AI and Global Development: The Role of Economic and Social Rights
As policymakers in the Global North prepare to introduce binding horizontal AI regulation, increasing attention is also being paid to the promises and pitfalls of AI for developing countries. Although...
Another Failed Execution: The United States’ Strained Relationship with the Right to Life
At 73 years of age, Thomas Creech is Idaho’s longest-serving death row inmate. He entered prison in 1974 and was slated to face execution on 28 February this year. As...
Women’s Invisible Labour, Kinkeeping and Care: Ireland’s 8 March Constitutional Referendum
On International Women’s Day, Ireland will hold votes on two proposed changes to Article 41 of the Constitution. The first would extend constitutional protection to families other than those based...
Coming of Age: The Establishment of 18 as the Legal Minimum Age for Marriage
Recent reports from the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) highlight a global decline in child marriage. Yet the practice still persists, impacting 640 million girls and women in...
The International Court of Justice’s Order in South Africa v Israel
This blog considers the case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) between South Africa and Israel. It summarises the court’s order, before looking ahead to the impact of the...
Alabama’s Manifest Injustice and the Inhumanity of Execution by Nitrogen Gas Inhalation
On 25 January Alabama intends to be the first US state to use nitrogen gas inhalation as an execution method. Despite a manifestly unjust trial, the presence of convincing science...
The Absentia Dilemma: The Introduction of Trial In-Absentia in Indian Legislation
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), the successor to the Indian Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), is one of three new Indian Criminal Law bills, recently passed by the Parliament...
The Regression of Democracy and Systematic Violations of Political Rights: A Case from Jakarta’s Special Region Bill
The current draft of Jakarta Special Region Bill (the Draft) proposed by Indonesian House of Representatives presents a blatant disregard of citizens’ political rights under Article 25 of the International...
COP28 and Its Shortcomings: The Inadequate Protection of Human Rights
The 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), or COP28, was held from 30 November to 12 December in...
Non-Refoulement of Uyghur Prisoners in India
Although India is not party to the 1951 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Refugees, this does not preclude it from its Principle of Non-Refoulement, or prohibition of refoulement,...
The Shell Case: A Viable Path to Establish Corporate Climate Responsibility?
On 26 May 2021, The Hague District Court in the Netherlands ordered energy giant Shell to reduce the CO2 emissions of the Shell group by net 45% in 2030 relative...
The Intersection of Human Rights and Finance: A Legal Exploration of the UDHR’s Continuing Impact
This post marks International Human Rights Day, which occurred earlier this week on the 10 December. This is the day that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed, which...