20 MAY 2021 / ESSEXLAWRESEARCH The Open Society Foundation, Bristol University and the Human Rights Law Implementation project recently launched its project on Implementing Human Rights Decisions: Reflections, Successes, and New Directions – a series of 11 posts, between February and March 2021, which seek to bridge the gap between academic and practice communities by offering short and accessible analyses of a critical phase […]
Month: May 2021
In Focus: The Arbitrary Arrest of Journalist Roman Protasevich – Latest in Belarus’s Crackdown on Freedom of Expression By Andrea Vremis On Sunday, Roman Protasevich, an opposition journalist in Belarus, was on a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania which was forcibly diverted to the Belarussian capital, Minsk, where he and his girlfriend were detained. According […]
By Sahajveer Baweja Risk Assessment Instruments (RAI) or Risk Assessment tools are a class of tools that are used in the criminal justice system based on the concept of data analysis. These tools are currently used mostly in taking judicial decisions and are preferred at the stage of determining punishments, convictions, and bails. The purpose […]
By Andrea Vremis In focus: Children Bear the Brunt of the Violence in Gaza While the current violence in Gaza has affected civilians in general, with many death and more injured, it is children who are most affected by the increasing violence. ‘The scale of violence is massive. Children are bearing the brunt of this […]
By Dan O. Eboka World Indian Coronavirus Outbreak Shows Australia is on the Wrong Side of the Global Fight Over Vaccine Access(Human Rights Watch) EU: Prioritize Rights at India Summit (Human Rights Watch) World Food Program Set to Help Venezuelan Children (Human Rights Watch) UN: Stand with Bangladeshi Journalists on Press Freedom Day (Human Rights Watch) What Press […]
By Anurag Singh and Astutya Prakhar Introduction Discrimination against same-sex couples is not a new phenomenon. They have been struggling to gain legal recognition of same-sex marriages for a long time. Their plight further escalated when the Central Government of India opined against the recent petitions filed for recognition of same-sex marriages in the Delhi High Court. The government […]
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