Advancing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Equality Through CEDAW
Women’s enjoyment of their human rights is inextricably informed and shaped in important ways by their sexual orientation and gender identity. Yet the equality of lesbian, bisexual, queer and trans...
The Increased Imperative for International Law Protections Regarding Climate Induced Migration
Image description: Protesters at a march with banners reading ‘stop climate change’. Climate change is an increasingly grim and urgent problem with profound implications for refugee and asylum international law....
Disrupting Cultural Norms Through Occupational Health and Safety: A Convention 190 Perspective
Image description: Woman holds a handwritten pink sign which reads ‘A woman’s body is not yours to take: I am a sexual abuse survivor and I will not be silenced’...
Foundations for Equal Rights: World Justice Forum Underlines the Need for Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Laws
Last week, in The Hague and online, more than 1,000 government, business and civil society representatives participated in the World Justice Forum. Dubbed “the Davos of Justice”, the biennial Forum...
Reproductive rights in Chile’s new constitution: lessons from defective contraceptive litigation
Image Description: Six women holding a banner which says ‘For the Autonomy and Human Rights of Women’ in Spanish. In the third quarter of 2020, Miles Chile identified more than...
Derechos reproductivos en la nueva constitución de Chile: lecciones a partir del litigio de los anticonceptivos defectuosos
En el tercer trimestre de 2020, Miles Chile identificó más de 200 casos de mujeres que habían recibido anticonceptivos defectuosos en el sistema de salud pública del país y quedaron...
New Zealand bans conversion therapy and incorporates rights-based mechanism
Image description: rainbow queer pride flag Conversion therapy Conversion therapy involves psychological, spiritual, and physical practices to ‘convert’ a person’s gender identity or expression and/or sexual orientation preferably to that...
Financialisation of Housing: Balancing Commercial Interests with Human Rights
Image description: Multicoloured houses seen from above The right to adequate housing is considered to be a basic human right. It is fundamental to an individual’s sense of security and...
Mumtaz Bibi v Qasim: Islamabad High Court’s Landmark Judgment on Child Marriage
Image description: Children in a village in Sindh Pakistan. As per a recent UNICEF report, Pakistan is home to nearly 19 million child brides: one in three girls in Pakistan...
Detention Laws in Malaysia: Parliament Rejects Motion to Extend Security Powers
Image description: Protesters gather at a human rights rally in Malaysia. The Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA) has been subject to serious criticism by human rights organisations and...
The Violence of Care: Obstetric Violence during COVID-19
Image description: Text that reads, ‘reproductive rights are non-negotiable’. Obstetric Violence (OV) is a global health problem. Whilst this terminology alludes to notions of physical harm, OV also encompasses, “disrespect”,...
Toward an Empowering Disability Discourse in the Justice System: The Indian Supreme Court’s Call to Action
Image description: An old woman on a wheel chair being escorted to a polling booth in India. One of the many positive contributions of the Indian Supreme Court’s decision in...
