Protection from Procedural Lapses as Reasonable Accommodation
One of the principles underpinning the Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2016 (“the Disability Act”) in India is empowerment of persons with disabilities (PwDs) through their independence. Not only...
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...
South African Constitutional Court Rectifies Copyright Discrimination for People with Disabilities
Image Description: Graphotype machines and prints, one set up with Braille type. Photo Credit: Flickr, Jenny Addison. South African Constitutional Court rectifies copyright discrimination for people with disabilities, orders ‘the...
A Missed Opportunity for the Supreme Court of India – The Appellant with Learning Disability and Indirect Discrimination
Image Description: A picture of the Supreme Court of India taken from inside the building. In a notable judgement delivered in May [Naman Verma v. Director, Indian institute of Technology...
Achieving Disability Justice After Dobbs
Image description: Abortion badges of different colours, with slogans reading ‘March for abortion rights’ and ‘Women’s right to choose’. The fragility of reproductive rights in the United States has never...
Discriminatory Ground in Abortion Law Under Consideration by the Court of Appeal
Image description: Stack of reports entitled ‘Human Rights and Democracy’ with a photograph of a woman and baby on the cover Let’s say I told you that the law provides...
The Development of Disability Rights in the Indian Supreme Court
In a significant judgment delivered in February 2021, a three-judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court made a seminal contribution in advancing disability rights jurisprudence in India and globally. At...
Toward an Empowering Disability Discourse in the Justice System: The Indian Supreme Court’s Call to Action
Image description: An old woman on a wheel chair being escorted to a polling booth in India. One of the many positive contributions of the Indian Supreme Court’s decision in...
The Husband’s Stitch: A Violation of Patients’ Bodily Autonomy
Image description: Woman in medical uniform looks at a pelvic x-ray The ‘husband’s stitch’ is the practice of placing an extra stitch at the vaginal opening of a patient after...
The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Voluntary Euthanasia, Self-Administration and Disability Discrimination
Image description: Interior of Scottish Parliament debating chamber Scotland will become the first of the UK’s four nations to legalise assisted dying if the Scottish Parliament passes a Bill currently...
Vaccine Mandates in the United States: Multi-level Actors and Rights in Tension: State Mandates (Part II)
Image description: A woman with a vaccine at a mass vaccination site. While private employer vaccine mandates have proven somewhat controversial in the United States, the real source of controversy...
