The Inconsistent Approach to Violence Against Women by the European Court of Human Rights
In two recent judgments involving similar fact patterns, the European Court of Human Rights reached opposing conclusions as to whether there had been a violation of the European Convention on...
And the Law Comes Knocking: Section 69 and the Impact on Live-in Relationships in India (Part 3 of 6)
Section 69 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, drags legality into the wayward path of promises and their betrayal. The law formalises the judicial treatment of sexual consent said to...
ECtHR’s Judgment in N.Ö. v Türkiye: A Missed Opportunity to Address the Structural Gender Inequalities
On 14 January 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or the Court) issued a significant judgment on sexual assault in the case of N.Ö v Türkiye. The case...
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Evolving Jurisprudence on Cyberviolence against Women at the European Court of Human Rights
On 3 December 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (Court) delivered judgment in MŞD v Romania, its third judgment concerning cyberviolence against women following Buturugǎ v Romania and Volodina...
Shifting Judicial Attitudes and the Promise of Gender Equality: An Analysis of the Dissenting Opinion in the Recent Surrogacy Case Law of the ECtHR – Part 1 (Intended Mothers & the ‘Just’ Law)
Gender-based equality has been at the heart of the debates on motherhood within the context of surrogacy cases, for ‘intended mothers’ and biological mothers, as well as associated rights and...
Grindr goes to Court (Part II): Individuals’ HIV Status and the Right to Private Life
Part I of this blog examined the protection of an individual’s HIV status under the UK’s data protection regime in the context of ongoing litigation against Grindr. Part II examines...
