Unearthing Justice: The Human Rights and Environmental Toll of Mining in Ghana
Ghana, Africa’s biggest gold-producing country and the world’s sixth biggest, relies heavily on mining for its economic growth. The sector contributes significantly to GDP, jobs, and foreign exchange, with a...
Finding the Essence of Non-Retrogression: A Path to Stronger Social Rights Accountability
Time and again, States have been warned by courts, UN bodies, and NGOs against taking retrogressive steps in economic and social rights. For instance, cuts to essential healthcare funding or...
Lowering the Marital Age of Nepal: Controversy Estopped on Protection against Child Marriages?
Moving into a controversial circle, on January 15, 2025, the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee of the House of Representatives proposed to bring down the marital age from 20...
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...
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...
Advancing Environmental Justice: The Supreme Court of Kenya holds State Agencies Accountable for Environmental Harm in Owino-Uhuru case
On 6th December 2024, the Supreme Court of Kenya affirmed the constitutional rights to a Clean and Healthy Environment and the highest Sustainable Standard of Health Care and Sanitation as...
Unraveling Rights: The Struggle for Freedom of Movement Among Syrian Refugees in Türkiye
Over the past decade, Türkiye has tightened some of its policies concerning Syrian refugees. Among the most significant policies is the restriction on freedom of movement, which reflects Türkiye’s legal...
Testing the Limits of the Right to Peaceful Demonstration under the 2010 Constitution: Kenya’s 2024 Finance Bill
Kenya has for the past three weeks been thrust into the international scene due to demonstrations under the hashtags #RejectFinanceBill2024 and #Rutomustgo. The demonstrations advocated for the rejection of the...
The Ahmadiyya in Pakistan: Religious Persecution, Human Rights, and Islam
The Ahmadiyya are a religious minority who suffer persecution in Pakistan and many other Muslim-majority countries. In 2023, for example, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan reported that at least...
The Right to Water in the European Blue Deal: A New Constitutional Challenge
There is a narrow catalogue of goods and values which represent fundamental importance for human survival, dignity and protection of life; consequently, these should be guaranteed and respected within international...
In Search of Lost Climes: the Historic Litigation in Navahine v Hawai‘i
In what has been described as a ‘world first’ in constitutional climate litigation, youth plaintiffs from Hawai‘i have secured a historic Settlement Agreement that underscores both the realities of climate...
Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth with Olivier De Schutter
Oxford Human Rights Hub · Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth with Olivier De Schutter In today’s episode, we’ll be talking to Olivier De Schutter, a Belgian legal scholar specialising in...
