Challenging the Right to Strike: the UK Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
Image description: A group of striking people march through a city street holding union banners The Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, currently passing through the UK Parliament, seeks to...
The 2022 World Cup: from Soccer to Human Rights Violations & Geopolitics
Image description: View from above of crowd of spectators at 2022 World Cup in Qatar It is not news that Qatar, a country with serious human rights violations, was chosen...
Expanding Definitions of ‘Family’ in Deepika Singh v. CAT
Image Description: Two different handprints with a heart drawn in between them Recently, the Indian Supreme Court discussed the idea of expanding the traditional idea of a family unit in...
Modern Slavery: Is Domestic Servitude a “Commercial Activity” Exempted from Diplomatic Immunity?
Image description: The United Nations Office in Vienna In the Supreme Court case of Basfar v Wong [2022] UKSC 20, Wong worked as a domestic helper for Saudi Arabian diplomat...
The Slow Revival of Working Conditions Rights: Safe and Healthy Working Conditions to be Included in the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work?
The International Labour Conference is debating the inclusion of safe and healthy working conditions in the ILO fundamental principles and rights at work. In Geneva, a discussion is taking place...
Nuclear Threats Prevent South Korea from Ratifying the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
Image description: Members of the South Korean army marching in formation Last month, the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) fundamental Forced Labour Convention 29 of 1932 went into effect in the...
Paltry Prisoner Wages: India’s Dire Need to Recognise a Prisoner’s Right To Minimum Wages
Image Description: This is a picture of the Chennai Central Jail building. The Odisha High Court, in December 2021, took a much-awaited step by directing the State Government to revise...
Do Not Thwart Women’s Employment, Facilitate It: Indian Supreme Court Strikes Down Arbitrary Gender-Based Restrictions to Restaurant Orchestras
Image description: A group of women, many of whom are smiling or laughing. The Indian Supreme Court recently delivered a pathbreaking judgment reminding the State of its obligation to facilitate...
Signs of an Emerging Feminist Democracy in Chile
Image description: Women at a march against sexist violence in Chile. Many of them wear green bandanas or scarves. On January 21, the President-elect of Chile, Gabriel Boric, appointed his...
Vaccine Mandates in the United States: Multi-level Actors and Rights in Tension: Federal Government Mandates (Part III)
Image description: Two COVID vaccine vials. State government vaccine mandates raise complex legal and ethical questions, some of which are discussed in Part II of this series. But these complications...
Vaccine Mandates in the United States: Multi-level Actors and Rights in Tension: State Mandates (Part II)
Image description: A woman with a vaccine at a mass vaccination site. While private employer vaccine mandates have proven somewhat controversial in the United States, the real source of controversy...
Vaccine Mandates in the United States: Multi-level Actors and Rights in Tension: Private Employers (Part I)
Image description: A person getting vaccinated. Several states, municipalities, and even private entities in the United States have imposed COVID-19 vaccine mandates. But it was not until September 2021 that...
