Zambia’s death penalty can be traced back to the colonial era, with the administration led by former president Frederick Chiluba (1991-2002) being the last post-independence government to sign an execution...
Karnataka Hijab Ban Part 3: Unveiling the Need for an Intersectional Approach
This post continues the analysis of the ban on hijabs within the classroom in Karnataka, India (see also Part One and Part Two). Intersectional discrimination is at the core of...
Karnataka Hijab Ban Part 2: The Irrelevant Relevance of Essential Religious Practices Test
This blog continues Part 1 of the exploration of the Karnataka hijab case. The question of whether the wearing of hijabs is an essential religious practice (ERP) for Muslim women...
Karnataka Hijab Ban Part 1: An Unveiling
This is a 3-part blog on the Hijab ban case in India. Part 1 traces the journey of the Hijab ban order, from the first incident in Udupi to the...
A Case for an Objective Threshold in Tax Exemption of Persons with Disabilities in Kenya
Image Description: A Kenyan mother and her daughter are pictured close-up on their faces. The mother looks toward the camera while the child gazes elsewhere. The daughter has a developmental...
Freedom of Speech and Expression Online Reinstated in Uganda
Image description: A group of adults are walking outdoors. One man has the Ugandan flag draped over his back. On 10 January 2023, a five-judge panel of the Constitutional Court...
You Have The Right to Insult a President: Repealing Zambia’s Penal Code Section 69
Image description: Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema addresses the European Union from a podium In 1965, Zambia’s first independent president Kenneth Kaunda introduced Section 69 to Zambia’s Penal Code to criminalise...
Gendered Constitutionalism
Oxford Human Rights Hub · Gendered Constitutionalism In this week’s episode, we talk to Ruth Rubio, Professor in the School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute, about her...
Spain: Judicial Intervention by the Tribunal Constitucional in a Key Parliamentary Debate – Part II
Image description: a session of the Spanish Parliament (Congreso de Disputados) The intervention of the Tribunal Constitucional in the parliamentary debate in Spain, as discussed to in Part I, has...
Spain: Judicial Intervention by the Tribunal Constitucional in a Key Parliamentary Debate – Part I
Image description: the Spanish Constitutional Court (Tribunal Constitucional). On the 19th of December 2022, the Spanish Tribunal Constitucional took a very controversial decision by suspending a parliamentary debate in the...
Challenging Draft Bills and the Role of the ECOWAS Court
Image Description: Ghanian military official gives speech from a podium at a regional summit with flags of West African nations behind In the case of Dr Jacob Abdulahi & 5...
Protecting Anti-Apartheid Songs Under the Rubric of Free Speech
Image description: Crowd of women, men, and children pictured dancing to music at Umgababa, South Africa Music is a common feature of political environments in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): politicians typically...
