India’s Fight Against Sexual Harassment: SHe-Box’s Big Promises Leaves Bigger Gaps
SHe-Box (Sexual Harassment electronic-Box), launched in 2017 under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013 (“PoSH Act”), was envisioned as a centralized platform to...
The International Criminal Court’s Pursuit of Accountability for Gender Persecution in Afghanistan: A Landmark Step for Justice (Part II)
On January 23, 2025, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a formal statement concluding that the Supreme Leader of the Taliban, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and the Chief Justice...
The International Criminal Court’s Pursuit of Accountability for Gender Persecution in Afghanistan: A Landmark Step for Justice (Part I)
On January 23, 2025, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a formal statement concluding that the Supreme Leader of the Taliban, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and the Chief Justice...
Should Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Be Based on Social Expectations?
A key tenet of business and human rights has become the introduction of mandatory human rights due diligence (HRDD), a process that attempts to introduce the essentials of due diligence...
Is the EU’s Digital Services Act Compliant with The Right to Freedom of Expression?
The Digital Services Act (DSA) is an EU Regulation that became legally binding, at large, on 17 February 2024. The DSA applies to entities based both within and outside the...
Where social and economic justice meet: South Africa’s SRD decision affirms a rights-based approach to poverty
Over eighteen million of South Africa’s poorest peoples breathed a sigh of relief when, on 23 January 2025, the High Court of Pretoria handed down judgment in Institute for Economic...
‘The Private is Political’: Horizontality of Fundamental Rights as an Antidote for Trans Discrimination in India
The Indian Supreme Court’s issuance of notice on January 2, 2024, in response to a petition by a transwoman dismissed from two private schools due to her gender identity underscores...
Buffer Zones: Time to Rethink Abortion and the Carceral State?
On 31 Oct 2024, legislation enacting “buffer zones”—designated areas around abortion clinics where protests and certain forms of interference are prohibited—came into force in England and Wales under the Public...
Two Roads Diverged Within Disability Jurisprudence In India, The Supreme Court Took The One Less Travelled By
While ‘disability’ has not been mentioned as a ground of discrimination in the Indian Constitution, the promulgation of the Right of Persons with Disabilities, 2016 has assisted in preventing disability...
Ecuador’s Landmark Legislation on Transformative Reparations for Femicide Victims’ Families: Law Passes Against All Odds
On May 28, 2024, Ecuador’s National Assembly passed the Organic Law on Accompaniment, Transformative and Comprehensive Reparation for the families of the victims of femicide/gender-based violent deaths (June 27, 2024)....
Continuing to ‘Tinker with the Machinery of Death’? Taiwan Constitutional Court’s Death Penalty Judgment
On 20 September 2024, the Taiwan Constitutional Court delivered its Judgment 113 Hsien-Pan-8 (English translation not currently available), upholding the death penalty, but with significant caveats. The case concerned 33...
Upholding the Dignity of Prisoners: The Indian Supreme Court’s Stand Against Caste-based Discrimination in Prisons
On 3rd October 2024, the Supreme Court of India in Sukanya Shantha v. Union of India & Ors. addressed the issue of Caste-based discrimination in the Indian prisons. India has...
