Weaponized Legalism and the Promise-Performance Gap: Press Suppression in Transitional Democracies: Part 2 – Comparative Global South Perspectives
In Part 1, I examined how Bangladesh’s interim government weaponized legal frameworks to suppress the press; Part 2 broadens the lens to parallel patterns across the wider Global South and...
Weaponized Legalism and the Promise-Performance Gap: Press Suppression in Transitional Democracies: Part 1 – Bangladesh
This two-part blog examines how transitional governments in the Global South systematically suppress press freedom through “weaponized legalism”—the use of formally legal procedures to violate fundamental rights while maintaining constitutional...
Is There Any Scope to be an Approver under International Criminal Law?
‘Approver’ is a common phenomenon in many jurisdictions where domestic criminal law allows an individual who is believed to be implicated in a crime, whether directly or as an accomplice,...
Transgender Rights in Employment after Jane Kaushik v. Union of India: A Socio-Legal Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Ruling
In October 2025, in Jane Kaushik v Union of India, the Indian Supreme Court confronted a form of exclusion that has become routine rather than exceptional. A transgender teacher was...
Reassessing Corporate Due Diligence Standards in Dual-Use Technology Supply Chains
Amnesty International’s recent report “Shadows of Control” documents how companies from Germany, the UAE, Canada, China, the US, and France have supplied surveillance and censorship technologies to Pakistan: technologies now...
The SNAP Crisis and Socio-Economic Rights: Does it matter that the United States has not ratified the ICESCR?
On 24 October 2025, during a government shutdown, the US Department of Agriculture announced that it would halt monthly food assistance payments to over 42 million Americans as part of...
Balancing the Protection of Witnesses in English Criminal Law with the Right to a Fair Trial
Like other national and international criminal justice systems, English criminal law has incorporated measures to protect witnesses in adversarial criminal proceedings. While these measures are necessary to keep witness safety/privacy...
Climate Change and the Erosion of Children’s Rights in Bangladesh
In 2023, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child issued General Comment No. 26, recognising climate change and environmental degradation as urgent and systemic threats to children’s rights....
A Long Shadow: Jwanczuk, SC, and Incommensurability
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the UK Government’s appeal in R (Jwanczuk) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions ([2025] UKSC 42). In doing so, it reaffirmed...
Connectivity Without Access: How Nepal’s Social Media Ban Strips Substance from the Right to Internet Access
In September 2025, Nepal faced massive public protests triggered by a ban on social media apps and websites, where a total of 26 applications were taken down. The protests turned...
AI Training, Data Centers, and the Right to a Healthy Environment: The Case of xAI in Memphis
The international recognition of the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment has gained prominence over the past few years, with confirmation of its existence taking place by...
Maharashtra’s Special Public Security Bill: Vague Law, Clear Danger
The Maharashtra State Assembly in India recently passed the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill (MSPS) with the stated objective of combating left-wing extremism, including what it terms the urban “frontal...
