Secret Ballot: Vote of No Confidence in South African President Narrowly Defeated
In an earlier blog post, I discussed the decision of the Constitutional Court regarding the process to be followed ...
Constitutions and Human Rights
Le Droit, C’est Moi: Xi Jinping’s New Rule-By-Law Approach
China’s party-and-state leader tries to bring government officials under the reach of the legal system. But the ...
Iran’s Presidential Charade: Women Out or In?
The controversy over whether a woman can be President in Iran rises every four years during the presidential ...
Trillion-Rand South African Nuclear Procurement Halted By South African High Court
The South African government’s nuclear procurement programme, already mired in controversy in the media amidst ...
Can President Rouhani Promote Human Rights in Iran?
Moderate President Rouhani was re-elected President of Iran on 19 May 2017. In spite of his biggest achievement ...
South African Constitutional Court Allows Secret Ballot for Motion of No Confidence in the President
The South African Constitutional Court yesterday upheld an application by opposition political parties setting ...
What Price Human Rights and Equality in Northern Ireland?
Northern Ireland is figuring prominently in the news again. This time it is the discussions between the ...
Treaty Amendments and Access to Justice at the East African Court
On 31 March 2017 the East African Court of Justice (‘the Court’) handed down its judgment in the case of Steven ...
One More Step Towards Human Rights Protection: Tunisia Allows Direct Access to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
On 16th April 2017, the Republic of Tunisia signed a declaration allowing individuals and NGOs to access the ...
Reinforcing Rights: Strengthening UN Human Rights Treaty Monitoring at a Time of Crisis
The upcoming review of the UN’s human rights treaty bodies in 2020 provides an opportunity to increase the impact ...
Is the Turkish Constitutional Referendum a Reflection of Democracy?
The constitutional referendum was held on 16 April in Turkey. In this referendum, the majority of Turkish people ...
A Precarious Future? Examining the UK Human Rights Act (with Sir Keir Starmer)
The Human Rights Act incorporated the rights guaranteed in the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law. In ...
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