Reducing Child Marriage in Indonesia: The Untapped Potential of the Marriage Law (2019)
Image Description: Indonesian adult man and woman stand on illuminated podium celebrating their marriage vows Each year on October 11, the International Day of Girl Child is observed to increase...
Ockenden and Beyond: The Potential for a Human Rights Approach to Tackling Obstetric Violence
Image description: Text that reads, ‘reproductive rights are non-negotiable’. Introduction An independent report into maternity and neonatal services in East Kent (the Kirkup Report) was released on 19th October 2022...
Expanding Definitions of ‘Family’ in Deepika Singh v. CAT
Image Description: Two different handprints with a heart drawn in between them Recently, the Indian Supreme Court discussed the idea of expanding the traditional idea of a family unit in...
Obstetric Violence as a Violation of Human Rights: CEDAW’s Second Decision a Welcome Addition but Not Enough
Image Description: In the image, four (male) doctors are performing a C-section on a woman. One of the doctors has a newborn baby in his hands and another doctor is...
Surrogacy in India: The Need for Inclusive Laws
Image description: Seven women sit on a panel in front of a banner entitled “National Consultation on Surrogacy Issues” in New Delhi, India Recently, a petition challenging surrogacy laws in...
Rejection of the New Chilean Constitution: Some Reflections
Image description: A graphic image of two people (represented as stick figures) throwing the constitution into a dustbin. In the following lines, I would like to reflect on what happened...
Gender Recognition With a Price: Q & Tse Henry Edward v Commissioner of Registration
Image description: A group of people walking under a rainbow flag. The Hong Kong Court of Appeal recently delivered a judgment reaffirming full sex reassignment surgery (“SRS”) as a prerequisite...
Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriage Legalisation in Ukraine
Image description: The Mariinskyi Palace, the official residence of the President of Ukraine. Despite the war and the challenging economic situation in Ukraine, the gender rights issues are still actual,...
Dobbs v Jackson: A Role for Equality?
TRANSCRIPT: RightsUp Episode: Dobbs v Jackson: A Role for Equality? Gauri Pillai (0:11) You’re listening to RightsUp, a podcast from the Oxford Human Rights Hub. My name is Gauri Pillai,...
Achieving Disability Justice After Dobbs
Image description: Abortion badges of different colours, with slogans reading ‘March for abortion rights’ and ‘Women’s right to choose’. The fragility of reproductive rights in the United States has never...
A Lacuna in the Kenyan Penal Code Provisions on Abortion
Image description: Posters on street advertising abortion clinics. In recent years, the Kenyan judiciary has made significant strides in reforming abortion law in Kenya. On 24 March 2022, the High...
Dobbs Employs Narrow Framing to Narrow Fundamental Rights
Image description: A picture of the front entrance of the US Supreme Court building, which has ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ carved into it. Dobbs holds that the Fourteenth Amendment does...
