
On 19 November 2015, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (‘the Court’) handed down a decision on gender-based ...

In November 2015, a decade after the sexual assault and murder of a young Guatemalan woman, the Inter-American ...

This post reflects on a recent clarification sought by the Indian government regarding whether or not the term ...

The right to a nationality — or as Hannah Arendt put it: “a right to have rights” — has been recognised in various ...

Decades ago, the medical profession helped build the public-health case for decriminalising abortion, and the ...

This post examines a petition made to the Indian Supreme Court by a rape victim’s mother. The petitioner avers ...

Ireland has one of the world’s most restrictive abortion law regimes. Following a referendum in 1983, the 8th ...

The recently published 2015 Global Burden of Armed Violence (GBAV) report by the Small Arms Survey has continued ...

Surrogacy appears to be an altruistic alternative for infertile couples that desire to become parents but are ...

Violence and cruelty towards LGBTQI people worldwide is still far too common, making the Convention Against ...

Employment Minister Priti Patel recently likened women campaigning to leave the EU to the Suffragettes. “Emmeline ...

Current New Zealand legislation prohibits gender discrimination in pay rates for men and women who perform ...