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”...
IACtHR Recognises the ‘Right to Care’: What it Means and Why it Matters for Women’s Human Rights
In a historic decision, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) responding to a request from Argentina, recognised the right to care as an autonomous and enforceable human right, identifying...
Litigating for Reproductive Justice in the Commonwealth Caribbean: Antigua and Dominica Illuminate the Path
Across the Commonwealth Caribbean, the spectre of colonialism continues to impede women’s full and free exercise of reproductive autonomy on a basis of equality with men. Significantly, with the sole...
Two children too many? Expanding maternity benefits to mothers with more than two children in India
On 23 May 2025, the Indian Supreme Court in K. Umadevi v. Government of Tamil Nadu broadened the interpretation of Tamil Nadu Fundamental Rule (‘FR’) 101(a), which only provided maternity...
Un-“sexing” Sex as a Ground for Anti-Discrimination
There has been significant commentary on UK Supreme Court’s (UKSC) decision which held that the terms “man”, “woman” and “sex” under the Equality Act 2010 (EA) only refer to a...
Gender Indirect Discrimination at Work First Approved in Japan
The Tokyo District Court decided in the AGC Greentech case on 13 May 2024 that there was indirect discrimination based on gender in terms of welfare benefits where, under the...
Melanie Field on the UK Supreme Court judgment For Women Scotland
Rights Up: The Oxford Human Rights Hub Podcast · Melanie Field on the UK Supreme Court judgment For Women Scotland Vox pops on key human rights issues with human rights...
In Substance and In Form: Understanding the Human Rights Implications of the Aotearoa New Zealand Government’s Expedited Changes to Pay Equity
Pay equity, the provision of equal pay for equal work, is a human rights issue. Pay equity claims allow women to bring a claim against their employer for increased wages...
Pushing forward and ahead to safeguard SRHR Rights!: Strategic litigation in the face of anti-rights backlash in Africa
Strategic litigation in Africa has emerged as a powerful catalyst for advancing and protecting sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), by utilizing individual cases to promote the clarification, respect,...
Does Excluding Refugee Claimants from Subsidized Childcare Violate the Right to Equality? Supreme Court of Canada Considers Appeal in Quebec v Kanyinda
Refugee claimants – and women refugee claimants in particular – are among the most vulnerable members of society. Does excluding them from access to subsidized childcare amount to discrimination based...
Sexual Harassment and the Law in Africa
Rights Up: The Oxford Human Rights Hub Podcast · Sexual Harassment and the Law in Africa In this episode, Almas Shaikh talks with Dr Anthony Ubani and Dr Wycliffe Nyachoti...
