Amending Article 319 of Senegal’s 1965 Penal Code Violates the Human Right to Health
On 11th March 2026, Senegal passed a bill doubling the punishment enshrined in the queerphobic provision Article 319 of the 1965 Penal Code from a maximum imprisonment of five years...
Between recognition and protection: gig workers and the incomplete promise of India’s labour reforms
On 1st January, 2026, lakhs of gig workers across India staged a nationwide strike. Weeks earlier, in November, the Government had introduced four major labour reforms: the Code on Wages,...
The Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025 & International Human Rights Law
On 5th December 2025, a Member of the Indian Parliament (Lower House) introduced the Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025 (‘the Bill’). The Bill aims to introduce pivotal changes in the...
Algorithmic Welfare Exclusion and the Right to Food in India: Lessons from Samagra Vedika
Bismillah Bee is a 67-year-old widow living in an urban slum in Telangana, India. An algorithm denied her family subsidised food grains. The reason: the system confused her late husband,...
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...
Saving Time, Saving Lives: The Golden Hour as a Constitutional Guarantee in India
In trauma medicine, the “golden hour” is the first sixty minutes after a serious injury—the period when rapid intervention can make the difference between life and death. Countries have built...
Deprivation of Access to Shadow Libraries: Why the Delhi High Court’s Recent Order Dilutes Human Rights
On 19th August, 2025, the Delhi High Court passed an order in Elsevier v Alexandra Elbakyan (‘Elsevier case’) granting a dynamic injunction to block access to Sci Hub, Sci Net,...
Breaking the Cycle of Injustice: The Global South’s Struggle to Climate Equity in International Forums
In the Global South, climate change is not merely an environmental crisis but a major human rights issue. This region experiences the most severe consequences of climate change, from rising...
Affordable Housing and Reasonable Standards of Sanitation in Kenya
In the Global South, particularly in Africa, to be born and raised in a poor background is to learn the harshness of life too early. It’s waking up in a...
Human Rights Economy: A Solution to Economic Cruelty and Everyday Atrocities
The UN Human Rights Office has called for human rights guardrails in the economic sphere, also known as a Human Rights Economy. In this system, businesses may pursue profit only...
In Substance and In Form: Understanding the Human Rights Implications of the Aotearoa New Zealand Government’s Expedited Changes to Pay Equity
Pay equity, the provision of equal pay for equal work, is a human rights issue. Pay equity claims allow women to bring a claim against their employer for increased wages...
Does Excluding Refugee Claimants from Subsidized Childcare Violate the Right to Equality? Supreme Court of Canada Considers Appeal in Quebec v Kanyinda
Refugee claimants – and women refugee claimants in particular – are among the most vulnerable members of society. Does excluding them from access to subsidized childcare amount to discrimination based...
