The Genocide Amendment: Why is the UK Government dragging its feet? (Part I)
On 7 December 2020, the House of Lords debated the Trade Bill that defines the UK’s post-Brexit trade relationships and engaged with the question of what should happen if the...
On the grounds of sex’: SCOTUS brings sexual orientation within the ambit of Title VII
On June 15 2020, the US Supreme Court decided in Bostock v. Clayton County that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act forbids termination of employees because of their...
Kenya’s Constitutional Court Certifies Structural Interdict as an Interlocutory Remedy
Kenya’s constitutional court has demonstrated its flexibility in facilitating the progressive realisation of the constitutional aspirations through the rapidly evolving jurisprudence on Article 43 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010....
Irish Supreme Court quashes climate mitigation plan: environmental rights caught between redundancy and vagueness
On 31 July 2020, the Irish Supreme Court annulled the government’s climate mitigation plan. A grand chamber of – exceptionally – seven judges ruled unanimously that the plan did not...
Human Rights, International Law and The United Kingdom Internal Market Bill 2020
The recently published United Kingdom Internal Market Bill 2020 has caused – to put it mildly – quite a stir upon its arrival. Partly due to the Government’s admission that...
The Future of Socio-Economic Rights in Nigeria: Beyond COVID-19
COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the enjoyment of human rights in various countries, particularly socio-economic rights such as the right to an adequate standard of living, right to...
Ireland: Historic Victory for Environmental Campaigners
In a landmark decision, the Irish Supreme Court has unanimously quashed what it termed the Irish Government’s ‘excessively vague’ plan to tackle climate change. The Court held that the plan...
Climate Fund Case: Climate Litigation reaches the Brazilian Supreme Court
Hailed as a milestone in Brazilian climate change litigation, a landmark decision by the Supreme Court has recently ordered public hearings in a lawsuit brought by four political parties on...
The Broken State of Capital Sentencing in India’s Trial Courts
Project 39A at National Law University, Delhi analysed judgments of all capital cases (215 in total) across trial courts of three Indian states, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, decided over...
Proportionality and Constitutional Review
There is a temptation to think that issues of normative choice and balancing are more complex in public than private law. This should be resisted.
The Judicial Role in the Surveillance State
The courts’ responsibility to check abuses of power is heightened in a context where secrecy reigns....
The Surveillance State, Privacy and Criminal Investigation in India: Possible Futures in a Post-Puttaswamy World
With a strong conception of privacy focussed on individual liberty after Puttaswamy, there is now a starting point for insisting on judicial oversight of surveillance.
