The Ahmadiyya in Pakistan: Religious Persecution, Human Rights, and Islam
The Ahmadiyya are a religious minority who suffer persecution in Pakistan and many other Muslim-majority countries. In 2023, for example, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan reported that at least...
Labour Justice for India’s Community Care Workers (Part II)
Part I of this series discussed how in the Indian Supreme Court’s decision in Ameerbi, denial of minimum wages to ‘scheme workers’, is a violation of their fundamental right to...
Maternity Benefits and Child Care Leave to Mothers: The Supreme Court of India’s Narrow and Unsatisfactory Approach to Gender Equality in the Labour Force
The Supreme Court of India in a recent order in Shalini Dharmani v State of Himachal Pradesh reaffirmed that Child Care Leave granted to women was in furtherance of the...
Shining a Light in the Darkness: How The Karnataka Model Bridges Economic Divides and Advances Human Rights
In a world where the economic divide between the rich and poor is ever widening, recent Oxfam reports have highlighted the widening chasm between the affluent and the impoverished in...
Religious Discrimination, Headscarves and ‘exclusive neutrality’: backsliding by the CJEU
In OP v Commune d’Ans the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) returned to religious discrimination and headscarves, this time in the public sector workplace. Although the CJEU...
The Intersection of Human Rights and Finance: A Legal Exploration of the UDHR’s Continuing Impact
This post marks International Human Rights Day, which occurred earlier this week on the 10 December. This is the day that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed, which...
Taken for a Ride, Again: Deliveroo Riders in the Supreme Court
Last week’s ruling in Independent Workers Union of Great Britain v Central Arbitration Committee came as a great surprise to many employment lawyers: the Supreme Court unanimously held that Deliveroo...
Balancing Workers’ Rights and Organisational Changes: The Gray Areas of Section 9A
Section 9A of India’s Industrial Disputes Act 1947 aims to strike a delicate balance between protecting workers’ rights and allowing organisational flexibility during changes to conditions of service. However, inherent...
A Blueprint for the World: How Karnataka’s Shakti and Gruha Lakshmi Schemes Elevate Women’s Economic Rights
Karnataka, through its state government schemes, has taken proactive steps towards ensuring women’s welfare and equity. Among the five key schemes, the Shakti and the Gruha Lakshmi Scheme are particularly...
Suicides within India’s Agricultural Industry: How Climate Change and Government Policy are Impacting Human Rights
Over 650 farmers have committed suicide in the central region of Maharashtra, India, from January to August 2023. Climate change and the stress it places on agriculture have been the...
The Menace of Manual Scavenging in India: The Case for Stronger Legal Implementation
The right to a clean, safe, and healthy environment is a fundamental right protected by Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, encompassed by the right to life. However, sanitation employees...
Moraru v Romania: ECtHR Protects Against Size-based Discrimination
In November 2022, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that height and weight requirements for participation in the entrance examination for a programme of military medicine violate Article 14...
