec a confirmé la constitutionnalité de la Loi sur la laïcité de l’État, mieux connue sous le nom de « Loi 21...
The Quebec Court of Appeal’s Ruling on Bill 21: The Uncertain Future of Fundamental Rights
On 29 February 2024, the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the validity of the Act respecting the laicity of the State, better known as “Bill 21.” This law, passed under...
Discrimination Law – Part 1
Oxford Human Rights Hub · Discrimination Law – Part 1 In this episode, we are exploring some of the key themes in Professor Sandra Fredman’s monograph, Discrimination Law –...
Non-Refoulement of Uyghur Prisoners in India
Although India is not party to the 1951 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Refugees, this does not preclude it from its Principle of Non-Refoulement, or prohibition of refoulement,...
The UK’s First Country Visit under the Istanbul Convention. Part I: Systemic Challenges and Institutional Inertia
This blog marks the culmination of the 16 Days of Action for the Elimination of Violence against Women, seeking to call to end violence against women and girls around the...
The Decriminalisation of Marital Rape: How India Continues to Refuse Justice to its Married Women
India is disappointingly one of the fewest countries in the world today that explicitly decriminalises marital rape, despite being a signatory of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Exception...
Maymulakhin and Markiv v Ukraine: Perspectives on Same-Sex Relations in Ukraine in Light of the European Court of Human Rights’ Decision
Since the publication of our previous blog post about perspectives on same-sex marriage legalization in Ukraine, an online petition about this issue, submitted to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has received...
Decoding Manipur: Unveiling Human Rights Violations Against Women Amidst Ethnic Conflict
A viral video of two tribal women paraded naked by Meitei men in Manipur’s Thoubal district has shocked India and the world. The incident is a grim reflection of the...
