Individual Criminal Responsibility of the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh for Crimes Against Humanity
Regrettably, the former government of Bangladesh, under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, committed serious human rights violations between 1 July and 5 August 2024, including but not limited...
Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking in Bangladesh: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead
Despite decades of relentless efforts by state and non-state actors—including ministries, law enforcement agencies, NGOs, and donor organisations—modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT) continue to be a stark reality in...
Reproductive Rights and the Judicial Attitudes in Recent Abortion Cases in Strasbourg: Will Women’s Suffering Ever Be ‘Severe’ Enough? Part 2
As discussed in Part 1 of this blog, the European Court of Human Rights did not find a violation of Article 3 of the ECHR (prohibition against torture) in the...
Reproductive Rights and the Judicial Attitudes in Recent Abortion Cases in Strasbourg: Will Women’s Suffering Ever Be ‘Severe’ Enough? Part 1
On 14 December 2023, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) released its ML v Poland judgment. As the ECtHR did not find a violation of Article 3 of the...
ECOWAS Court Overlooked Nigeria’s Due Diligence Obligations in #ENDSARS Decision
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Court) delivered an important decision in the Obianuju Catherine Ude & 2 Others v Federal Republic of Nigeria case on July 10,...
Mapping the global crackdown on LGBTIQ rights
On 17 May 1990, the World Health Organisation (WHO) removed homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), thereby taking an important first step towards addressing and removing the stigma...
No ‘Paradise on Earth’: Justice for Migrants from Japan to North Korea
Over 93,000 ethnic Koreans and their families emigrated from Japan to North Korea during the period 1959-1984. They did so because of lies and misleading propaganda. The North Korean regime...
Reconciliation and the Northern Ireland Legacy Act: A Human Rights Perspective – Part 2
The first part of this blog drew on academic literature and international case law to examine the key components of a human rights centred concept of reconciliation. Here, we argue...
Reconciliation and the Northern Ireland Legacy Act: A Human Rights Perspective – Part 1
In February 2024, the High Court in Belfast declared in Dillon and others that fundamental aspects of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 are unlawful and should...
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...
Alabama’s Manifest Injustice and the Inhumanity of Execution by Nitrogen Gas Inhalation
On 25 January Alabama intends to be the first US state to use nitrogen gas inhalation as an execution method. Despite a manifestly unjust trial, the presence of convincing science...
The License to Jeopardise: The LGBTQ Rights ‘Movement’ in Russia
The Supreme Court of Russia, on 30 November 2023, ruled against the ‘international LGBTQ movement’, declaring it an ‘extremist organisation’ and allowing the Russian government to take steps to curb...
