Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism - Faculty of Law

Missing An Open Goal: Feminist (Re)imagining Of Caster Semenya鈥檚 Article 3 Echr Claim

Maitreyee Mane & Arnav Mathur — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:19:06 +0000

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How can Consent Managers help to transform digital rights in India

Siddharth Chaturvedi — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:40:15 +0000

The Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (鈥淒PDP Rules, 2025鈥�) were finally released by the Ministry of Information Technology and Electronics (鈥淢eity鈥�) on 3rd January 2025. These rules complement the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, of 2023 (鈥淒PDP Act, 2023鈥�).

Toronto鈥檚 Narrowing Bike Paths: How Ford is Widening Roadways with Bill 212

Michael Kowalsky — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:35:46 +0000

Last November, the Ontario Progressive Conservative government of Doug Ford passed Bill 212, dubbed 鈥楾he Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act.鈥� This bill aims to decrease commute times for those who drive to work. Many are critical of the Premier鈥檚 move because it ignores the best advice of urban planners which is if you build more roads, then traffic will only worsen.

Women are at risk under Syria鈥檚 new government, and the international community must push for women鈥檚 rights

Vrinda Narain and Fatemeh Sadeghi — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:07:24 +0000

Originally published by The Conversation. Find the original publication here.

As the international community celebrates the fall of another dictatorship following the collapse of Syria鈥檚 Assad regime, the future of women鈥檚 rights remains precarious.

ICC Fails to Deliver Conviction on First Ever Charge of Gender Persecution

Laura Robinson — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:33:45 +0000

From 2012-2013, the residents of Timbuktu, Mali lived under the control of Ansar Dine and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (鈥淎QIM鈥�). During this occupation and life under Sharia law, women and girls lived under the imposition of rules including a gender specific dress code and curfew. Penalties resulted in the detention of women and girls, leading to rapes, beatings, and slavery.

Feeding On Scraps: A Fight For Dignity And Survival

Shreya Jindal — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:50:42 +0000

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Breaking Chains: A Quest for Justice in India鈥檚 Legal Battle over Sex Work

Manvitha B. S. — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:33:40 +0000

In India, sex work has been recognised as a 鈥減rofession鈥� by the Supreme Court of India in the landmark case, Budhadev Karmaskar v State of West Bengal & Ors, which affirmed that sex workers are entitled to a dignified life under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution.

Open call for blog posts: 鈥淲idening Justice Gaps in a Narrowing World鈥�

CHRLP — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 18:52:37 +0000

Some reflections on the theme: The rapid expansion of the international human rights corpus has been successful in legalization and standardization of human rights regimes across the world. However, despite increased legalization, monitoring, and standardization across various international and regional legal regimes, impunity for violations of human rights is rife, and in many cases, becoming worse. This impunity spans from the everyday struggles of individuals to access justice to the enforcement gap of International Criminal Court arrest warrants by Rome Statute signatories.

Carving out Transgender Rights in New Indian Labour Codes

Poorva鈥疭harma & Vasujit Dubey — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 17:35:40 +0000

India鈥檚 new labour codes are set to take effect soon, however, they fall short of including transgender rights in their scheme. Globally, LGBTQIA+ workplace equality is at the center of this discussion, as was recently emphasised by International Labour Organization (鈥淚LO鈥�) Director-General Guy Ryder.

Sentinels of Democracy: Confronting the Global Crisis on Press Freedom

Souniya Dhuldhoya — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 18:12:39 +0000

In a world where truth is increasingly under siege, journalists find themselves as torchbearers for free speech.