Gender-Based Violence and the Struggle for Justice: Rohingya Women at the Intersection of Law and Displacement
For Rohingya women in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, the refugee camp is not simply a humanitarian space. It is a site where gender-based violence (GBV) is woven into the structures of...
Women and the Labour Market: Navigating Algorithm Decision Making
AI is reshaping the labour market, influencing operations across organisations, as Eurostat shows. The ILO has stated that women are more likely than men to be affected by automation. As...
The Problem with Defining Voyeurism Too Narrowly
India stands on an uncharted terrain of privacy jurisprudence, where, on one hand, a normative framework of privacy has taken shape, yet, on the other, the law continues to grapple...
Towards Marriage as a Partnership: Matrimonial Property under Muslim Family Law in Pakistan
There are broadly two ways of thinking about marriage in Islamic law. The first sees it as a relationship of ownership: the husband holds effective control, reflected in his absolute...
The Parental Veto: An Extra-Legal Requirement in Indian Marriages
The state government in Gujarat, India, recently tabled draft rules under the Gujarat Marriage Registration Act, 2006. It introduces parents’ consent as a mandatory requirement for the registration of consensual...
Redefining Parenthood: A Milestone for Adoptive Mothers and the Quest for Gender-Neutral Parental Benefits in India
On 17th March 2026, the Supreme Court of India (‘The Court’) in Hamsaanandini Nanduri v Union of India & Ors struck down Section 60(4) of the Code on Social Security,...
Supreme Court of Canada Rules that Excluding Refugee Claimants from Subsidized Childcare Discriminates Based on Sex in Quebec v Kanyinda
Does excluding refugee claimants from access to subsidized childcare violate the right to equality? In Quebec v Kanyinda (2026 SCC 7), a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC)...
La Cour suprême du Canada déclare que l’exclusion des demandeurs d’asile de l’admissibilité aux services de garde subventionnés établit une discrimination fondée sur le sexe : Québec c Kanyinda
L’exclusion des demandeurs d’asile de l’accès aux services de garde subventionnés viole-t-elle le droit à l’égalité ? Dans l’affaire Québec c Kanyinda (2026 CSC 7), une majorité des juges de...
Timidly Groundbreaking: The Indian Supreme Court’s Judgement on the Right to Menstrual Health
“We wish to communicate to every girl child who might have become a victim of absenteeism because her body was perceived as a burden, that the fault is not hers.”...
Who is a mother under international human rights law?
A new call for input has been advertised on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Issued by Reem Alsalem, the Special Rapporteur on Violence...
The Codification of Gender Apartheid under International Law and the Evolutive Significance of ‘Apartheid’
Discussions and advocacy movements to codify the concept of ‘gender apartheid’ under international law have gained traction since the resurgence of the Talibans to power in Afghanistan in 2021 and...
Transphobia at the highest level: UN Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem’s report on Violence Against Women and Girls in breach of the Special Mandate Code of Conduct
In June 2025, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem, released a report entitled “Sex-based violence against women and girls: new frontiers and emerging issues”...
