The Best Interest of the Child should still be ‘Paramount’ for Migrants
The ‘Best Interest of the Child’ principle is the cornerstone of children’s rights; however, the Courts are less willing to uphold this when it comes to cases concerning migrant children....
The Maternal Imperative: Birthright Citizenship as a Cornerstone of Women’s Rights and Global Human Dignity
To deny a woman’s right to confer citizenship is to deny her full humanity. This assertion encapsulates the critical human rights issue in the United States concerning birthright citizenship (jus...
Navigating Informality: The Rule of Law in EU Migration Governance
The European Union (EU) often prides itself on being a beacon of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. Yet, in recent years, the EU has increasingly turned to...
When I Use a Word, It Means Just What I Want It to Mean: Two Examples of the Separation of Powers Under Threat
The Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024 quashes hundreds of convictions including those of a factually guilty minority. The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 declares ‘conclusively’...
Illegal Human Trafficking Profits Skyrocket
Human trafficking is big business. The United Nations (UN) just released an updated report that reveals traffickers are raking in record illegal profits. Meanwhile, the inherently valuable people whom traffickers...
Waiting for Godot No More: The Climate Crisis and the New European Asylum Pact
To many born in the 1990s, climate change was akin to Godot: the figure conjured by Beckett whose influence was omnipresent, but whose appearance, anticipated as it was, never came...
How Texas’ Proposed Criminalisation of Immigration Jeopardises Human Rights Commitments
Senate Bill 4 (SB 4) —which is currently blocked from taking effect— is the latest in a long line of repressive strategies that the state of Texas is using to...
Shamima Begum – A Disappointing Precedent for the Protection of Victims of Trafficking
As the face of the UK’s counter-terrorism response, the Shamima Begum case continues to shine a spotlight on the critical intersection of counter-terrorism measures and the problem of human trafficking....
Undermining the Right to Seek Asylum: Analysing the Proposed US Border Measures’ Impact on the Fundamental Human Rights of Migrants
A 370-page bill that emerged earlier this year out of backroom negotiations between the US Senate and the White House would entrench into law some of the most restrictive asylum...
EU Artificial Intelligence Act Approved: What Remains Missing from this Compromise?
“We had one goal: to develop legislation that would ensure that the AI ecosystem in Europe develops with a human-centered approach respecting fundamental rights and European values, building trust, creating...
Non-Refoulement of Uyghur Prisoners in India
Although India is not party to the 1951 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Refugees, this does not preclude it from its Principle of Non-Refoulement, or prohibition of refoulement,...
The UK’s First Country Visit under the Istanbul Convention. Part I: Systemic Challenges and Institutional Inertia
This blog marks the culmination of the 16 Days of Action for the Elimination of Violence against Women, seeking to call to end violence against women and girls around the...
