Vicarious liability for acts of sexual and gender-based violence by teachers in Kenya
In Teachers Service Commission v WJ & 5 others [2020] eKLR, the Court of Appeal held that the Teacher’s ...
Children's Rights
Environmental protection of children’s right to life: ICCPR General Comment 36
As the indivisibility of human rights and environmental protection solidifies as a norm of international human ...
The Right to Nutrition and Basic Education: Ensuring Access to School Meals in South Africa
In Equal Education and Others v Minister of Basic Education, the organisation Equal Education and the school ...
A drought-stricken and marginalised Tharparkar: The right to water and COVID-19 in Pakistan
The people of Tharparkar (Thar), Pakistan, called ‘Tharis’, have been facing water scarcity for years. In the ...
Indian Supreme Court Arbitrarily Limits Children’s Right to Protest
On February 10, the Supreme Court of India (SC) issued a notice to prohibit children from entering the areas where ...
Federal Court Holds There Is a Fundamental Right to Education Under the U.S Constitution
In a landmark decision issued last week in the Gary B. v. Whitmer case, the U.S Court of Appeals for the Sixth ...
Covid-19: Crushing Silence Greets Calls to Top Up Child Support Grants in South Africa
Three weeks into an extensive national lockdown, the South African government has yet to announce any concrete ...
International Legal Systems Failing Child Victims of Peacekeeper Sexual Abuse
The widespread and enduring problem of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers has been well documented over ...
High Court Victory upholding the Right to Education for Undocumented Learners in South Africa
On Thursday 12 December, the Makhanda High Court affirmed that all learners in South Africa have the ...
Brand “spanking” new law – South African Constitutional Court Outlaws Corporal Punishment of Children
On the 18th of September 2019, Chief Justice Mogoeng handed down a unanimous judgment declaring the common law ...
Marriage of the Girl Child in Iran
In February 2019, the news of an 11-year-old girl being married to a man who was almost 50 years old, caused ...
The 2019 Guiding Principles on the Right to Education: The Drafters’ Perspective
The Oxford Human Rights Hub in partnership with the Masters in International Human Rights Law at the Department ...
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