The Cab Rank Rule
In his blog for the Human Rights Hub, Edwin Cameron criticised Ms Dinah Rose QC, the President of Magdalen, for ...
Access to Justice
Universal Jurisdiction in Switzerland: Challenges for the War Crimes Trial of Alieu Kosiah
On 3 December 2020, the trial of the Liberian former militia commander, Alieu Kosiah, opened in Switzerland’s ...
UK’s ‘no notice’ immigration policy unlawfully interfered with the right to access to justice, holds Court of Appeal
Until March 2019, the UK operated an immigration policy – set out in Chapter 60 of the General Instructions to ...
Ten years of the Argentine inquiry into Franco-era crimes: what has been achieved?
On 14 April 2010, the Argentinean criminal courts began an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity ...
Communication, Education and Speech Difficulties in the Criminal Justice System
The level of educational achievement by incarcerated offenders in the UK is far lower than the average. In ...
BHP to be Dammed?
On 5 November 2015, a devastating mudslide following the collapse of the Fundao Dam tore through Mariana, Brazil, ...
Uber v Heller and the Prospects for a Transnational Judicial Dialogue on the Gig Economy – II
In the coming days, labour lawyers from around the world will be tuning in to watch the arguments in Uber v Aslam. ...
Uber v Heller and the Prospects for a Transnational Judicial Dialogue on the Gig Economy – I
Across the world, Gig employers are now facing a legal reckoning in the highest courts. On 21st July, the issue of ...
Temporary Exclusion Orders and the Right to a Fair Hearing in the UK
In QX v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020], the UK High Court reached a landmark preliminary ...
South African court rejects petition to award constitutional damages and extend emotional shock and grief claims in pit-latrine drowning case
In 2014, 5-year old Michael Komape tragically drowned in a sludge of human excrement when the pit-latrine at his ...
Tanzania’s Withdrawal of Access to the African Court: Further Retrogression in Human Rights Protection in East Africa
The Tanzanian government has withdrawn its special declaration to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ...
Historic South African Silicosis Class Action Settlement Approved
On 26 July 2019, the High Court approved a settlement between 20 goldmining companies operating in South Africa ...
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