Children’s Educational Data and APAAR ID : A Test for India’s Privacy Regime
As India’s new data protection regime begins to take effect, the rollout of Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (“APAAR ID”) by the Ministry of Education exposes an importance challenge between...
South African court recognises a constitutional right to early childhood development
In a landmark order handed down in Friends of South Africa Early Childhood Development Forum & Others v MEC for KZNDoE, South Africa has become one of the first jurisdictions...
Can an Algorithm Decide Who Is a Child? Facial Age Estimation and the Benefit of the Doubt at the UK Border
From 2027, the UK Home Office plans to introduce facial age estimation technology at the border as an additional tool for assessing the age of individuals whose claimed age is...
The Vacuum of a Child Sexual Abuse Specific Law in Bangladesh
An eight-year-old girl was raped and subsequently killed by her neighbor in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 19, 2026. Child sexual abuse (hereinafter referred to as CSA) is a rampant phenomenon...
When Protection Becomes Punishment: India’s POCSO Act, Adolescent Autonomy, and the Limits of the Bright Line
On 16 April 2026, the Delhi High Court in Harmeet Singh v. State (GNCT of Delhi) quashed a criminal case against a young man whose only “victim” – the seventeen-year-old...
Reactive Laws, Relentless Abuse: Why Child Sexual Abuse Material Still Circulates Freely in India’s Digital Spaces
India today stands in a troubling paradox. Its legal framework addressing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is increasingly stringent, courts have clarified criminal liability, and specialised cyber units are expanding...
Register First, Nikah later: Northampton Imam and the Limits of Child Marriage Protection
“You ought to have known the law had changed.” On 19 January 2026, those words concluded the “legal first” Northampton child marriage prosecution case. The imam (religious cleric) before the...
Trafficking Survivors Relief Act: A Significant Step Towards Improved Implementation of the Non-Punishment Principle in the U.S.
The U.S. enacted the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act (TSRA) on 23 January 2026, providing human trafficking survivors with a special affirmative defense and criminal records relief for certain federal crimes....
Closed Classrooms – Exploring the Impact of School Closures due to Air Pollution on Children’s Right to Education
The worsening of air quality across Delhi in India has again led to school closures. Almost all schools have moved towards virtual learning, but this requires internet access. While school...
Climate Change and the Erosion of Children’s Rights in Bangladesh
In 2023, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child issued General Comment No. 26, recognising climate change and environmental degradation as urgent and systemic threats to children’s rights....
Right to Children’s Identity in Pakistan
The right of children to identity is globally recognized, with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) emphasizing its critical importance. As a signatory to this...
THE CENTRE FOR CHILD LAW AND OXFORD HUMAN RIGHTS HUB URGE THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL TO PUT CHILDREN FIRST IN LANDMARK CLASS ACTION CASE ABOUT LEAD POISONING
The Centre for Child Law (CCL), together with legal scholars from the Oxford Human Rights Hub (“the Amici”), will appear before the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein as amicus...
