Chirinos Salamanca v. Venezuela: A Legal Analysis of Retroactive Human Rights Law Application
On 21 August 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) delivered its judgment on preliminary objections in Chirinos Salamanca y otros v. Venezuela, later made public on 26 August....
Chirinos Salamanca vs. Venezuela: Un análisis jurídico de la aplicación retroactiva de la legislación de derechos humanos
El 21 de agosto de 2025, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH) dictó sentencia sobre excepciones preliminares en Chirinos Salamanca y otros vs. Venezuela, que luego se hizo...
Maharashtra’s Special Public Security Bill: Vague Law, Clear Danger
The Maharashtra State Assembly in India recently passed the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill (MSPS) with the stated objective of combating left-wing extremism, including what it terms the urban “frontal...
Invisible Deaths: The Case for a National Disability Mortality Registry in India
In July 2024, Delhi witnessed the death of 14 residents at Asha Kiran Shelter, a state-run residential institution for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. These deaths, linked to anaemia,...
Mob Justice, State Failure: The Right to Life Betrayed in Bangladesh
On 18 September 2024, a man named Tofazzal Hossain was seized inside Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall at the University of Dhaka, beaten repeatedly by a group of students who accused...
For the People, By the State: Establishing a Permanent Government Attorney Service in Bangladesh to Ensure Human Rights and the Rule of Law
Government legal representation in Bangladesh’s courts remains inadequate due to a weak legal framework, politicised appointments, poor accountability, and institutional neglect. As a result, the 2025 Judicial Reform Commission Report...
Legal recognition of a Ukrainian same-sex couple as a married relationship
In June 2025, the Desnyanskyy local district court in Kyiv (‘the Court’) decided to recognise the fact of cohabitation as one family (de facto marital relationship) between two Ukrainian men....
Mahmoud v. Taylor and the Rise of White Christian Nationalism
In 2015, the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, enshrining same-sex marriage as a constitutional right in a watershed victory for LGBTQ liberty and equality. Soon...
Defining ‘Woman’ in Law? Contextualising the Indian High Court Judgment That Affirms Trans Women Are Women
“To deny a trans woman the status of a ‘woman’ for the purpose of legal protection … is to perpetuate discrimination and to violate … the Constitution.” On 16 June,...
The US TAKE IT DOWN Act: The Fight Against Deepfake-Enabled TFGBV and Human Rights
On 19 May 2025, the US President signed a new law named TAKE IT DOWN Act (S.146) (‘the Act’), which protects victims of real and deepfake ‘revenge pornography,’ a crime...
Narco-Analysis and Procedural Abuse in Bail Proceedings in India
Recently, in Amlesh Kumar v. State of Bihar (2025), the Supreme Court of India set aside a bail order passed by the Patna High Court. The order accepted the proposal...
Revisiting Right to Information in India: Is the DPDP Act counterproductive to RTI Act?
The Right to Information Act of 2005 (‘RTI Act’) in India empowers citizens to demand transparency and accountability from the government. However, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (‘DPDP...
