Velásquez Paiz et al v Guatemala: Femicide in Guatemala – Part II
On 19 November 2015, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (‘the Court’) handed down a decision on gender-based ...
Gender
Velásquez Paiz et al v Guatemala: Gender Stereotypes and Lack of Justice – Part I
In November 2015, a decade after the sexual assault and murder of a young Guatemalan woman, the Inter-American ...
LGB, T and LGBT
This post reflects on a recent clarification sought by the Indian government regarding whether or not the term ...
Statelessness as a Rising Human Rights Issue in Tajikistan
The right to a nationality — or as Hannah Arendt put it: “a right to have rights” — has been recognised in various ...
Whole Women’s Health: A Call for Evidence-Based Regulation of Abortion
Decades ago, the medical profession helped build the public-health case for decriminalising abortion, and the ...
The Intersection of Age, Gender and Disability in the Prosecution of Sexual Violence in India
This post examines a petition made to the Indian Supreme Court by a rape victim’s mother. The petitioner avers ...
Ireland’s Abortion Ban: Subjecting Women to Suffering and Discrimination
Ireland has one of the world’s most restrictive abortion law regimes. Following a referendum in 1983, the 8th ...
Linguistic Cracks In The Femicide Campaigns: Why Femicide Must Be Repatriated
The recently published 2015 Global Burden of Armed Violence (GBAV) report by the Small Arms Survey has continued ...
Surrogacy: A Global Form of Exploitation
Surrogacy appears to be an altruistic alternative for infertile couples that desire to become parents but are ...
Using the Convention Against Torture to Advance Transgender and Intersex Rights
Violence and cruelty towards LGBTQI people worldwide is still far too common, making the Convention Against ...
Solidarity Not Separation: The Case for Continued Interaction Between UK and EU Law to Further Equal Rights
Employment Minister Priti Patel recently likened women campaigning to leave the EU to the Suffragettes. “Emmeline ...
New Zealand on the Verge of Implementing Pay Equity
Current New Zealand legislation prohibits gender discrimination in pay rates for men and women who perform ...
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