Ensuring the lawfulness of automated facial recognition surveillance in the UK
In R(Bridges) v South Wales Police, the England and Wales Court of Appeal reviewed the lawfulness of the use of live automated facial recognition technology (‘AFR’) by the South Wales...
Supreme Court of Pakistan grants federal government the power to arbitrarily restrict mobile services
The federal government of Pakistan often issues directions to suspend cellular mobile services, ostensibly for reasons of national security. Mobile services (2G/3G/4G/LTE) are usually ordered to be suspended on specified...
Schrems II: Data Privacy Triumphs Over Mass Surveillance
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its anticipated judgement in the Schrems case, invalidating the EU-US Privacy Shield which had been the mode of transferring data...
The Politics of Global Health Data (with Sara Davis)
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought questions around global healthcare financing and equitable access to treatments to the fore. But this is not the first time a spotlight has been thrown...
National Security and Constitutional Rights: Recent Developments in Hong Kong
The Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (the “Law”) aims to safeguard national security by criminalising activities capable...
Brazil’s ‘fake news’ bill threatens to harm internet freedom and individual rights
The Brazilian Senate approved a bill to fight fake news on 30 June 2020. The bill now goes to the lower house and will need the President’s approval afterwards. This...
Rethinking Patients’ Privacy in light of the Coronavirus Epidemic in India
The past months have truly tested our global healthcare systems with over 5,240,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Many countries are at the stage of ‘community outbreak’ with...
Should the Indian Supreme Court Scrap the Marital Rape Exemption?
Judges always have at the ready some doctrinal basin to wash their hands of moral complicity.
The Unconstitutionality of the Marital Rape Exemption in India
The marital rape exemption reinforces the patriarchal stereotype that women have no sexual freedom or autonomy within marriage.
Intersectional Inequalities and Reproductive Rights: An India-Nepal Comparison
Recent judgments from India and Nepal are steeped in an intersectional understanding of inequality as a necessary approach to realise women’s reproductive rights....
The Right to Privacy and Access to Abortion in a Post-Puttaswamy World
The new right to privacy could address the cultural and economic realities that exist within India which affect women’s access to reproductive healthcare....
Comparative Bicameralism: A Survey of Global Approaches
Bicameral relations are not static and the longer-term trend has been for upper houses to become less influential.
