Climate Change and the Erosion of Children’s Rights in Bangladesh
In 2023, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child issued General Comment No. 26, recognising climate change and environmental degradation as urgent and systemic threats to children’s rights....
Saving Time, Saving Lives: The Golden Hour as a Constitutional Guarantee in India
In trauma medicine, the “golden hour” is the first sixty minutes after a serious injury—the period when rapid intervention can make the difference between life and death. Countries have built...
Invisible Deaths: The Case for a National Disability Mortality Registry in India
In July 2024, Delhi witnessed the death of 14 residents at Asha Kiran Shelter, a state-run residential institution for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. These deaths, linked to anaemia,...
Mob Justice, State Failure: The Right to Life Betrayed in Bangladesh
On 18 September 2024, a man named Tofazzal Hossain was seized inside Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall at the University of Dhaka, beaten repeatedly by a group of students who accused...
The Disaster Management (Amendment) Act, 2025: A Critique from a Human Rights-Based Approach.
The Disaster Management (Amendment) Act, 2025, is a landmark legislation designed to enhance the capacity of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and State Disaster Management Authorities (SDMAs) to manage...
Manual Scavenging in India: A Constitutional and Human Rights Crisis
Manual scavenging in India is not merely a vestige of colonial or pre-modern sanitation, it remains a continuing human rights atrocity, entrenched in caste hierarchies and social complicity. Globally recognized...
Reopening Finality: Capital Punishment on Trial (Again)
Capital punishment has been the subject of considerable judicial discourse in India, a significant part of which has focused on isolating the right to life from sweeping judicial discretion in...
Is Lack of Climate Change Mitigation measures a Human Right Violation?
A Disappearing Homeland The Torres Strait Islands are slowly disappearing owing to rising sea levels and costal erosion. Fortunately, however, in a landmark decision, the United Nations Human Rights Committee...
Investigating Historic Human Rights Violations: A Case for Systemic Processes for Victims of Historic Police Misconduct in Ireland
In January 2024, the Irish government brought an inter-state case against the British government at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The case alleges that the Northern Ireland Troubles...
The Legality of Indore’s Anti-Begging Notification
The District Administration of the city of Indore, India has issued a notification under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 (the new Criminal Procedure Code), penalising...
The International Criminal Court’s Pursuit of Accountability for Gender Persecution in Afghanistan: A Landmark Step for Justice (Part II)
On January 23, 2025, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a formal statement concluding that the Supreme Leader of the Taliban, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and the Chief Justice...
The International Criminal Court’s Pursuit of Accountability for Gender Persecution in Afghanistan: A Landmark Step for Justice (Part I)
On January 23, 2025, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a formal statement concluding that the Supreme Leader of the Taliban, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and the Chief Justice...
