When Good Law Is Not Enough: Disability Employment in Uganda after the African Disability Protocol
In May 2024, the African Disability Protocol entered into force: the first continental treaty on the rights of Africans with disabilities. For a state such as Uganda, which has ratified...
Amnesty and conventionality control: the case of the events of January 8, 2023, in Brazil
On January 8, 2023, radical groups invaded and ransacked the main seats of power of the Federative Republic of Brazil, the National Congress, the Planalto Palace (seat of the executive...
Rights in Text, Oppression in Practice: The Faultline of Minority Protection in India
India’s constitutional framework formally guarantees equality and minority protection. Article 14 of the Constitution ensures equality before the law, Article 15 prohibits discrimination on religious grounds, and Articles 25–30 protect...
The EU Forced Labour Regulation: reflections from a human rights perspective – Part 2
See Part 1 of this blog here: The EU Forced Labour Regulation: reflections from a human rights perspective – Part 1 | OHRH 1. Introduction This is the second part...
Why the Kenyan Supreme Court erred in limiting justiciability of rights through the Limitation of Actions Act: the Zehrabanu Appeal
The Supreme Curt of Kenya (SCORK has through Zehrabanu Janmohamed and Another v Nathaniel K. Lagat 4 Others, found that the right to seek an enforcement of a right under...
Student Movements, the Right to Protest, and Bangladesh’s Human Rights Obligations
In June 2024, students in Bangladesh protested against the reinstatement of the quota system by the High Court division that reserved, among others, 30% of the total public posts for...
