human-rights

Civil rights inquiry claims policy may breach Title IX as administration escalates attacks on trans rights Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The US education department is investigating one of the country’s largest women’s colleges over its admittance of transgender women in another escalation of the Trump administration ’s attacks on trans people. The department’s office of civil…

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Fahad Ansari says it was ‘chilling’ that police ‘equated him with his client’ after he was stopped on return from family holiday in Ireland A lawyer who filed Hamas’s challenge to proscription in the UK was recorded by police as being a member of the banned group, “equating him with his client”. On a risk assessment form, a detective inspector, who authorised the detention of Fahad Ansari under t…

Ridhima Anand, National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi Sudhishna Sharma, National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi ABSTRACT This article explores whether India’s extensive framework of special protections truly safeguards communities vulnerable to identity-based atrocities. Despite constitutional postulates which highlight equality and dignity, caste-based violence…

This article investigates, from a legal perspective, how criminal justice systems in Bulgaria, Japan, and Norway produce mental health stigma in their legal responses to defendants with mental health conditions. Although these countries operate within distinct legal traditions and cultural contexts, they all employ special rules on criminal responsibility and special preventive measures for this …

Last week’s Supreme Court decision “directly attacks the racist stereotyping that has infected redistricting for too long,” writes former Indiana Attorney General Curtis T. Hill, Jr. “For decades, mapmakers have operated on the crude assumption that black voters form a monolithic bloc whose political preferences are...

Can you tell me about your role at Amnesty and what it involves?  I am a researcher and advisor on racial justice. My role involves researching how systemic racism manifests in society and constitutes racial discrimination under international human rights law. For example, how migration policies discriminate against groups subjected to racism or how a community has a right to reparations for colo…

Government’s anti-slavery commissioner says traffickers are exploiting a growing pipeline of vulnerability Slavery in the UK is at record levels and is expected to worsen over the next decade, the government’s independent anti-slavery commissioner has warned. According to the number of referrals to the national referral mechanism , which assesses potential victims of slavery and provides support …

Civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are suffering a surge in human rights abuses committed by Allied Democratic Forces’ (ADF) fighters that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said in a new report. “I’d Never Seen So Many Bodies”: War Crimes by the Allied Democratic Forces in the […] The post DRC: Rampant ADF abuses against civilians ‘wa…

On Friday evening, the far-right United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit attempted to cut off access to the abortion drug mifepristone. If you’re experiencing déjà vu, you should be, because in 2023, the far-right United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit also attempted to cut off access to the abortion […]

Alice Chapman and Zak Khan say they were beaten, kicked and spat on after detention near Crete last week Two British activists have said they were admitted to hospital after being beaten by Israeli forces who intercepted their Gaza aid flotilla last week . Alice Chapman and Zak Khan were among 180 members of the Global Sumud flotilla detained by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in international wa…

I haven’t looked at Natasha Hausdorff‘s videos in a while, but you’ll remember her as a British lawyer, an expert in international law, and a “pro bono legal director of the advocacy group, UK Lawyers for Israel.” Here is her reaction to the latest anti-Jewish violence and anti-Israel protests in England, both of which have become regular … Continue reading Owen Jones v. Natasha Hausdorff on the …

Updated guidelines issued by the Trump administration mean immigrants could potentially be denied a green card for their political opinions Let’s play a fun game of Will This Get Me Deported? The first contestant is myself: a British-Palestinian green card holder in the US. I’ll start by quoting some recent news items concerning Israel. I don’t have the space to list every atrocity that the US al…

Diya Patil, BBA LLB, Symbiosis Law School, Nagpur (SIU) Ria Gulati, BA LLB, Symbiosis Law School, Nagpur (SIU) ABSTRACT The technological and digital expansion within the public sphere has witnessed a rapid growth which is shaped by globalization, media convergence, and emerging artificial intelligence technologies. These developments necessitate a fundamental makeover and reconceptualization of …

Aaina Sharma, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar ABSTRACT The Constitution of India proudly commits itself to provide the Right to Equality and Right to Freedom to all its citizens. Besides, the Right to Privacy has also been recognized as a fundamental right, protected under Article 21 of the Constitution, established by a unanimous Supreme Court judgment in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy vs.…

Tanu Kumari, KES Shri Jayantilal H Patel Law College Keshav Dadhich, KES Shri Jayantilal H Patel Law College Ankit Yadav, KES Shri Jayantilal H Patel Law College ABSTRACT The debate on Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Article 44 of the Indian Constitution has always been politically sensitive due to its relation to religious identity politics and minority rights issues. Regrettably, the political natu…

Sajithra M, Assistant Professor, Veltech School of Law, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Avadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu ABSTRACT Gender Based Violence (GBV) is one of the most prevalent forms of human rights violations against women, yet its severe consequence on women's health is under-recognized in legal and public health systems. This paper places GBV…

Mr. Tanishq Bidhuri, LLM (Family Law), AIALS, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh. ABSTRACT The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has occupied a contested space in Indian constitutional discourse since the founding of the Republic. While Article 44 of the Constitution directs the State to endeavour to secure a uniform civil code for all citizens, the provision has remained an unfulfilled Directive Prin…

PM says there are instances in which he would support bans but organisers say this would ‘strike at root of free speech’ Organisers of pro-Palestine marches have said Keir Starmer’s threat to ban some demonstrations opposing Israel’s actions in the Middle East will “strike at the root of free assembly and free speech” in the UK. On Saturday morning, the prime minister told BBC Radio 4’s Today pro…

Naina Chouhan, BBA LLB (Hons.), Christ (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa ABSTRACT The expanding role of corporations in a globalized economy has brought renewed attention to their involvement in human rights violations, ranging from exploitative labour practices to environmental harm and displacement of vulnerable communities. While international frameworks such as the United Nations Guiding…